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 Test your UPS regularly. If you've set it up properly, you should have absolutely no qualms in pulling out the plug to the mains. Test your UPS regularly. If you've set it up properly, you should have absolutely no qualms in pulling out the plug to the mains.
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 +Warning: although they help from a resilience point of view, a UPS can make a computer more vulnerable in a break-in / theft situation, as an attacker can steal the machine connected to the UPS along with the UPS, and so remove it from your premises without shutting it down or crashing it, giving them time to connect it back to the power. If the machine is vulnerable to an attack while turned on (e.g. because the disk is only encrypted when it is turned off), keeping it attached to a portable UPS increases the risk of compromise / data exfiltration in a theft situation.
  
 === Consider power banks for mobile devices, and keep the charged ready === === Consider power banks for mobile devices, and keep the charged ready ===
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 You walk into your office one day, and find that it's flooded. Or on fire. Or occupied by trespassers. But you absolutely must get some work done before tending to that (or else can rely on someone else to take care of it). Do you know where you would go, and what you would do? You walk into your office one day, and find that it's flooded. Or on fire. Or occupied by trespassers. But you absolutely must get some work done before tending to that (or else can rely on someone else to take care of it). Do you know where you would go, and what you would do?
  
-If you work from a remote location as a matter of course (e.g. from home, or from court), then you might already have a tested plan. If not, now would be a great time to work out where you would go, and then actually get on and do it.+If you work from a remote location as a matter of course (e.g. from home, or from court), then you might already have a tested plan. If not, now would be a great time to work out where you would go, and then actually get on and do it. Spend a day working from your chosen place, and decide if it meets your needs. If not, find somewhere else, and give it a try.ย 
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 +Basically, do not wait until you absolutely have to work from somewhere else before doing so.ย 
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 +If you have colleagues and are used to collaborating around a table in the office, work out how you will continue to work together remotely. If nothing else, work out how to do multi-party calling on your phone, and practice it. Try running a meeting over the phone, or via video chat, and see how you get on.
  
   * Work out if your chosen venue โ€” perhaps a coffee shop down the street? perhaps from home? โ€” has a high enough likelihood of a power socket being available.   * Work out if your chosen venue โ€” perhaps a coffee shop down the street? perhaps from home? โ€” has a high enough likelihood of a power socket being available.
-  * Can you connect to the Wi-Fi?+  * Can you connect to the Wi-Fi? Is the connectivity good enough to do what you need to do (especially if it involves large files, or video streaming)?
   * Is it just too noisy during normal working hours?   * Is it just too noisy during normal working hours?
   * Do you have all the information you need readily available to you?   * Do you have all the information you need readily available to you?
   * Do you have the right cables and adapters in your bag, or are they unhelpfully stuck in a drawer?   * Do you have the right cables and adapters in your bag, or are they unhelpfully stuck in a drawer?
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