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A common reason why some companies still resist adopting online backup from their company's data protection is that they believe the service provider will be able to see and misuse their data. And I can completely understand the perspective. Think about it, the very information that you are entrusting to an outsider is what makes your company tick. It is your knowledge, differentiator and competitive advantage. It forms the very fabric of the company, so why give it away to somebody who can rifle through your valuable information and take that knowledge for themselves?
I think it's about time that we cleared a few things up. For most reputable data backup companies, there is never a point during the data backup process where the data backed up is visible to outside parties - including the service provider's technicians. This is because data is encrypted on the user's machine before it's transferred to the data centre for storage. Using as much as 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), there is no possibility of eavesdropping on data transfer between the user's computer and the electronic data vault at the other end. And just to be clear, 256-bit AES is the same standard that banks and government agencies use when transferring data over the internet.
To double up on the protection of data during transmission, our online backup service uses industry-standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to remove possibility of corruption or modification of data. When data resides on the data centre it is completely useless to outside parties because it's information is scrambled. Only the service user has the ability to read that data, and it has to reside on the original machine it was backed up from or a replacement with the designated encryption keys installed. These encryption keys act as a digital certificate that tells the data it is safe to unencrypt. They are maintained by the customer and the service provider has no access to them. A customer should therefore obviously keep their encryption keys private and safe.
If you are thinking about investing in an online backup service you should ask the provider what security measures they employ, both front end and back end. Do they use military grade encryption levels and send data via SSL? Do they use not just one but two monitored data centres? If the provider has the right infrastructure, you can be sure your data is safe and unreadable from anybody outside the organisation.
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A common reason why some companies still resist adopting online backup from their company's data protection is that they believe the service provider will be able to see and misuse their data. And I can completely understand the perspective. Think about it, the very information that you are entrusting to an outsider is what makes your company tick. It is your knowledge, differentiator and competitive advantage. It forms the very fabric of the company, so why give it away to somebody who can rifle through your valuable information and take that knowledge for themselves?I think it's about time that we cleared a few things up. For most reputable data backup companies, there is never a point during the data backup process where the data backed up is visible to outside parties - including the service provider's technicians. This is because data is encrypted on the user's machine before it's transferred to the data centre for storage. Using as much as 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), there is no possibility of eavesdropping on data transfer between the user's computer and the electronic data vault at the other end. And just to be clear, 256-bit AES is the same standard that banks and government agencies use when transferring data over the internet.
To double up on the protection of data during transmission, our online backup service uses industry-standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to remove possibility of corruption or modification of data. When data resides on the data centre it is completely useless to outside parties because it's information is scrambled. Only the service user has the ability to read that data, and it has to reside on the original machine it was backed up from or a replacement with the designated encryption keys installed. These encryption keys act as a digital certificate that tells the data it is safe to unencrypt. They are maintained by the customer and the service provider has no access to them. A customer should therefore obviously keep their encryption keys private and safe.
If you are thinking about investing in an online backup service you should ask the provider what security measures they employ, both front end and back end. Do they use military grade encryption levels and send data via SSL? Do they use not just one but two monitored data centres? If the provider has the right infrastructure, you can be sure your data is safe and unreadable from anybody outside the organisation.
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