Copy That: How to Manage Law Firm Data Backup

March 1, 2022 - Law Practice Management

It can’t happen to you until it does.

I’m talking about the business disaster that could strike your law firm at any moment: flood, fire, data breach, device breakdown, smoke damage, truck carrying 30,000 pounds of bananas careening out of control . . . Well, you get the picture.

Because any law firm could be struck by disaster, every law firm should develop and maintain a disaster recovery program. And, the primary component of any disaster recovery program in a cloud-based world is an effective data backup program.

So, here’s what you need:

an encrypted, physical backup drive (harddrive, thumbdrive, whatever; ioSafe is amazing)
an online, incremental backup system (like Carbonite, BackBlaze or CrashPlan)

And, you’ll need both, in case one fails.

Make sure to test your backup, as well. You don’t want to be trying to recover your data for the first time in an actual disaster.

This podcast offers a wealth of information on data recovery.

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Could your law firm recover from a disaster? If not, you need to talk to us.

The Wyoming State Bar offers free law practice management consulting services through Red Cave Law Firm Consulting.

To request a consult, visit the Wyoming State Bar’s law practice management page, and start running your law firm like a business.