MIS420-Chapter 14 Network Protection

Disaster Planning

• regular backups (onsite and offsite)
• backup network bindery (Netware 3.x) or your file structure
• keep detailed record of computer equipment
• "backup" personnel

Backing Up Your Data

• Use a decent backup program
  • DOS BACKUP
  • DOS MSBACKUP
  • Windows 95 and NT backup programs
  • tape drive software
  • third party software
• Why you should buy a tape drive
  • automates the back-up process
  • QIC tapes (upto 350Mbytes)
  • DAT tapes (upto 4 Gbytes)
• You don't have to back up every file every day
  • full backup once a week
  • daily incremental or differential backups
• Server vs. client backups
  • backup from a client
  • use a special ID for backup
• How many sets of backups should you keep?
  • tape rotation
  • grandfather-father-son backups
• A word about tape reliablity (use VERIFY/COMPARE option)

Change the Oil every 5,000 Miles

Guarding against the Dreaded Computer Virus