We are aware of the issue with the badge emails resending to everyone, we apologise for the inconvenience - learn more here.

Forum Discussion

KPUK's avatar
KPUK
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Do people back-up their Dropbox files?

Hi all, A recent cyber audit in our organisation recommended we back-up our entire Dropbox. We are an organisation of approx 50 employees. We use MFA for Dropbox access and use Dropbox exclusively for filing across the entire business. Does anyone else choose to back their Dropbox files up and why? The research I've done of Dropbox shows it to be pretty robust. I get a non-committal, politicians-style answer from the auditors, as to whether they think this is business essential or a nice-to-have, and am interested in what others opinions are. Thank you. 

  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

    KPUK wrote:

    Does anyone else choose to back their Dropbox files up and why?


    If you're a business, or just have important data in general, you should follow the 3-2-1 backup strategy for all of your data, regardless of where it's stored.

     

    • Three copies of your data.
    • Stored on two different types of media.
    • With one copy stored off-site.

     

    • KPUK's avatar
      KPUK
      Explorer | Level 4

      Thanks Rich. 

      Does this method not put you more at risk of data security breach?

      • Rich's avatar
        Rich
        Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II

        KPUK wrote:

        Does this method not put you more at risk of data security breach?


        Would you not secure the data, regardless of where it's stored? Sure, you could claim there's more risk since there are more copies of the data available to possibly breach, but I find it a bigger risk to only have a single backup, especially when I don't have total control over the system or service.