Or maybe you just need to be fixed... 

Yea fix my publisher, please

This has got me thinking. I am considering getting a NAS drive which will be in a different building to the studio, but on the same LAN.

Not 100% but it would require some one to break into two buildings to loose both the backup and the DAW. The most unreplaceable files can be put on One Drive.

I am also thinking about a security strap on the PC to chain it to the desk. These are really to defeat opportunist theft in offices but they are cheap and anything that slows down a burglar reduces risk.

Glyn Barnes
This has got me thinking. I am considering getting a NAS drive which will be in a different building to the studio, but on the same LAN.

Not 100% but it would require some one to break into two buildings to loose both the backup and the DAW. The most unreplaceable files can be put on One Drive.

I am also thinking about a security strap on the PC to chain it to the desk. These are really to defeat opportunist theft in offices but they are cheap and anything that slows down a burglar reduces risk.

My thoughts exactly. Previously, I had a separate computer in the house that received images from the security camera and held my daily backups. Unfortunately, running it 7x24 for years eventually stressed it to the point of failure, and I couldn't afford to replace it. I, too, am thinking that a NAS device might be a cost-effective solution, something that powers down after a period of inactivity. Problem is, my camera can only transfer files via FTP, and AFAIK NAS devices can't be servers, just mapped drives. I may be wrong about that, so I'm looking into it.
 
Also, network storage does not necessarily guarantee reliability. I had one that I traveled with, very handy when working on the road. But even though I carefully packed it in foam and carried it in my carry-on baggage, it only lasted about 1 year before dying.
 
Chaining the desktop computer down is a very good idea. Cheap and not easily defeated. I'm planning on doing that, but it's not a solution for all the things that are routinely moved such as keyboards and amplifiers. For microphones and smaller items I've long intended to get a safe and bolt it to the concrete floor. I'd planned on doing that a year ago, but then my business income dropped drastically and nearly every capital expenditure had to be shelved. But it's back on the must-do list.
 
One thing I won't do is start saving backups on "the cloud". Bad enough that my back door is accessible to neighborhood ne'er-do-wells, I don't want another door that's open to the whole world. Oh, sure, vendors who sell online storage will swear up and down that it's secure. That's a good pitch for the rubes, but I've worked with networks and network security for a very long time, and I'm here to tell you such promises are wishful thinking.

bitflipper
 
One thing I won't do is start saving backups on "the cloud". Bad enough that my back door is accessible to neighborhood ne'er-do-wells, I don't want another door that's open to the whole world. Oh, sure, vendors who sell online storage will swear up and down that it's secure. That's a good pitch for the rubes, but I've worked with networks and network security for a very long time, and I'm here to tell you such promises are wishful thinking.

True, but would they erase your data or just access it and see that it's "just songs" and ignore it?  songs and cakewalk project backups can't be liquidated, which is what the thieves will do with your computer that they stole.  they very likely have no interest in the data unless it contains personal information they can use to steal your identity or access your bank accounts or credit cards.

The way I look at it is, nothing is 100% secure. Your external backups are not 100% secure. Someone could steal them, and clearly has. But you still back up to an external drive, yes? 
 
Cloud backups aren't 100% secure either. Yes, someone could potentially steal the data. But is there really any more chance of that than there is of being broken into and robbed? With every form of backup, you're taking a chance. 
 
If you back up to the cloud as well, you're significantly decreasing your chance of losing everything. And yes, you're also increasing the chance of some nefarious act being perpetrated on your data. But I think the increase in security that cloud backups create is more significant than the small chance that your data is going to be violated. And so I do it. I just make sure it's nothing which could allow someone to steal my identity. Sure, someone could hack into the server and download my projects. But realistically, what are they going to do with them? Have them mastered and release them as their own work? 

I'm not a fan of cloud storage either. The cloud company could go out of business without notice leaving no way to get the data back down. I have had server hosting companies disappear in the middle of the night and no way to download the current sites or data.
 
As to security/privacy of cloud data, one could always encrypt the files before pushing them up.

DrLumen
I'm not a fan of cloud storage either. The cloud company could go out of business without notice leaving no way to get the data back down. I have had server hosting companies disappear in the middle of the night and no way to download the current sites or data.
 
As to security/privacy of cloud data, one could always encrypt the files before pushing them up.

That's why nobody really suggests cloud storage as an exclusive form of backup. It's a supplementary "safety net" backup. 

That's also why I don't use BornYesterdayCloudServices, I have an Amazon Cloud Services account.  If Amazon suddenly goes out of business in a blink, then there are far bigger issues going on!

sharke

DrLumen
I'm not a fan of cloud storage either. The cloud company could go out of business without notice leaving no way to get the data back down. I have had server hosting companies disappear in the middle of the night and no way to download the current sites or data.
 
As to security/privacy of cloud data, one could always encrypt the files before pushing them up.

That's why nobody really suggests cloud storage as an exclusive form of backup. It's a supplementary "safety net" backup. 

True. But in this instance, where he does not have local backups, those cloud backups become even more critical.