TECHNOLOGY INNER SANCTUM required to fulfil this last requirement. If you want to use an online service, there are a number from which to choose. Check out PC mag’ s review for 2017.( www. pcmag. com / article2 / 0,2817,2288745,00. asp) Besides cost, you should also consider security and time. Time to backup or restore your data might be measured in days, especially if you suffer a failure. Security is important because you will be sending your most sensitive information off to a third party. Remember what the rules say about preserving client confidences.
There are also hardware solutions for“ private cloud storage”, but they can be pricey and require a level of tech knowledge beyond the pay grade of a simple lawyer. Those IT guys don’ t come cheap.
Recommendations
As with any technology, start small and build up over time. Review your processes and policies as you progress and then revise. Start with one backup copy of some data. Then make two copies. Then take one of those copies off site. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Once you have a habit built of backing up, expand the data you are copying. Maybe you need to back up more than just client data. What about that library of forms and research you’ ve built up?
How about the office financial and accounting data? Expand your backup scope and frequency.
Once you’ ve got the backup process in place, figure out what works for you. Now it’ s time to think about some form of“ cloud” storage. Do you go with an online service or take the private hardware approach?
And finally, on National Backup Day verify that your backups are valid. There is nothing worse than finding out that you have been copying that Donald Duck video over and over and not any actual client data.
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