A SOHO customer has lost all data after a disaster. What recommendations should be made to prevent future data loss?

The correct recommendation involves the use of cloud storage and a hot site, which together provide a robust strategy for data recovery and business continuity after a disaster.

Cloud storage is essential as it allows for off-site backups of data, ensuring that even in the event of a disaster that damages on-site systems, the data remains retrievable from an external location. This not only safeguards against physical threats like fire or flooding but also offers the ability to access data remotely from multiple devices, enhancing flexibility and security.

A hot site refers to a fully operational, alternate site that can immediately take over operations with minimal downtime in case of a disaster. It maintains a replica of the systems used in the primary location, ensuring that in the event of data loss or system failure, business operations can quickly resume without significant interruption.

Together, these solutions create a comprehensive approach to disaster recovery, mitigating the risk of future data loss through redundancy in both data storage and operational capacity.

The other options, while they do contribute to data protection or hardware resilience, do not provide as complete a solution for an organization that has experienced significant data loss. Backup testing, for example, is important but relies on the backup processes being in place beforehand. Local storage backups can be vulnerable to physical disasters,