Your data matters – make sure to back it up By Jarrod McAleese
We’ve all seen a pop-up message prompting us to “backup” the data on our devices, whether it’s on our phones, laptops, or desktop computers – don’t ignore it! Every minute, 113 phones are lost or stolen, and around 30% of computers are infected with malware. (Kensington Study, 2013)
Despite this, around 21% of people have never made a backup. (Backblaze – State of Backups 2021)
We receive these alerts for good reason. The valuable information of many Australians, including businesses within our property industry, is at significant risk if it is not regularly backed up to a safe location. Those working within our sector accumulate highly sensitive and critical data, making them, as well as the homebuyers and sellers they represent, attractive targets for cybercriminals. A backup is a copy of digital information such as photos, documents, videos and data from apps saved to an external storage device or the cloud.
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