Mavidea customers have learned over the years that we are paranoid about backups and disaster recovery. We are constantly pushing to improve backup processes and technology. I was listening to a computer security podcast last week (Security Now with Steve Gibson – it’s geeky but you’ll learn a ton if you listen) and they were talking about the 3-2-1 Rule of Backups.
3-2-1 Rule of Backups
3 copies of any important file you need to keep
2 different medias
1 of them offsite at all times.
I’ve never seen it put this way, but the rule completely makes sense and Mavidea has always followed it (albeit unknowingly) for our customers. We actually have 3 different plans for our customers that all accomplish these basic goals – we call them SERENITY. Why? Because it is the peace of mind knowing that all of your important company data is backed-up!
Why are we so paranoid about backups? Sure, there are fires, ice-storms, and tornados. Percentage-wise it is more likely that theft of equipment be the cause of your disaster.
But sometimes…. well sometimes weird stuff happens. Check out this article that one of our customers, Terry Buffalo of First Midwest Securities, Inc., saw online and sent me:
SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 25 (UPI) — Police in Salt Lake City said they arrested a mortgage company employee alleged to have drunkenly opened fire on his company’s computer server.
Investigators said RANLife Home Loans employee Joshua Lee Campbell, 23, allegedly used his .45-caliber automatic to open fire on the company’s $100,000 computer server while drunk Aug.12, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday.
Campbell called police and told officers the damage was done by someone who stole his gun.
However, police said acquaintances of Campbell told investigators he had been talking earlier in the evening about wanting to shoot the server.
Campbell was charged with a felony count of criminal mischief and misdemeanor counts of carrying a dangerous weapon while under the influence, providing false information to police and public intoxication.
