By Matt Belyus<\/i><\/p>\n
Valet Tech<\/i><\/p>\n
You’ve heard us talk about the importance of having a good backup that is “ransomware-proof,” meaning it cannot be infected if your network is infected. So, the first tip is to make sure you use the 3-2-1 backup rule: keep three (3) copies of your data, storing two (2) copies on different storage media, with at least one (1) of them off-site and separated from your network.<\/p>\n
This goes a long way toward taking the sting out of someone locking all your files and demanding a ransom – but that’s still not a reason to be casual about security, even IF you have airtight backups.<\/p>\n
First, you would have to be able to “fail over” to your backup systems. This is like putting a spare donut tire on your car in case you get a flat. Next, you have to “fail back,” or restore your network from the backup. Using the flat-tire analogy, this is like replacing the donut with a new tire.<\/p>\n
All the above is time-consuming and costly, even if you don’t pay the ransom. Therefore, make sure you have a failover and failback plan in place and have discussed the actions and time line for such an event with your IT company (us!).<\/p>\n
Have questions about cyber security or some other IT-related issues? Acccess our alendar here to book a quick, 10-minute call<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Matt Belyus Valet Tech You’ve heard us talk about the importance of having a good backup that is “ransomware-proof,” meaning it cannot be infected if your network is infected. So, the first tip is to make sure you use the 3-2-1 backup rule: keep three (3) copies of yourContinue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28],"tags":[533,402],"class_list":["entry","author-john-griggs","post-5010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-security","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gpstrianglenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/hackers_2023_630x350.jpg?fit=630%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpstrianglenews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}