On 10/31/2014 06:14 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 10/31/2014 5:43 PM, Rich Braun wrote: >> One word on modern backup strategy: encryption. > > I disagree in the general case. Anything that adds unnecessary > complexity to a backup system is a failure begging to bite you. > I agree here. If you provide physical security on your backups you should be ok, but in certain situational conditions where you can't fully secure the backup media, then I certainly support encryption. But, one consideration is that the backup media could be stored for years especially if it contains commercial financial data.
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