IT Management: Four Steps to Properly Backing Up Your Web Site Data

3. Focus on firewalls. You want to physically protect your backup data from thieves and hackers, Kivlehan continues. “Someone getting a hold of an unencrypted backup [file] is just as bad as someone breaking into your facility,” he notes.

4. Keep copies of software, such as operating systems, applications and security patches. “They may need to be reinstalled along with your backups,” says Kivlehan.