Not too long ago I posted a series of articles about the importance of backing up data as part of establishing a secure infrastructure. The series only briefly touched upon cloud storage as a type of media to store backups, and today I’m going to drill down on the topic further.

With the recent offering from Google of Google Drive with 5GB free, we have yet another player in the cloud storage arena. Google’s arrival on the scene with Google Drive seems to have spurred Microsoft into increasing the free storage offered to some from 7 GB to 25 GB on its SkyDrive. These are just two of the dozens of cloud storage and cloud backup options available to you. Read more

Today I will conclude my series, “End User Risk Avoidance” with two final examples of behaviors you should modify as a best practice to improve internet security and avoid malware.

Be more skeptical about the contents of e-mail.

Don’t click on hyperlinks in an e-mail message unless you solicited the link. For example, if you sign up for an account at a Web site that sends a confirmation e-mail which contains a link you must use to confirm your account, you may need to trust in the link and click. However, if you receive e-mails with hyperlinks that you did not solicit, be very cautious. Read more