Online Backup by 77Backup » security

I’ve lost my encryption password – can you help me?

Mark — Sat, 29 May 2010 15:12:47 +0000

Unfortunately, no we can’t.

One of the main security aspects of 77backup is that only YOU knows the encryption password. If you lose your password, then nobody can decrypt your file, and we can’t help you !

Therefore, when choosing your encryption password, choose something that you can easily remember…

When should I backup my data?

Clheng — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:49:26 +0000

Ideally, you should backup your data as soon as you change a file, create a file, or make a new folder. However, we realize that this is a lot for you to remember.

That’s why 77Backup is designed to do the hard work for you. You just tell the software to monitor a directory, and then every new file in that directory, every change you make to a file in that directory, will automatically be backed-up to the server, at most four hours after you make the change.

Why should I backup my data?

Mark — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:48:32 +0000

Do you have home insurance? Of course you do. You’d be in big trouble if your house burned down and you lost all your stuff. You have home insurance to replace your furniture, clothes, in case of something happening to your house.

Data backup is just like home insurance – it means you can get your data back in case something happens to your computer. Imagine that someone steals your laptop. Sure, you can buy a new laptop – but it won’t have your CV, the photos from your trip to Paris, or the film of little Timmy’s first steps, will it?

Encryption

Tom — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:37:01 +0000

In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information (referred to as plaintext) using an algorithm (called cipher) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. Witch is often a password or a phrase.

The result of the process is encrypted information (in cryptography, referred to as ciphertext). In many contexts, the word encryption also implicitly refers to the reverse process, decryption, to make the encrypted information readable again.

As far as 77backup and most backup software, data is encryted before leaving the source computer, is stored cryted (data remains private) and is only decrypted when data is restored by the user.

Amazon web services to garantee your backup

Tom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:55:06 +0000

77backup uses Amazon web services

77Backup works with amazon web services to store your encrypted backup data. Since 1996, we’ve been working with the Amazon people (with Altexa and now with 77backup)

Basically, your data is stored on seven separated servers (that’s the cloud) that are designed for 99.99 % availability… By choosing amazon as a provider, 77backup guarantees you the stability and security of a large and respected company.

When choosing 77backup/altexa, You can be sure that your data will always be available for restore at anytime.

Amazon site / blog