Panther Rage Computer

Start by identifying the kinds of information you would probably store on your network. I foresee a client list, proposals, contracts, documentation, work-related pictures, and financial data. All this data probably resides on one computer and if you have a file server, you would probably store the data there.

I advocate backing up mission-critical data offsite. This protects the data in case a theft, fire, or other disaster physically strikes your office. If that happened, you could restore the data and resume operations elsewhere.

Natural disasters happen. It’s time for a quiz. Which disasters happened after January 1, 2000?

· A tsunami strikes Indonesia.

· Two hijacked airplanes crash into New York City.

· A hurricane and levee failures destroy New Orleans.

· A chemical plant in Massachusetts explodes. Buildings within a half mile are knocked off their foundations.

Stop or I’ll shout STOP again. It’s an old joke about ‘Bobbies’ aka the London Metropolitan Police. It comes from a time when their cousins in the America’s where equipped with bullets and the London Police where resigned to a whistle and baton.

In the refurbished computer market I’ve noticed that the average computer user will take the time to create a password for their device and may even password protect documents and programs.

However, the day that they replace their aging computer is the day that their old computer is retired to the classifieds, back room or worse still the front lawn for pickup.

Once the computer is gone and the original owner finally realises how vulnerable their private data is they may as well simply shout STOP for all the good it’ll do.

But I deleted everything.