Backing up your computer & data

Computer security is about more than just protecting your hardware and online activities — you also need to protect your data. Accidental loss, mechanical breakdown, or theft can result in the loss of many hours of work.

Be smart:

• Set up automatic backups of data on your desktop computer or laptop.
• Always use a secure data storage facility for important or confidential Yale documents.
• Periodically check to confirm that your data back-up is running as it should, and that you can access the back-up material without a problem.

ITS network backup services

The ITS backup service provides clients with the ability to automatically or manually backup critical files and directories to the backup system. Once the service is running you will be able to restore previous versions of files.

More information on the ITS network backup service...

ITS file storage & collaboration options

ITS offers several secure file storage options, including options for collections of data that you and your colleagues use collaboratively.

More on secure storage and online collaborative tools...

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Related sites

• ITS network backup services
• ITS backup service FAQs
• Safe & secure storage for your data
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