s A guest account would be denied most write privileges so they couldn’t accidentally delete important files. It is a security flaw in the network that cannot be fixed without upgrading the operating systems on machines that run windows 98. Most businesses store their vital records in the form of digital data. Keeping this data secure is a key issue. Many problems may arise that can cause the loss or corruption of data. A virus attack, system crash, hardware failure, or a natural disaster are just a few potential problems that could cause loss of information and in turn devastate a company. It is imperative for a business to consider these possibilities and make sure they back up their data.As college students living in the technology age, we too have lots of important data stored on our computers. This information ranges from term papers to financial records that would be devastating if lost. This is even a bigger worry with laptops as they go thru the daily rigors and abuse of being transported and connected to many different networks. It only takes one bad bump (over 14 to 17 G’s of force) to break a hard drive arm and/or data reading heads to render it useless. Possible virus threat, accidentally transmitted thru email, could corrupt a hard drive and render the O.S. useless and trash the hard drive. For all the above reasons we needed to put a system in place to back up all of our information. One of the benefits of the network is that backing up data is both fast and convenient. For example, the users in my network back up their data onto their user directory located on the server. Once a month, the user directory is burnt onto a CD. This back up is then stored in a fireproof lockbox, where it is guaranteed to be safe. Getting into the habit of such practices is imperative for today’s I.T. professional.Connecting a network to the Internet can bring tremendous improvements in productivity, but not w...
