Hope Is Not A Strategy

© Scott Snyder Uh Oh! All of your data has been stolen and is being held for ransom. What is it worth to you?

© Scott Snyder So Why Bother?

• We tend to underestimate the time and effort required to recover data • Time ≥ Money • This is true even for replaceable data

© Scott Snyder Hardware

• Old School — Just Print It • Optical Disks — CD, DVD & Blu-ray • Thumb Drives • External Hard Drives Or Solid State Drives (SSD) • Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) • Networked Attached Storage (NAS) • Servers

© Scott Snyder Included OS Software

• Mac — Finder • Mac — Time Machine • Windows — File Explorer • Windows — Backup(8 &10, but not 8.1) • Windows — File History(8 &10)

© Scott Snyder Third Party Software

• Mac — Carbon Copy Cloner • Mac — Super Duper! • Win — Acronis True Image, has cloud option • Win — Paragon Hard Disk Manager • Win — ShadowProtect Desktop

© Scott Snyder What About The Cloud

• Do you have the bandwidth? • Is your data sensitive? • Do you trust the provider? • Encryption, theirs or yours?

© Scott Snyder Cloud Options – Backup Focus

• — Mac & PC • iDrive — Mac & PC • DollyDrive — Mac • Arq + Raw Cloud Storage — Mac & PC

© Scott Snyder Cloud Options – General

• — Mac & PC • — Mac & PC • — Mac & PC • MS OneDrive — Mac & PC • Sugarsync — Mac & PC • iCloud Drive — Mac

© Scott Snyder Phone Backup – iPhone Via iCloud

• Connect to the via WiFi • All data is encrypted • Excludes data already stored in iCloud, other cloud services, Apple Pay info, Touch ID settings, iCloud Music Library and App Store content • What are the + and - of this approach

© Scott Snyder Phone Backup – iPhone Via iTunes

• Physically connect to your Mac or PC • Choice of encrypted or not: always encrypt!! • If encrypted, excludes data in iTunes and App Stores, PDFs directly downloaded to iBooks, Photos already stored in the cloud, Apple Pay info, Touch ID settings • What are the + and - of this approach

© Scott Snyder Phone Backup – Android Phones

• Due to the diverse OS environment, there is no all encompassing solution • The approach you take will be somewhat dependent on your phone manufacturer and provider • Direct copying, third party software and cloud accounts are possibilities • Each individual will have to research this for their phone

© Scott Snyder When Disaster Strikes

• If you don’t have a backup, your only hope is forensic data recovery. No guarantees, large expenses and significant loss of time. • If you have a backup, restore the files from your backup and move forward.

© Scott Snyder Where Does It End?

• Some of us need a belt and suspenders • And some of us don’t • Any backup is better than no backup! • It does not end! The specifics constantly change • But the need to protect ourselves goes on

© Scott Snyder Questions? [email protected]

© Scott Snyder Useful Links • Carbon Copy Cloner: https://bombich.com • Super Duper!: https://shirt-pocket.com • Acronis: https://www.acronis.com/en-us/ • Paragon HDM: https://www.paragon-software.com • ShadowProtect Desktop: https://www.storagecraft.com • Backblaze: https://www.backblaze.com • iDrive: https://www.idrive.com • DollyDrive: http://www.dollydrive.com • Arq: https://www.arqbackup.com • Online Backup Reviews: https://www.lifewire.com/online-backup-services- reviewed-2624712 • Online Backup Reviews: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-online-backup- service/

© Scott Snyder A Little Math

20 megapixel jpeg ≈ 4.3 megabytes ISP upload speed ≈ 5 megabits/second

How long to upload a photo: (4.3 megabytes/photo x 8 megabits/megabyte) ÷ 5 megabits/second ≈ 7 seconds/photo

5000 photos ≈ 10 hours Your 250 GB hard drive ≈ 5 days

© Scott Snyder