cloud Back Up Security Concerns
I am new to Acronis, so I apologize if this has already been covered......
How safe is my data with cloud backups? I keep hearing of large organisations being hacked.
If I want to recover a file, how easy is it? I use Zoolz and it can take 24 hours to recover a file!
If I backup to the cloud, then there is no reason to keep a local backup? Or should I have a second backup?
What happens is Acronis ceases to exist? How will I get my data?
I just wan to make sure that I have a 100% reliable backup policy in place
Thanks


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Ditto to Steve. The overall security is good. However no backup is fool proof and can be susceptible to corruption or failure (to the cloud and back or in a local environment) and that's not unique to Acronis, but all backup products.
I would keep at least one local backup and supplement off-site with Cloud as a secondary or third option. Local backups will be much faster to backup and restore... A matter of minutes or hours (depending on the total backup size)... Where the cloud can be hours to days (or longer if it's a lot of data). Cloud or off-site backups give you something to fall back on in case all of your local backups fail (lost, stolen, corrupted or damaged drives).
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You could also have a secondary Cloud backup to another Acronis location. At various times I have had a mixture of backups going to Australia (where I am located) USA, UK and France.
Ian
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