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von Liam LeCarpentier Vor 12 Jahren

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Backups and recovery

Ensuring data protection through backups and recovery processes is essential for maintaining business continuity. Assigning a dedicated individual to manage backups and practicing recovery procedures are critical steps.

Backups and recovery

Backups and recovery

Recovery

Backups

Malpractice and crime
Crime

An illegal act

Somerthing which breaks a computer act

malpractice

Going against the company

could be accessing unathorised sites during lunch breaks

What

What needs to be backed up

Data and programmes

Where the backup data will go

Where the data already is

Different types
Incremental

This backs up the files which have changed since the last full backup

Differential

Updating data since the last backup

Done every day

Updates all data held from a full backup

Goes untill another full backup is made then it resumes again daily

Full

basically copying all the files on the system

Procedures

Make one person responsible for the taking of back ups

keep backups safe, eg in a fire proof safe, or on DAT tapes

Rehearse backup recovery procedures

Sceduling backups

need to think anbout times of backups

taking the recovery plan in mind whilst doing this

On line back up

You can upload your data to a friendly website

They will hold your data for a certain time and for a price

Keeping your data off site and online is esay to access at any time

can benifit the companies

Where to keep backup copies (storage)

Should be a offsite storage for the backup data

Must be kept safely in case of accidentel damage, ex in a fire proof safe not just on the server

Backup Media

Pen/flash drives (USB)

Ad van.

Portable

good memory space

Dis ad.

Can be easily lost or stolen

Optical media

CD-R

CD-RW

DVD-RW

(Rw- Re-writeable)

Magnetic disk

Magnetic disk backup

Takes one magnetic disk

Takes the contents and puts onto another magnetic disk

magnetic tape

Fire proof safe

DAT- Digital audio tapes

Treats to ict systems

It is important to back up data in case of

Computer/hardware damage

Delibirate damage

Accidental damage

Theft

Hacking

Fire

Terrorism

Natural disatsters

Viruses

Software bugs

Power cuts