Similar sentiment will return to you when you lose all of your data on your laptop or lab’s computer. You cannot return to the days when your data were still alive. A cliché Ph.D. tragedy entitled “My dissertation was gone with the wind one week before the submission date” still happens. Can I convince you just how important it is to back up your data regularly?
Not only back up data, but there are also several things that you should know regarding computer security in the lab. Here are some examples:
• Back up periodically!
You have to back up your data to an external hard drive at least once a week.
• Do not let a public computer remember your password!
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| SAY NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, if it is a public computer!!!!! |
• Do not leave log-in information on a public computer.
These rules are not only for you. From your account, your collaborator’s data might be accessed. Although you know that all of your friends in the lab don’t do anything harmful, it remains your responsibility if something happens.
Good luck with your IT security!
