Data Loss

00:08 Assume you spent last Sunday with your entire family and decided to take a few pictures.

00:13 You take out your smartphone and take the most gorgeous picture of your family you've ever taken. Your smartphone breaks two days later, and you haven't saved the photo anywhere. It's no longer there.

00:26 That is not what you want.

00:28 But you also don't want the photo to appear on a website with questionable political beliefs a decade from now.

00:38 In both scenarios, we are discussing data loss.

00:42 Viruses, trojans, spyware - we all know these things are terrible, but security measures will keep us safe from them.

00:52 However, when it comes to data loss, things get even more complicated.

00:57 Assume you're on your way to the conference room.

01:00 Someone is approaching you; you expertly escape a collision.

01:04 Then he places his hand on your left shoulder.

01:09 You lose your footing, your laptop falls to the ground, and you can't turn it back on.

01:15 All of the data has vanished.

01:18 An identical situation could arise if you spill coffee over your keyboard.

01:26 Assume your IT administrator is unavailable for several weeks due to vacation or an accident, but the organization gets hit by a virus or a trojan right now.

01:38 The whole company network, including all computers, is infected.

01:43 No employee has access to his information.

01:48 That is the scenario, and you will naturally have a reasonable thought: You will contact an outside IT business, which will send a crew to your office via some type of same-day delivery. They are unable to access the network, however, because there is no administrator password and no procedural documentation.

02:09 Nobody knows how the whole thing is supposed to function.

02:14 And now we may take it a step further.

02:18 Consider the death of someone with a great deal of responsibility.

02:24 They are the lone employee who has access to company-relevant and important data.

02:29 Will they take it to their grave, or can we save the data somehow? The most crucial concern, however, is whether you adequately secured all data, whether there is a backup, whether there are backups, and, if so, how quickly can we retrieve the data again? Is the data kept in the cloud or locally in the basement? What about a fire or a busted pipe if you're on-site? Are there any emergencies? What will happen if a key employee is absent? Are we able to collaborate with an external IT company as soon as feasible to fix problems? What is your company's worst-case scenario, and how can we prepare for it? Data loss is complicated.

03:24 Don't wait for a situation like this to occur.

03:27 Make plans and be prepared.