In my role as a consultant with businesses, I have regular discussions with customers and partners about data security.  Every medical practice, professional practice, business, school or government office creates confidential documents every day.  It is your responsibility to safeguard the confidentiality of these documents.

If your company is like many others, you have put a lot of effort into securing your information systems (like network security, firewalls, email authentication, anti-virus).  You’ve implemented technology and procedures at great expense, but you may be omitting an important last step: secure off-site storage.

Performing offsite data backup is must! Your files or your client’s files will be updated and available, regardless of what happens onsite. If you’re a service provider, adding an offsite data backup service to your existing portfolio helps your clients protect their data and can help retain clients.

Securing your business data should be a critical element of any organization’s business continuity and disaster recovery planning.

Take a few minutes today to think about your data security strategy, but most importantly act before a disaster happens! Not after it happens!