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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 fo...
Rich
Super User II
Super 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.
Thanks Rich.
Does this method not put you more at risk of data security breach?
- Rich
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.
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