.: essential steps for a properly performed backups

ISecureDat backup software accomplishes several essential steps that are often overlooked or done improperly by other backup software - especially in the regular non-automated backup systems.

ISecureDat online backups are done on schedule and reliably. Often, for one reason or another, most businesses don't keep a regular backup regimen. Usually it's because the person responsible for doing backups (if there is one) is too busy doing something else, someone is using the computer when it's time for a backup, or they simply forget. Since remote backups are done with automated software, usually at night when nobody is using the computer, backups are always done on schedule.

Ordinary backup software is often installed with a list of files to be backed up which usually represents the state of the system when the software was installed. This method does not account for new files added and often misses these critical files. Compounding this problem, VERY few businesses take the trouble to reset their backup software regularly to include new files.

ISecureDat backup software solves this problem by constantly reevaluating the computer system and adding files to the backup as needed. Several full copies of files are stored using a sophisticated version control system unavailable in most other backup software of any kind. This is much too important to overlook.

The general definition of "proper" backups requires redundancy. This is much too important to overlook. One must keep multiple copies of the same files at different points in their development, called versions. Redundant copies of your files are stored using a sophisticated version control system unavailable in any other backup software of any kind. As an example, you should have a different copy of each backed-up file for each day of the week, one for each week in the month, and one for each month in the year. Further, you should be able to easily restore any of your files up to any given point in time. Banks do it, big corporations do it, and so should small businesses. Only our remote backup system has such an easy to use version control system.

ISecureDat backups are encrypted for complete security. Would you want someone to be able to slip one of your backup tapes into a pocket and take it to your competitor? It happens all the time. Tape backups are not generally encrypted, so anyone can read them and gain access to client database, billing records, payroll, tax info, and everything else on your computers. Our system encrypts its backups for complete security so nobody, not even the RBS Service Provider (us), can read them, only you!

Remote Backups work basically like regular tape backups, with one important difference. Instead of sending backups to a tape drive or other media attached to the computer it is backing up, a Remote Backup sends it over the Internet (or modems and phone lines) to another computer safely offsite. It does this (usually) at night while the business is closed and nobody is using the computers and it's completely automatic.

Finally and most importantly - Backups are immediately sent offsite and stored safely away from the computer and the business. This is where almost every business makes its biggest mistake. Even if you do everything else perfectly, your backups are of little use if your building burns, or you are unable to physically recover your tapes from the premises. Most small companies who do backups leave the tapes in the building with the computer, where they can be destroyed right along with the computer.

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