Fair Backup

Employ backup encryption to secure your files during and after backups.

Why encrypt backup files?

The only reason to use backup files encryption is to prevent anyone but you from accessing your files, stored in the backup destination (the backup medium). If the backup storage medium can be accessible by others and it has sensible information stored on it, backup encryption is the best way to achieve security becides placing the backup medium in another location.

What to encrypt?

As mentioned earlier, encrypting files containing sensible information is a wise way of running a backup. Encrypting images, photos or let alone MP3s makes little sense, unless they too contain something not to be seen or heard by others.

How to apply encryption?

If you backup manually, you can use any software, developed specifically for such purpose. As for backup programs, most, if not all, backup tools can encrypt your files during backups.

How to decrypt the files?

The encrypted backup files can only be decrypted using the same program and your password, so it is wise to remember the password you used to encrypt them. For security reasons, it is also recommended to remember the passworod, but not to write it anywhere, lest it should be seen by others.