If you’ve ever had malware attack you, you know how important backups can be.
Since so many office workers now work from home, or like to have the option if needed, your business’s IT system might be missing an important piece of the IT security stack.
In this piece, we’ll talk about a quick fix you can use to make sure your files are backed up, as well as a longer-term solution.
Many small businesses have a backup plan that depends on the fact that most office workers are at work. This could be a cloud backup that lets you move the data offline, so that if something goes wrong in the office, your data will still be safe.
But many of these methods only work if someone is in the office when the backup is done.
When you work from home, the first thing you should ask your present IT provider is if your desktop, documents, and files that you save locally on your laptop or computer are backed up.
If you aren’t sure why your files aren’t being backed up, you can quickly fix the problem by using Microsoft’s OneDrive or Google’s option, Google Drive.
Both of these methods work a lot like Dropbox. If you save your works to the local folder, they will be backed up to the cloud automatically.
If you want to move a lot of data to one of these areas, our main suggestion is that you do it right before you go to bed, because your internet bandwidth will be used up while the files upload to the cloud.
When you sign up for Office365/Gsuite, you get both OneDrive and Google Drive. Using this solution also gives you the ability to view your files from any device with the right app.
Most Office and Google papers also come with a version history. If you make a mistake or want to look back at changes, you can use the version history to keep track of these changes.
But you should know that this is not a real backup plan. You have to save the files yourself in the right place on your machine.
Not all files are saved up, so if your systems fail because of hardware or security problems, not all of your files will be safe. Then you may lose important info. Your IT company should be able to help you with this.
Get in touch with us today if you have questions about how safe your company info is when you work from home.