We have recently distributed the SecureBackup™ online backup software to several websites for review purposes and have been very pleased with the results. The SecureBackup™ software consistently received the highest rating of 5 out of 5 stars.

SecureBackup™ Wins Multiple 5-Star Awards!

As you can see, we have numerous awards that we could place on our website to proudly display our winning status but it would take up quite a bit of space. Therefore, we have decided to place our entire collection of award winning images on this page.

The most notable award that we received came from Tucows. Tucows is one of the largest software download sites on the web and is recognized as an authority on software reviews. They did a very thorough review of our backup software and awarded SecureBackup™ with their highest rating!

We are pleased to have received such great ratings. SecureBackup™ was designed to not only be easy to use, but also to be the most secure online backup solution available on the market today.

View a demo of SecureBackup™ or sign-up right now and start backing up your files today!

New SecureBackup Website

We have just released a new website and hope you like it. We will be continuing to add content not only to the website but also to the Online Backup blog. We are quite pleased with the overall design and made it a point to put the words “Secure Online Backup Service” on every web page as this was not apparently clear in our old design. We also provide a link to the demo of our secure online backup service on every page of our new website. If there’s one thing we are consistently asked it’s “how does your backup solution work?” or “do you provide an automatic online backup solution?” These are the kinds of questions that we wanted to address in our overall site design by providing links to content pages and to the SecureBackup demo.

The old SecureBackup website also suffered from a lack of information regarding the SecureBackup PRO and HOME editions. We wanted to differentiate our offerings for both our home and business pro data backup solutions. We also wanted our website logo to be consistent with our software and service and were able to accomplish that as well.

A large majority of our visitors are using the Firefox web browser so we wanted to make sure that the SecureBackup website supported both Firefox and Internet Explorer. There will be more to come in terms of website improvements but we think that our overall design is much better and more accurately reflects the backup services that we provide.

Secure Online Backup

It’s been a while since I posted in reference to my “Secure Online Backup” series. In my, “What Makes an Online Backup Solution, Secure?” post I wanted to address the need to keep servers patched, so here it goes.

Patches are an important part of server reliability and security. There are two types of patches that should be installed as soon as they become available. This is especially true for servers that are “serving” information over the Internet. The first type of patch that we should be concerned about is one that fixes errors within the software running on the server. A particular piece of software could have some issues that keep it from functioning properly. If it crashes or has a memory leak or some other type of issue, it may affect the server somehow. This is less common with modern servers today but could still be an issue for software that doesn’t deal with memory leaks properly. Probably the most important reason for patching software is that it may be tied in with a service that is “served” over the Internet. This is especially true on Linux. So patching software is an important part of server reliability.

The second type of patch that we need to be concerned with are security patches. A security patch fixes a known vulnerability or exploit. Often times, these patches are created in response to a known threat. This means that a server may not always be 100% secure due to the fact that a malicious party may know about the exploit before anything is ever done to resolve it. As previously stated, software companies often release security patches *after* a known vulnerability or exploit has been discovered. It is good practice to install security patches immediately.

In addition to security patches, it is often desirable to have a server that only serves a limited number of services. For example, a backup server only needs to provide the necessary services to allow backups to be performed. If it starts providing additional services, such as email for example, the server will also need to maintain patches for its email services. This can make the server less secure due to the fact that more potential vulnerabilities and exploits can be used to gain unauthorized access.

The SecureBackup backup servers only “serve” data backup services. This makes the service as secure as it can be in terms of vulnerabilities and exploits.

Online Backup Service

SecureBackup, a premier online backup firm, recently announced discounts for clients that wish to be billed on a recurring annual basis.

Canastota, NY — April 9, 2009 — Premier online backup firm, SecureBackup LLC, recently announced that it will be offering discounts for clients that wish to be billed on a recurring annual basis. The company now provides twelve months of service for the price of eleven when prepaid annually. SecureBackup offers data backup options including SecureBackup HOME for personal use as well as SecureBackup PRO for business applications. The new discount applies to both the HOME and PRO editions of SecureBackup.

With eight years of experience in the IT services industry, the professionals at SecureBackup understand the importance of providing alternative payment options as well as discounts to clients. With a commitment to offering reliable backup software, combined with exceptional customer support, SecureBackup is dedicated to offering the best value in offsite data storage.

“Despite the global economic downturn, many businesses continue to see the importance of protecting their data and we want to help them to do that in an affordable way,” says Steve Eschweiler of SecureBackup (http://www.securebackup.com).

SecureBackup offers Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 197) A.E.S. file encryption, password encryption that meets National Security Agency (NSA) guidelines, and HIPAA compliance. In addition, SecureBackup provides file compression, multi-threading, and smart file synchronization features which improve backup performance.

“We are confident that our service and features are not only of the highest quality, but that we can offer it at a price that anyone can afford,” concludes Eschweiler.

About SecureBackup LLC: Secure online storage firm, SecureBackup LLC, (http://www.securebackup.com) provides online backup services to a variety of clients throughout the world. Engineered with security, reliability, and ease-of-use in mind, SecureBackup has many features to offer clients at competitive prices.

Media Contact:
Steve Eschweiler
SecureBackup LLC
9 Grago Blvd
Canastota, NY 13032-1005
1-800-351-8816
http://www.securebackup.com

Secure Online Backup

In the “What Makes an Online Backup Solution, Secure?” post, I wanted to address server-side eavesdropping so I’ll do my best to describe it in “English”.

Your online backups are only as secure as your password. What a lot of folks don’t realize is that entering a password online, even with SSL encryption and an HTTPS connection, is not 100% secure. You may wonder why this is so. Afterall, online banking uses SSL encryption when you access your bank account online. Well, the reason why it’s not 100% secure is due to the fact that SSL only encrypts the communication between your computer and the server. Once data enters the server, it is no longer secured by SSL. This is because the server needs to interpret whatever data you sent from your browser to the server. So the data on the server is open to eavesdropping. I’ll be honest and say that eavesdropping is not an easy thing to do. In theory, you first need to gain access to the server. Secondly, you need to install a program on the server that “listens” or “scans” for this type of information. Both of these are hard to do and there measures that a Server Administrator can put in place to help prevent this but it’s still not 100% secure.

SecureBackup avoids the problem altogether by the way in which it was designed. We don’t have a copy of your password so you don’t need to enter it online. Your password is created on your computer and is never transmitted across the Internet. This provides for a level of protection above and beyond what SSL alone can provide. If no password is ever transmitted, no password can ever be intercepted.

This is why SecureBackup requires you to sign up for service within the software rather than online. The main idea here is that everything is created and encrypted right on your computer.

Your Password is Your Security

As mentioned in some of my other posts, your online backups are only as secure as your password. If you want to keep them from prying eyes, you need to safeguard your password. With SecureBackup, we have done what we can on our end to protect it. Secure password protection is the key to having a secure, online backup service.