Secure backup of critical business data

Purpose

1.1. Enable automatic, scheduled, and event-driven secure backups of critical business data—including POS transactions, customer databases, inventory, digital documents, sales data, and images—to mitigate risk of data loss, corruption, or breaches for an antique furniture retailer.
1.2. Ensure offsite, encrypted backups allow full rollback or restoration in disaster recovery scenarios, meeting industry best practices and regulatory compliance.
1.3. Centralize backup processes across disparate software environments and endpoints (on-premise, cloud, hybrid) with flexibility for frequency, retention policy, and archival.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Scheduled time intervals (hourly/daily/weekly/monthly).
2.2. Detection of new or modified files/data (POS close-out, inventory update, CRM changes).
2.3. User-initiated backup via dashboard or mobile app.
2.4. System alerts or errors (storage threshold reached, suspicious activity).
2.5. Manual override via secure interface.

Platform Variants

3.1. Google Drive
• Feature/Setting: Use Drive API (`files.create`, `files.update`, `files.export`) to send encrypted data file uploads; configure service account authentication.
3.2. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: Use Dropbox API (`/files/upload`, `/files/list_folder`) with OAuth2; set event triggers for new file backup.
3.3. Microsoft OneDrive
• Feature/Setting: Use Graph API (`/drive/root:/:/content`) with scheduled upload via refresh tokens.
3.4. AWS S3
• Feature/Setting: Use S3 API (`PutObject`, `CreateBucket`); configure server-side encryption (SSE-S3 or SSE-KMS).
3.5. Backblaze B2
• Feature/Setting: Use B2 API (`b2_upload_file`); set lifecycle retention and hashed integrity check.
3.6. Wasabi
• Feature/Setting: Wasabi S3-compatible API with access/secret key auth; set bucket versioning and immutability.
3.7. Google Cloud Storage
• Feature/Setting: Use Storage JSON API (`objects.insert`); manage bucket classes and uniform access.
3.8. Azure Blob Storage
• Feature/Setting: REST API (`Put Blob`); set container access policies and automatic tiering.
3.9. Box
• Feature/Setting: Box Content API (`/files/content`); use app tokens for secure backup ingestion.
3.10. Mega.nz
• Feature/Setting: Use SDK or API (`PutFile`, `GetAccountData`); enable end-to-end encryption and multi-devices.
3.11. pCloud
• Feature/Setting: pCloud API (`uploadfile` endpoint); set file/folder backup with client-side encryption.
3.12. Synology NAS
• Feature/Setting: Active Backup feature with scheduled tasks; configure SMB/NFS access and snapshot replay for historical versions.
3.13. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud
• Feature/Setting: API (`/backup/start`); set endpoint policy profile and encrypted archives.
3.14. Veeam Backup
• Feature/Setting: Veeam RESTful API (`POST sessionMngr`) for orchestrated backup jobs; schedule with Windows Task Scheduler.
3.15. Arcserve UDP Cloud Direct
• Feature/Setting: Web API (`StartBackupJob`); set data encryption and retention compliance.
3.16. iDrive
• Feature/Setting: iDrive API (`backupNow`); allow folder inclusion/exclusion lists and email notification.
3.17. Zoho WorkDrive
• Feature/Setting: WorkDrive API (`POST /upload`); enable team access controls and encrypted channel.
3.18. Egnyte
• Feature/Setting: Egnyte API (`/fileops/upload`); integrate audit-logging for every transaction.
3.19. Carbonite
• Feature/Setting: Scheduled automatic backup with secure cloud store; set up multi-factor authentication policy.
3.20. CrashPlan
• Feature/Setting: CrashPlan PROe API (`BackupJobStart`); configure continuous backup and role-specific access.

Benefits

4.1. Reduces business downtime risk by securing all mission-critical data automatically and offsite.
4.2. Centralizes control with granular scheduling and trigger logic tailored for antique furniture retail workflows.
4.3. Enables rapid disaster recovery with versioned backups, ensuring minimum data loss from human error, theft, or hardware failure.
4.4. Enhances data confidentiality and integrity through end-to-end encryption, regulatory compliance, and multi-layered access controls.
4.5. Scales with business growth and software mix, supporting plug-and-play addition of new platforms or endpoints.