🔄☁️ Having a robust backup is being prepared against data loss and data theft.  March 31st is World Backup day to remind everyone of the importance of having a robust and accessible backup.
A backup is a copy of all your important files. From a personal perspective that might include family photos, videos, documents and emails. From an organisation's perspective that could be systems that hold personal data you have collected and process, such as an HR system, it might include photos, documents and videos.  An organisation might not need to backup every file, so it's important to understand what should be backed up.

The World Backup Day website is encouraging everyone to make the pledge to backup important documents and precious memories today: 👉World Backup Day

Reasons to backup important information and personal data:

🛡️Data Protection 

🛡️Cyber Security

🛡️Disaster Recovery

🙍‍♂️Human Error

💻 System Failures

🔢 Version Control

😊 Peace of Mind

If you are a school, college or multi academy trust you should refer to both the Cloud Solution Standards and the Cyber Security Standards for guidance about Backup Best Practice 👉DfE Digital Standards Overview

Remember that you might need to include data stored on a backup, for example if you migrated your MIS you might need access to pupil data from the old system, to respond to a Subject Access Request.  Ensure your backups are readily accessible.