Is Your Computer in Need of a Physical Check-Up?

As of late, the term “data protection” has taken on several different meanings, most commonly to refer to protecting valuable data from internal damage such as hackers and viruses. But data protection isn’t (and shouldn’t be) exclusive to just digital damage; companies and home users need to be aware of the threats that can cause physical damage to their computers.

If a computer is physically damaged, the data is just as vulnerable as if it had been infected with a virus or accessed by a hacker. Most threatening are natural (or not-so-natural) disasters such as floods, fires, and earthquakes. Then there’s the whole other realm of theft; if a computer with valuable or irreplaceable data on it is stolen, the chances of it, and subsequently the data on it, being recovered are slim.

One of the best ways to protect the valuable information on business and home computers is layering backup methods and utilizing the latest in security technology – think firewalls, strong passwords, data encryption, online file storage, and perhaps most important, internet backup. Securing data backups on an offsite, remote server will ensure data is protected in the event computers are physically damaged and help avert a potential secondary disaster.