Cloud apps are popular these days. Lawyers in particular seem to like file sharing apps like Dropbox, Box, etc. And just about EVERYONE uses social media.
Cloud vendors like to make you think that they’ll always be up and running. They talk about their datacenters, redundant servers, network operations centers, and on and on.
However, you probably have already heard about the denial of service attack launched last Friday that took down a large part of the Internet. Sites such as Twitter, Spotify, Reddit, SoundCloud, and others were either incredibly slow or completely inaccessible.
You may say, “But those sites aren’t important to me.” Yeah, maybe not. But those just happened to be the target of the most recent attack. A future attack can easily take out sites that you DO use, or prevent access to or from certain Internet carriers entirely.
What can you do about it?
Well, for one thing, before jumping to the cloud, make sure that you understand the advantages and disadvantages and all of the benefits and risks. Make sure that you are able to access critical data even if a cloud provider becomes unavailable, or if your Internet connection goes down. Make sure that you have a backup plan in case the worst happens.
In two words: plan ahead.
If you’re interested in learning more about what you can do, or just want to chat about the good and bad of the cloud, give us a call or send us an email.
