Stolen Unencrypted Data Backup Tape Leaves Employees At Risk
Backup tapes are far from being a secure backup solution as Pharmaceutical firm Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has learned recently. Yes there are a few precautions companies can take if they decide to use tapes as part of their backup solution but even BMS has failed performing the most important and basic thing, data encryption.
How Safe Is Your Business Data?
The average computer user doesn’t keep track on how and where data is placed on their computer hard drive, actually they tend not to even think about it. Assisting employees to better computer data management is easier said than done and by the time a company gets round to even considering educating staff it can be too late.
New Blog But Old News
Welcome to the all new blog of DataHarm.com a source for our current customers and anyone else who just happens to drop by. If you work in the IT sector, own a business or simply just a humble home computer user we do hope that you find our site useful. To get constant updates from our blog feel free to subscribe to our RSS feed with your favourite RSS reader.
So now that we have the sort & sweet introduction out of the way let’s get started with the exciting topic of data, it’s in everyone’s best interests.
As data consultants located in UK & Ireland our main goal is to bring awareness of the risks we face each day with computer data. Whether it be risks from viruses, Malware, system crashes or simply Mother Nature we believe taking the necessary precautions can prevent major data disasters avoiding headaches all round.