Entitled 'Back up your data safely', the tip sheet published in December 2023 by the Restena Foundation is available in French and English. More specifically, it explains what successful backup is and provides advice on how to set one up, but that's not all. It also explains how to protect your backups from cyberattacks, while shedding light on the recommendations and responsibilities on those setting up a backup.

Published as part of the awareness-raising activities on IT security issues led out by its CSIRT, the IT security incident response team dedicated to the research and education sectors in Luxembourg, it is added to the four existing tip sheets. The latter deal with how to react when a cyberattack occurs, the importance of having a strong password, the growing and invasive phenomenon of spam and phishing messages and social engineering attacks.

The tip sheet is an awareness-raising tool for research and education stakeholders in Luxembourg. In 2023 it is set up as part of the European LuCySe4RE project - that has received funding from the European Union’s Digital Europe programme (DIGITAL) – whose aim is to improve protection against the cybersecurity risks faced by the Luxembourg research and education community.