It seems like every day there’s a new security breach. Whether it’s at Sony, Target or a locally owned small business, customer’s data and information is put at risk. But Richard Marty, at Compel Consulting, has a compelling solution that’s as simple as 1-2-3, or more precisely, 3-2-1.

Compel’s 3-2-1 principle encourages its small and medium business customers to always ensure data is backed up to three locations, in two different formats (i.e. an in house server, an online server, or storage in a cloud) and one off-site storage location like an external hard drive or backup c...