[Discuss] Off Site Backup

[Matt Harris]

There was that awesome backup solution that was in the news a few weeks back.

Send the backup tapes home with an intern every night.

On 8/28/07, pw <p.willis at telus.net> wrote:
> Peter Scott wrote:
>
> >> Why don't you put a box with a terabyte RAID in a basement closet
> >> in your home? That's off site. Presumably you have locks on your doors.
> >> Encrypt the data if you're really worried.
> >
> > Yikes, that's not a risk I would want to take.  Not without the law firm
> > signing an indemnification agreement that was approved by another law
> > firm.  If anything went wrong they could sue you forever just as a
> > hobby.  Might not be covered under your liability policy.
> >
>
> What's the difference if bandits break in to your office, your network,
> or your home. Provided that all possible measures are taken to protect
> the data, your still liable to some extent.
>
> Is having someone else responsible for the security of your own data
> a more secure option? Just more people in the insecure chain...
>
>
> > If they want *really* secure, ask them whether they want to go for
> > http://www.cubeglobalstorage.com/ .  That's local.  Their data is likely
> > to survive events that would destroy their office :-)
> >
> >
>
> Do they have security guards on their doors and network connections?
> How about their employees?
>
> I'm not trying to be a wise guy, but true security comes from
> shrinking the circle not widening it.
>
>
> Peter
>
>
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