Bloggers: 3 File Security Mistakes You Are Making Every Day

Despite the fact that bloggers have made an entire industry out of utilizing modern technology to their advantage, there are far too many people out there who are STILL making the same file sharing mistakes on a daily basis. These are the types of mistakes that don't just drive down productivity and make it harder to do your job, but also make it all the more likely that you'll fall victim to a hacker or another person with malicious intentions if you're not careful.

Don't Make These Common File Security Mistakes

Sharing Large Files Over Email

The most common mistake that bloggers make every day in terms of file security involves sending large files over email because it's "fast and efficient." The issue is that this isn't just insecure (especially as most public email providers don't offer advanced security like two-factor authentication yet), but it's also inefficient - even Gmail has a 25MB file size limit in place at all times.

With an FTP provider like Sharetru, you can send files that are as large as you'd like from any location without worrying about security at all thanks to features like active hacker protection, country restrictions and more.

Not Protecting Your Files

Another key file security mistake that bloggers make every day involves not protecting their important files with passwords, advanced security features or both. What happens if you need to post to your blog right away but can only do so from a public Wi-Fi hotspot? If just one other person on that network knows what they're doing, they could pluck a file right off the connection while in transit - gaining access to every last kilobyte of data inside.

FTP providers like Sharetru, on the other hand, not only allow you to password protect your entire server but ALSO include advanced features like at-rest and in-transit encryption to help make sure these are things you don't have to worry about any longer.

Not Backing Up EVERYTHING

Perhaps the single biggest file security mistake that a blogger can make is to assume that just because they've sent themselves a file via email means that file is "backed up" in the event of a disaster. We've already talked about how sending large files over email is inadvisable in the first place, to say nothing of the huge number of ways that you can lose access to those documents. What happens if your email provider deletes it in the future? What happens if you accidentally delete it tomorrow? The answer in both cases is simple: that file is gone forever.

Choosing to go with an FTP provider like Sharetru for all of your file transfer needs, on the other hand, guarantees that not only do you have secure access to that information from any device on the planet with an Internet connection, but also that those files aren't going ANYWHERE as your provider takes care of all backup and disaster recovery needs on your behalf.