043: Backups - a necessary evil?
Smashing Security
Graham Cluley
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2017
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this special "splinter" episode of the "Smashing Security" podcast we tackle the tricky subject of backups - when did you last backup your data? how and what should you backup? and where should you store them?
Lots of questions and Graham gets to do his Tina Turner impression.
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Links:
- Tina Turner - Private Dancer - YouTube
- The Ed Sullivan Show - 'Baranton Sisters' - “Foot Jugglers” (Aired February 2, 1969) - YouTube
- How to create a robust data backup plan (and make sure it works)
- How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
- How to back up your Android phone or tablet: The ultimate guide
- Crashplan stops offering its consumer backup solution
- Carbonite cloud backup
- Backblaze Online Backup
- Mozy Cloud Storage & Backup
- Amazon Glacier
- CloudBerry Lab - Cross-Platform Cloud Backup
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| 0:00.0 | A big thank you to our sponsors, Recorded Future. |
| 0:07.0 | Recorded Future arms threat analysts, security operators and incident responders to rapidly connect the dots and reveal unknown threats. |
| 0:15.0 | Their patent and technology automatically collects and analyzes threat intelligence from technical, open, and dark web sources. |
| 0:22.0 | Why? To provide invaluable context for faster human analysis and real-time integration with your |
| 0:26.7 | existing security systems. Sign up to their Cyber Daily newsletter and get the latest insights |
| 0:31.5 | from Recorded Future at RecordedFuture.com slash intel. |
| 0:36.4 | Whoa, whoa. |
| 0:39.4 | Are you being able to just get a bit rude? |
| 0:41.6 | Is that how you're going to plan to make this show more exciting? Sorry, what do you say? |
| 0:42.4 | Bit rude. |
| 0:42.9 | How was I bit rude? |
| 0:44.9 | Okay, maybe I'm misunderstood. |
| 0:47.6 | I'm so glad I'm editing this one. |
| 0:50.1 | Smashing Security, Episode 43. |
| 0:53.5 | Backups, A Necessary Evil, with with Carol Terrio and Graham Cluley. |
| 0:58.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 43 of Smashing Security for the 21st September 2017. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm here, my name is Graham Cluley and I'm joined by my good chumman co-host Corral Terrio. |
| 1:09.0 | Hello, Carol. |
| 1:10.0 | Hello, Graham. Hi there. And we are here today for a very |
| 1:14.6 | special splinter episode. Buckle your seat belts, people. Indeed. And we are joined by a special guest |
| 1:21.6 | returning to the show Maria Vermasys. Hi, Maria. Hello. Hello. I imagine life has changed for you a lot since you last appeared on the show. |
| 1:30.4 | Oh, the fan mail just comes flooding in and I just don't know what to do. |
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