Business broadband users need to protect data

Business broadband users need to have a back-up plan in place should a technical problem cause data loss, an expert has advised.

Tony Neate, managing director of the Get Safe Online (GSO) organization, said it was essential to ensure any important data is backed up frequently, and stored in a place that is not part of the main network of computer files. He stressed that businesses and entrepreneurs in particular should have systems in place to support them.

He added that we are now more reliant on our broadband services than ever before and this means we must take greater care with the items we have running our daily personal or professional lives.

“It’s very important to make sure your back-ups are good and you have something in place where if … the internet fails, you have a number to ring to make sure you get it back up as fast as you possibly can,” he explained.

Mr Neate explained that products like cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service would become increasingly important to data protection.

In addition, the GSO spokesman said more consumers were looking to the web as a way to cut their spending – and this also means that keeping security tight is worth bearing in mind.

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