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Re:Ask HN: What is the most common security mistake you see? by jrs235 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @12:39PM (#14402722)
Not just backups. Restores. You need to test your backups by periodically testing your restore process to ensure the backups are actually any good.

Test your restore process periodically!

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Re:Ask HN: What is the most common security mistake you see? by decasia on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @03:21PM (#14404331)
Server backups are pretty easy to test in this era of virtualization. (I know, not everyone does it, but at least in principle it's pretty straightforward to mount a duplicate VM and test one's backed-up data. Good way to test config management systems as well.)

But how does one test restoring personal data? I'm guessing that most people, like me, don't buy duplicate laptops just to be a platform for testing their data restoration protocols.

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