nospam
it doesn't mean what you think it means. no surprise there, since reading comprehension is not your strong suit.

Tony Cooper
"We knew" clearly says "We knew what they were thinking". What else could it mean?

A "backup strategy" is worse as a term to use. A "strategy" is a plan of action that is determined before you do something. You determine your strategy, and then you devise a protocol to memorialize that plan.

nospam
and that's exactly what a backup strategy is.

you have to plan how you are going to do the backups, which include hourly snapshots, periodic full clones and how often to rotate offsite backups and where they're kept, plus any encryption if needed. a cloud backup might also be included.

all of this takes planning, including activating an account if cloud storage is used or finding an appropriate offsite location (i.e., a bank vault) for the offsite backup.

Tony Cooper
Yes, you have a strategy, devise a plan, and then put the plan into effect by memorializing and putting into place your protocol for back-ups. The "protocol" is how and when you do back-ups. It's the result of the strategy and planning. The protocol you use becomes the standard for your back-up procedure.

There are several FTP programs available to use. They are called "FTP" programs because they follow the File Transfer Protocol...the standard.