Traditional backup methods don't meet today's decentralized data needs. Here are five common mistakes associated with protecting endpoint data.
Manual, user-initiated backup to external drives
Surprisingly, many companies still attempt to protect endpoint data by asking or requiring employees to manually back up their data to external drives. This approach can be very costly, especially if the company has thousands of employees purchasing these devices and subsequently charging them back to the company. And once the users obtain the drives, they tend to forget or refuse to back up their devices. Additionally, these drives are frequently lost or stolen, thus compromising the data they were meant to protect. As a best practice, enterprises should keep a minimum of two copies of data backed up in separate locations.