{"id":5373,"date":"2020-09-11T14:55:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T12:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2020-09-11T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T12:56:00","slug":"how-to-keep-physical-backup-media-storage-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-to-keep-physical-backup-media-storage-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"How to keep physical backup media storage safe"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

Data is your organization’s most important digital asset. Here are some tips on how to ensure physical data backups are stored at a safe and secure location.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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By John Edwards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Published: 31 Mar 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creating regular data backups is necessary to protect essential data from both natural disasters and human destruction. It’s equally important for organizations to decide on the location of physical backup media storage, an approach that provides a degree of long-term, secure data protection that cloud services can’t match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If backups aren’t placed in a safe and secure — yet easily accessible — location, their value is greatly diminished, said Bob Duhainy, a core faculty member in the Doctor of Information Technology program at\u00a0Walden University in Minnesota. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As cybercriminals and hackers get smarter about stealing digital data …\u00a0off-site backup\u00a0of physical backup media, as an add-on or alternative to cloud backup, makes more sense.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The safest place for backup media storage, Duhainy suggested, is a secure, physically remote data storage facility dedicated primarily to data backup and recovery services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Some attributes of a good off-site storage location include climate-controlled units, 24-hour physical and non-physical security, and flexible leasing options,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For most organizations, storing data for the long term on physical media means taking a step back in time to the pre-cloud era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Although this method might seem archaic, the safest way to\u00a0physically back up data\u00a0is on a piece of physical media,” said Darren Deslatte, cybersecurity expert and vulnerability operations leader at IT provider Entrust Solutions based in New Orleans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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