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🎓 Purpose

Data can be lost through simple error, a system failure, or a malicious interference or attack. A good backup strategy will minimize such loss and allow you to recover faster to carry on your research. 

👥 Audience

✅ Best practices

🗑️ Determine what data to backup according to whether the data are volatile or disposable. 

• Some data does not need to be backed up because they are temporary in nature 

• Decide how often to take a backup based on how much data you are willing to lose.

• Establish a schedule and workflow for major backups (after major edits or alterations).

⌚ Keep several points in time or versions of your backups.

• A strategy of 3-2-1 is considered best practice.

• Ensure you are retaining backup copies long enough to allow for rollbacks to last clean version of data (in case of delayed ransomware). 

🔐 Protect your backups from unauthorized access by others.

• Encrypt your backups, otherwise a download will provide all of your data and/or intellectual property.

  • Encrypt my devices or data

• Limit physical and electronic access to your backups to prevent unauthorized people from viewing, altering, deleting your backups.