Take the Quiz: How Would You Fare in an Actual Data Disaster?

Data loss and device theft are common these days, given that data sells big-time in underground cybercriminal markets. This World Backup day, see if you can actually survive a series of data disasters should they happen to you.

1. What's the first thing you would do if your device gets stolen?

   

   Report the incident and hope for the best.
   Track your device via the platform’s default anti-theft feature you previously set up.
   Track your device, lock it, and wipe sensitive data in it with your anti-theft app.
2. Which best describes your go-to password combination?

   

   Either the word “password,” the numbers “12345,” my birthday, or my name
   The latest pop culture trend or a long dictionary word plus a number and symbol
   Random set of phrases interlaced with numbers and symbols
3. Where do you back up your important data?

   

   What backup?
   Either in a personal hard drive, or in a cloud storage service
   In a personal drive and in other storage sites like the cloud or burned on CDs
4. How do you protect yourself from data-stealing malware?

   

   With free antimalware
   With my computer's built-in firewall
   With an antimalware solution that gathers real-time intelligence and guards all endpoints
5. Do you have important files and data on your phone? Can you retrieve them if your device gets lost or stolen?

   

   No. Everything in it (contacts, messages, photos) is lost, along with the phone.
   Partly. I can rebuild my contact list from my email address book and through social media.
   Yes. I can restore the data from the last time i synced it with my computer.
6. How do you usually log in to your online banking or shopping accounts?

   

   From links or promos sent via email or social posts
   By searching for the site and clicking on result links
   By clicking only bookmarked links or official apps
7. How many copies do you have of your most important document?

   

   Just the one I’m working on
   I have another copy in another computer
   I have three copies stored in different places
8. If your computer's hard drive crashed today, what would you do to retrieve important data stored in it?

   

   Take it to a repair technician and hope for the best.
   Check if I saved the important photos and documents on a USB or mobile device
   Retrieve my important data from a backup I created beforehand