Backup
Basics |
Security | Data
Loss
Backup
sets are securely encrypted
All
of your files are first compressed and encrypted with your
defined encrypting key before they are sent to Business
Data Connect's data center. To everyone but you, your files
stored on our servers are unreadable and secure.
Best
encryption algorithm is used
Business
Data Connect uses industry standard encryption algorithms-
Triple DES, Twofish by Counter Pane Labs, and the Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES) by the National Institute of Standards
and Technology, our preferred algorithm.
In
non-technical terms, this means your data is encrypted and
protected using the best industry-approved methods available.
We
don't keep your encrypting key
The
encryption key used to encrypt your files resides only on
your computer and is known only to you. It is never transmitted
anywhere across the network. If this key is lost, all backup
files can not be recovered. Therefore, although we have
access to all files you stored on our backup server, we
have no knowledge of the content of the files you stored.
Reminder:
Please
make sure you write down you encryption key in a safe place
where it will never be forgotten.
Restrict
access to data by IP addresses
You
can also restrict access to your backup files from the set
of IP addresses you defined. If someone tries to access
your data from an IP address not on your defined list, their
access will be denied. This additional security ensures
backup files are not open to all locations, even if username
and password are known.
If
you keep your encrypting key safe, you can be 100% sure
that your data is not exposed to outsiders. |
