Fingerlakes Computing provides data backup, disaster recovery, and computer and network security services to your home or business. It doesn’t matter if you use your computer for the home or the office, everyone should have a data backup plan and take precautions to secure their computer before connecting it to the internet.

Hardware failures, hackers, computer viruses, flood or fire and other disasters can render your data inaccessible. To allow restoration of your data after a disaster you should have a working data backup plan before a disaster occurs.

For ease of access and convenience wireless networks are great, but too many people fail to implement any kind of security mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access to their wireless network. Even though they may have a firewall protecting them from the internet, if their wireless access is not secured, it is a vulnerable backdoor into their network and computers. If wireless transmissions are left unencrypted and no access control mechanisms are in place, anybody can connect to your network and “sniff” out usernames, passwords and data as it travels over the air.

To address this and other security issues everyone should implement a variety of security measures to apply a “defense in depth” strategy that includes running a firewall, antivirus and spyware applications, security updates, password management and data encryption etc.

Regardless of whether you are looking to backup and secure your home computer or a business that needs a comprehensive computer security policy that includes disaster recovery and business continuity plans, Fingerlakes Computing can help you achieve an appropriate level of security for your needs.