Oct 02, 2026 3 min read
Hardware failure, theft and ransomware can all make business files disappear. A simple plan goes a long way.
Keep three copies
A widely used rule is to keep three copies of your data, on two types of storage, with one copy off-site.
Automate it
Backups that depend on someone remembering will eventually be missed.
Test your restores
A backup only matters if you can restore from it, so try recovering a file regularly.
Decide who is responsible
Give one person the job of checking that backups are running.