It’s World Backup Day!
Quick reminder: Computers crash. Files get deleted. Hard drives fail. But backups? They save the day.
If you haven’t backed up your important data recently, today’s the day to do it! Open-source tools like XWiki make it easy to keep your documents secure and accessible—without vendor lock-in.
When was the last time you backed up your files? If you can’t remember, it’s time to do it now! Future you will thank you!
Gandalf is currently shredding an old #HDD that no longer stores backups and has a ton of FERPA protected files. The command has been running for 10 min and it's only done 17Gb/1.9Tb on the first pass... there will be 4 passes. Is this going to take all weekend? Stay tuned.
One thing I didn't think about when purchasing two of these SanDisk rugged drives, is they don't have a status light that would provide some indication that the drive has died.
Well. one of my old SSDs finally died. RIP 860 EVO, you were my first SSD, and you have since paved the way for all my future paranoia of file retention.
Hi All, here is my #Introduction.
Raised in the 90s but surrounded by a culture of the 80s. First OS I regularly used was Windows 95. First OS I bricked by trying to bypass PGP full disk encryption was Windows XP. Since that was the family computer, my punishment was reformatting the drive, reinstalling the OS, its programs, and explaining to my siblings why their files could not be restored. #Learnfromyourmistakes #Backupyourdata
Over the years, I have worked in #webhosting, #datacenter operations, #sysadmin, #cyberthreatintel, and #infosec. I work on the #blueteam but occasionally work on #redteam projects. I often publish #opensource blue team tools on #github. Please feel free to submit PRs for contributions.
#LinkinPark and 80s rock.
I miss the days of #irc but I am excited to join the #mastodon community. Thank you to everyone at #infosec.exchange for welcoming me here. I look forward to building relationships with people here and love the culture.
