Protecting client data isn’t only a healthcare concern: plenty of non-healthcare businesses handle sensitive personal data without realizing the implications. What to actually think about, regardless of your formal regulatory status. It’s a common and understandable assumption: “we’re not a healthcare company, so data sensitivity…
Multi-cloud backup, spreading backups across multiple cloud providers, sounds safer on paper. Here’s an honest look at when it actually is and when it’s complexity that doesn’t buy proportional protection. Backing up to two separate cloud providers sounds like an obviously good idea more redundancy,…
Smart home backup is almost never done: setups take hours to configure and most people never back up any of it. Here’s what’s actually worth protecting, and how to do it in a few minutes. Setting up a smart home genuinely takes time connecting devices,…
Backup for digital nomads is different: working from a different city or country every few weeks creates challenges most guidance doesn’t address. Most backup guidance quietly assumes a stable home or office connection the same wifi, day after day, reliably available at a predictable time.…
Most businesses guess at their RTO (recovery time objective) instead of calculating it and usually guess wrong in the optimistic direction. Here’s a practical, calculation-based method for finding your actual number. Most businesses have an RTO documented somewhere often chosen based on what sounded reasonable,…
Air-gapped backup is one of the strongest protections against ransomware and also one of the most misunderstood terms in the category. Here’s what it actually means, how it differs from “offsite” and “immutable,” and practical approaches for smaller organizations. “Air-gapped” gets used loosely in backup…
Backup for remote teams creates challenges a single-office setup never had to consider. A complete approach covering device policy, scheduling across time zones, remote offboarding, and a policy template you can adapt. Moving a team fully remote changes more about backup than most companies anticipate…
Concerns for data sovereignty extend beyond the EU. Take a look at the difference between data sovereignty and data residency, a real life example where data sovereignty surprised a US company, and a practical due diligence framework. Because of GDPR, many businesses focus all of…
Not all types of backup storage have the same access speeds. When determining a vendor’s tradeoffs, it is helpful to understand hot vs. cold storage. This will also help you understand what type of storage your situation requires. There’s more than one way to build…
Is my backup working? It’s the question most people only ask after the data is gone. Appearances can be deceiving when it comes to backups, so here are five things to check, along with the one test that settles it. Appearances can be deceiving when…