Data Disaster Prevention: Backups - DIT 36024
| DIT 36024 | 3 hours |
What would you do if your computer crashed, was infected with a virus, or if your laptop was stolen or damaged? You could lose all your documents, personal photos, contact information, correspondence, and financial information. How could you recover?
In this seminar you will learn strategies and techniques for backing up and protecting your valuable information and how to avert disaster.
Programs
Objectives
- This seminar will cover the necessity of backing your data, explore the ways that users lose their data, and the weaknesses that others might exploit to steal your data.
- We’ll discuss the components of a successful Data Disaster Management Plan and examine different backup media to help you determine which backup system is best for you.
Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- explain the differences between local on-site and off-site backups,
- explain the differences between daily, weekly, and monthly backups,
- understand manual vs. automated backups,
- describe the advantages and disadvantages of different backup media (HDD/CD/DVD/tape/etc.),
- identify free and commercial software available for Mac and Windows,
- apply encryption options for sensitive data,
- understand backup vs. RAID and the concepts of fault-tolerant solutions,
- verify backups and understand redundant backup media,
- understand the importance of versioning backups, and
- use best practices, tips, and tricks.
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Topics to Cover
Notice
This is a tentative outline.
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Cost
This seminar will cost $49.