World Backup Day is a reminder to back up data daily

World Backup Day on March 31 is intended to remind users around the world of the need to create data backups.

Data backup is still one of the most neglected topics in the field of IT applications.

Whether commercial or private users - most people are far too careless with their stored data. Even though the problem of "cybercrime" has now sensitized many users and most PCs are well secured against external attacks, too few users still think about how they can permanently protect their data against permanent loss. This is because data loss is by no means only caused by hacker attacks, against which most users believe they are reliably protected. Rather, it can quickly happen that stored data is irretrievably lost not only through carelessness or negligence, but also through hardware errors, hard disk crashes or external influences. The data loss may then affect entire customer files, product directories, orders, plans, business records and the like, which can be a catastrophe for self-employed people and tradespeople. But it is enough if private files such as unique pictures, music files, important personal records and other documents can no longer be recovered. The damage is then compounded by the annoyance of your own negligence.

Yet it is so easy to permanently secure important data with regular backups. The problem therefore does not lie in the difficulty of the application, but in the carelessness of most users. To draw attention to the importance of backing up data when using computers, World Backup Day was launched a few years ago and is always celebrated on March 31. It is intended as a reminder to carry out regular backups in order to prevent any loss of data.

Saving essential data on an external medium such as a CD, DVD or stick is a fundamental step towards data backup. Effective data backup is even easier with special backup programs. This software reliably ensures that all data worth protecting is permanently backed up. Another effective method is online backup. The fact that relevant data is increasingly being stored on mobile devices should be reason enough to make regular backups a routine. What is a pure necessity for the administrators of large companies, namely effective data backup, should also become a matter of course for private users and businesses. World Backup Day therefore serves as a useful motivational aid to not only think about protecting essential data, but to actually put this into practice.