Have you ever wondered if what you know about data acquisition is accurate? Consider the following sections and compare what you know with the latest data acquisition information.
Soon your company may be the victim of a natural disaster, or something as common as a lightning bolt or reduced power lines.
Just because your company can be a small business does not mean it is protected from data disasters. If a small business does not have a good and proven disaster recovery plan in the event of a disaster, it may not fully recover and may even cause it to leave the business. Sometimes even a data acquisition service can't be helpful.
The following are some questions that need to be answered in order to give you an idea of what you should do in the future.
Do you know where your company's most important data files are?
Are these files backed up and in what ways?
How often do you use these data backups and are they verified and tested?
Do you have automatic controls that perform backups correctly and in the same way?
How often do your backup tapes go out of place?
Do you have some form of protection against hacking or theft of your data?
Do you keep your servers, routers, harps, and phone system controls locked in order to keep them more secure?
Does anyone have access to your servers and other technology assets or do you limit access to at least two, but not more than four, people?
Are you using a secure local operating system, such as Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Microsoft Windows XP, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4, on company desktop PCs and notebooks?
Do you have confidential data stored locally on any desktop PCs or notebooks? Do any of these systems use naturally protected operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 9x or Microsoft Windows Me?
Are you preventing unauthorized activation or disrupting the BIOS configuration settings by using the power unlock passwords?
On PCs for your desktop and notebooks, what key updates, service packages and output are currently stored?
The key point is that you cannot predict when a data disaster may occur but, taking a few steps in advance can help your company survive the days and weeks following the disaster.
The following are some questions that need to be answered in order to give you an idea of what you should do in the future.
Just because your company can be a small business does not mean it is protected from data disasters. If a small business does not have a good and proven disaster recovery plan in the event of a disaster, it may not fully recover and may even cause it to leave the business. Sometimes even a data acquisition service can't be helpful.
If a small business does not have a good and proven disaster recovery plan in the event of a disaster, it may not fully recover and may even cause it to leave the business.
Do you have confidential data stored locally on any desktop PCs or notebooks? Do any of these systems use naturally protected operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows 9x or Microsoft Windows Me?
Are you preventing unauthorized activation or disrupting the BIOS configuration settings by using the power unlock passwords?
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