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An Entrepreneur contributor argues that many small businesses overestimate their disaster readiness and lays out two concrete fixes: adding a secondary internet connection, such as fixed wireless or a mobile hotspot, so a single line failure doesn't halt operations, and setting up automated cloud backups that are tested quarterly to confirm both file integrity and restore time.
Three copies, two kinds of media, one off-site. The rule is old because it keeps surviving the specific ways people actually lose files.
Routers increasingly include 2.5 Gbps Ethernet ports, but using them at full speed requires a matching 2.5 Gbps port on the connected device and a Cat5e or newer cable. Internet-bound speeds are still capped by your ISP plan, though local network tasks like NAS backups can reach full 2.5 Gbps speed regardless of internet plan.
A network drive solves a specific problem: one copy of your files that every device can reach and that you own. It is not a backup, and that distinction decides how you set it up.
A new service called OneDeploy lets users deploy open-source applications on dedicated virtual servers that come with a web address, TLS certificate, admin account, and scheduled backups. Billing is hourly against a prepaid credit balance with a monthly price cap, and users can add custom domains, resize or migrate servers between regions or clouds, and restore encrypted off-site backups for about two weeks after funds run out. Pricing is per-server rather than per-user, and only open-source editions of apps are installed, with paid editions sold separately by their makers.
Signal has released version 8.30, extending its end-to-end encrypted backup feature to iOS, macOS, Windows and Linux after debuting on Android nearly a year ago. Users can choose Signal-hosted backups, capped at 45 days of media for free accounts, or unlimited on-device local backups, both requiring a recovery key to decrypt. The update also unifies Android's backup format with other platforms, separates media storage from backup archives to avoid duplication, and lets paying users purge old media locally while retrieving it from hosted backups.
The author recounts a childhood incident in which a family photo archive stored solely on an external hard drive was wiped after the drive was reformatted for use with a set-top box. The photos were eventually recovered, but the episode became a lasting lesson about the fragility of single-copy data storage.
Threat intelligence firm SOCRadar has exposed AnonyMousKIT, a phishing-as-a-service platform active since early 2024 that automates theft of Apple Activation Lock codes needed to unlock stolen iPhones. The operation spans 506 domains and 168 reseller storefronts, and uses AI-driven voice calls impersonating Apple to trick victims into handing over unlock credentials, iCloud data, and Keychain passwords.