Senior Vice President & General Manager of Global Consumer Business at Acronis Nat Maple explains the top 5 ways to keep your data safe. These tips include: scheduling regular backups, investing in a good external drive, double-protecting your system, testing your recovery plan, and checking your system prior to any installation.

1. The Top 5 Ways to Keep Your Data
Safe
Nat Maple
Senior Vice President & General Manager of
Global Consumer Business
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2. Fast Facts
• Every year we create more data than the year before
‒ 90% of the data in the world today was created in the last two
years
‒ IBM estimated our current daily creation rate is 2.5 quintillion bytes
of data
‒ IDC projects the digital universe will reach 40 zettabytes (ZB) by
2020 -- 50x larger than the digital universe in 2010
• ABI Research noted in a recent report that by the end of
2013, there will be 2x as many active personal cloud
storage accounts as there were one year ago
‒ Within five years, the global account base is expected to more than
triple, hitting 3.61 billion by the end of 2018
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3. Here are our top five tips for
ensuring that your digital data is
safe and secure now and in the
future:
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4. 1. Schedule Regular Backups
• Backups should be made
regularly
• After an initial full backup of the
entire system, make sure you
set up automatic, incremental
backups
• Incremental backups are vital
because they:
‒ Store only what has been
changed or added since the last
full backup, saving disk space
‒ Decrease the time each backup
takes
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5. 2. Invest in a Good External Drive
• Your first-line backups should
be stored on removable
media or removable drives
• This will help ensure your
data is safe -- even if your
device is:
‒ Lost
‒ Stolen
‒ Damaged
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6. 3. Double-Protect Your System
• Provide a second layer of
security for your most important
data by backing it up to the
cloud
• With the right software, you can
also encrypt the data to keep it
safe in the event of an attempt
at data theft
• A second backup in the cloud
protects your data from physical
damage caused by:
‒ An accident
‒ Natural disaster
‒ Other incident
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7. 4. Test Your Recovery Plan
• Testing your recovery plan
helps you determine whether
your system isn’t
perfect, before something
bad happens
• Then, if needed, fine-tune
your approach
• This will help you be sure
that -- even in a worst-case
scenario -- your data will be
recoverable
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8. 5. Check Your System Prior to Any
Installation
• Before installing any new
programs, software updates
or drivers, complete a full
backup
• This helps you avoid losing
precious data if something
goes wrong with your hard
drive
• Any changes or losses can
then be reversed by installing
from your backup
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9. For more information on how to keep
your data safe, check out Acronis
www.acronis.com
@acronis
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