{"id":4765,"date":"2015-03-06T14:32:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T14:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2019-11-07T06:13:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T06:13:14","slug":"10-things-mom-never-told-sysadmin-definitely-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/10-things-mom-never-told-sysadmin-definitely-will","title":{"rendered":"7 things Mom never told you, but your sysadmin definitely will!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/news\/10-things-mom-never-told-sysadmin-definitely-will\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4782 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/7-things-mom-never-told-you.jpg\" alt=\"7 things mom never told you, but your sysadmin will\" width=\"640\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/7-things-mom-never-told-you.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/7-things-mom-never-told-you-300x117.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s just no advice like a Mom&#8217;s advice. &nbsp;Well, except maybe when it comes to IT related stuff. &nbsp;Can she stop your system getting locked up by malware? Or recover&nbsp;it once it has? Hey, who are we to make assumptions? &nbsp;Maybe she sure as heck can.<\/p>\n<p>But on the off-chance your Mom is like ours, for tech advice the average person should probably defer to the wisdom of their nearest sysadmin. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s what sound parental advice sounds like when delivered by an IT professional.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->If your Mom happens to be a sysadmin herself, we&nbsp;know&nbsp;she&#8217;ll agree!<\/p>\n<h2>#7 &#8211; Forget&nbsp;about the school bully, it&#8217;s suspicious links you need to avoid<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4770\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_lr9iy8V25q1qf8fb5.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/tumblr_lr9iy8V25q1qf8fb5.gif\" alt=\"don't trust suspicious links, David Tennant\" width=\"277\" height=\"238\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source:&nbsp;<a title=\"Gif Source on Tumblr\" href=\"http:\/\/satansbac0n.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">satansbac0n.tumblr.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oh, boy. &nbsp;Phishing is&nbsp;the bane of sysadmins everywhere. &nbsp;If you don&#8217;t know for sure that the link is legit, just don&#8217;t click it. You don&#8217;t want to&nbsp;be that person when it&#8217;s SO easy to avoid.<\/p>\n<p>Infosec company Sophos offers a pretty good overview of how to&nbsp;<a title=\"Phishing and how to avoid it, from Sophos\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sophos.com\/en-us\/security-news-trends\/best-practices\/phishing.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">avoid phishing attacks<\/a>&nbsp;you might want to pass along to any&nbsp;less tech-savvy friends and family. &nbsp; By the way, what&#8217;s the antidote to Malware attacks if&nbsp;those links do get clicked? Backups. That&#8217;s what.<\/p>\n<h2>#6 &#8211; An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but Apple ain&#8217;t&nbsp;immune to viruses!<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4771\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cheezburger.com\/5103725056\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/appleater.gif\" alt=\"apple not immune - juggling apple eater\" width=\"320\" height=\"272\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: <a title=\"Gif source - Cheezburger.com, author unknown\" href=\"http:\/\/cheezburger.com\/5103725056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">cheezburger.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It&#8217;s a thorn in the side of IT professionals everywhere: people who&nbsp;run&nbsp;operating systems other than Windows often think they&#8217;re immune to malware threats. &nbsp;Well if this is you or someone you know, we&#8217;re really sorry to be the bearers of bad news, but it just ain&#8217;t so.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, there&#8217;s a lot greater variety of flavors when it comes to Windows threats and vulnerabilities, but Mac and Linux are far from invulnerable. &nbsp;Here&#8217;s a pretty good article covering some of the biggest <a title=\"Biggest threats to Mac OS X over the last decade\" href=\"http:\/\/www.welivesecurity.com\/2014\/03\/21\/10-years-of-mac-os-x-malware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threats to Mac OS X<\/a> over the past decade. &nbsp;And Linux has its own <a title=\"Linux threats and vulnerabilities\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Linux_malware\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nasty little collection<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<h2>#5 &#8211;&nbsp;A bird in the hand is worthless&nbsp;if you don&#8217;t have it backed up offsite<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4773\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gifloop.tumblr.com\/post\/14422149752\/fat-birds-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-pearly\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/bird.gif\" alt=\"bird in the hand worthless if not backed up offsite - bird gif\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: <a title=\"Gif source tumbler.com, user gifloop\" href=\"http:\/\/gifloop.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">gifloop.tumbler.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Backups are super important. &nbsp;Really. &nbsp;But what happens if that building fire burns up all your diligent backups along with the data they were supposed to protect? &nbsp;Offsite backups in addition to your onsite ones truly&nbsp;are essential.<\/p>\n<p>There are a bunch of options for how you get those backups offsite, from <a title=\"Cloud server backup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/BackupAssist\/rsync-cloud-server-backup.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cloud server<\/a> options through to <a title=\"Sneakernet\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sneakernet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sneakernet<\/a>. &nbsp;Whatever fits your situation is fine. &nbsp;As long as you&#8217;re doing something!<\/p>\n<h2>#4 &#8211; If at first you don&#8217;t succeed, submit a ticket<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4774\" style=\"width: 390px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Iqh9bM0.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/ticket.gif\" alt=\"submit a ticket - ticket cat\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: Reddit user <a title=\"Gif source: redit.com, user Thund3rbolt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gifs\/comments\/223liv\/this_is_my_ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thund3rbolt<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sysadmin at your work is an IT professional. &nbsp;Professional being the operative word. &nbsp;That means she\/he doesn&#8217;t want to be ambushed in the break-room because your laptop is running slow.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Submit a ticket.  DO IT!\" href=\"http:\/\/community.spiceworks.com\/product\/45874-submit-a-ticket-t-shirt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit a ticket<\/a>. &nbsp;That&#8217;s how stuff happens.<\/p>\n<h2>#3 &#8211;&nbsp;&#8220;If it ain&#8217;t broke, don&#8217;t fix it&#8221; doesn&#8217;t apply to obsolete software<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3468\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gifs.alphacoders.com\/gifs\/view\/2175\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/06\/2175.gif\" alt=\"bsod - sysadmin knows to update software\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: <a title=\"Gif Source - Giff Abyss user Alpha Coder\" href=\"http:\/\/gifs.alphacoders.com\/gifs\/view\/2175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Alpha Coders &#8211; Gif Abyss<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When software reaches its End of Life, it&#8217;s time to let it go. &nbsp;Unfortunately, unlike your Grandpa&#8217;s old Chevy that ran like clockwork for 40 years, software needs near-constant development&nbsp;or it becomes ineffective scarily&nbsp;quickly. &nbsp;Not only that, it could become vulnerable. &nbsp;And that&#8217;s much worse.<\/p>\n<p>With a number of EOLs coming up this year, including <a title=\"Windows Server 2003 EOL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-au\/server-cloud\/products\/windows-server-2003\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Server 2003<\/a> and BackupAssist&#8217;s own <a title=\"BackupAssist v6 End of Life\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/support\/EndOfLife.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Version 6<\/a>, this is an important message to remember.<\/p>\n<h2>#2 &#8211; Taylor Swift&#8217;s music pales in comparison to her snarky&nbsp;Infosec advice<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4776\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.j-14.com\/posts\/10-gifs-of-taylor-swift-making-incredibly-funny-faces-14832\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/taylor-swift-reaction-face-1.gif\" alt=\"Infosec Taylor Swift is every sysadmin's favorite singer\" width=\"250\" height=\"133\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: <a title=\"Gif source: J-14 10 gifs of Taylor Swift making incredibly funny faces\" href=\"http:\/\/www.j-14.com\/posts\/10-gifs-of-taylor-swift-making-incredibly-funny-faces-14832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J-14<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re not even going to go into this too much. &nbsp;Just go follow the <a title=\"Infosec Taylor Swift.  Hilarious Infosec advice. \" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwiftOnSecurity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Infosec Taylor Swift<\/a> account on Twitter right now. &nbsp;Read through pretty much everything she&#8217;s ever tweeted. &nbsp;You&#8217;re welcome.<\/p>\n<h2>#1 &#8211; That data you lost? Yeah, it&#8217;s not gonna&nbsp;turn up&nbsp;when you least expect it<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4778\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/reactiongifs\/comments\/2qux51\/mrw_i_install_some_new_software_but_i_cant_find\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/03\/cufIziI.gif\" alt=\"lost data\" width=\"480\" height=\"288\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image source: <a title=\"Gif Source - Reddit user from Reddit.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/reactiongifs\/comments\/2qux51\/mrw_i_install_some_new_software_but_i_cant_find\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">reddit.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yep. &nbsp;If you don&#8217;t have data backed up, chances are it&#8217;s gone. &nbsp;Okay, yes, data recovery services are available and can be effective, but we&#8217;ve spoken before about why that&#8217;s <a title=\"Backup vs data recovery\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/news\/backup-versus-data-recovery-little-spent-now-saves-lot-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not a crutch you should lean on<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The point is that if you&#8217;re relying on any sort of data, do the right thing: back it up!<\/p>\n<p>Your nearest sysadmin thanks you kindly in advance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<em>You a sysadmin? Any other sage parental advice you&#8217;d offer?<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Leave a comment below, tweet <a title=\"BA on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BackupAssist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BackupAssist<\/a> or <a title=\"BA on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/BackupAssist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post to Facebook<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Share this article. &#8216;Cause why the heck not?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s just no advice like a Mom&#8217;s advice. &nbsp;Well, except maybe when it comes to IT related stuff. &nbsp;Can she stop your system getting locked up by malware? Or recover&nbsp;it once it has? Hey, who are we to make assumptions? &nbsp;Maybe she sure as heck can. 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