{"id":67,"date":"2020-07-10T13:21:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T17:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/it\/security\/saving-your-work\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:00:04","slug":"saving-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.adelphi.edu\/it\/security\/saving-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Your Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You should save all of your files to either Google Drive, or your Network H: or I: drives. These files are saved securely and automatically backed up. Local files are not backed up when you save to your computer&#8217;s C: drive or desktop.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Should You Save to the Cloud?<\/h2>\n<p>No matter how secure you make your computer, failures can still occur:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your computer freezes in the middle of a project and you haven\u2019t saved in an hour<\/li>\n<li>You accidentally delete a file<\/li>\n<li>Your hard drive gets a virus and needs to be restored to factory settings<\/li>\n<li>Your computer is lost, stolen or physically damaged.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s generally not practical or appropriate to back up copies of programs you have installed, but you should always make sure you keep the installation disks or files. This way, you will be able to reinstall programs that you own if your computer is reimaged or replaced. It is important to back up license files for applications.<\/p>\n<h2>Confidential Information<\/h2>\n<p>When working with confidential information, saving to the cloud is the recommended method. All information in the cloud is only accessible to you and whoever you share the information with.<\/p>\n<p>When working with Shared Drives or your department I: drive, be aware that every person in the shared drive\/I: drive will also be able to access that data. If you are going to save information in either of these locations, make sure that everyone who has access should be able to see this information.<\/p>\n<p>If it is something that only select individuals should have access to, we recommend saving to your individual Adelphi Google Drive (rather than Adelphi Shared drive), and then <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/drive\/answer\/2494822?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&amp;hl=en&amp;oco=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sharing<\/a> with individual users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/security\/compliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google&#8217;s Standards, Regulations and Certifications<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You should save all of your files to either Google Drive, or your Network H: or I: drives. These files are saved securely and automatically backed up. Local files are not backed up when you save to your computer&#8217;s C: drive or desktop. 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