Backing Up Your Data
On November 26, 1973, Rose Mary Woods (President Nixon’s personal secretary) testified in federal court that she accidentally erased 18 ½ minutes of the Watergate tapes. With no backup system, this potentially critical data was lost forever. Losing critical information due to human errors and disasters can cause great financial loss, create breaches in trust and otherwise undermine your efforts to serve your community.
Check to see that key organization and personal information — especially computer files — are adequately backed up. Have one or more places off-site to store data; invest in jump drives or other alternate storage devices; and ensure that your files won’t be lost if a single system or network goes down. Always make sure all crucial data exists in multiple places.
