The eBay scandal that happened in August this year is well known to all, where an employee of a bank stole the personal data of a million customers on a hard drive. This data, which was later recovered, could have spelt the death of 3 banks and an overall loss to the tune of billions if it had fallen in the hands of a hacker of a thief.
This speaks volumes about the loopholes in conventional data storage which does not offer any kind of protection.
People normally store their data on computer hard drives, removable media or portable hard disks. If you have data in your computer that is highly confidential and/or important to you then storing data in these storage devices is not a safe option. These storage devices are not reliable as they can get tampered, corrupt, stolen or lost at any time.
Computers are electronic devices, so they can break down at any given point of time. There are chances that your computer gets infected with a virus and the only solution at that time would be to format the hard drive. There are even possibilities that your data gets deleted accidentally. Although there is recovery software available but the process is very time consuming and requires professional help.
The best way of storing data is online data storage. By using online data storage services, you can automatically update all the new files that you have added in your computer. Online data storage service also allows you to choose the time when you want to upload the data online.
Data is automatically updated on the server of online data backup company.
Online data storage service provides unlimited data storage space. You would no longer have to purchase CDs and DVDs store data.
