Proactive data protection based on weather patterns and severity

A method comprising:

• determining, by a system comprising a processor, a physical location of a device;
• identifying, by the system, a group of environmental categorizations, wherein respective environmental categorizations of the group of environmental categorizations correspond to different data protection actions, and wherein multiple types of weather predictions correspond to the respective environmental categorizations;
• receiving, by the system and from the device, a registration message indicative of registering for environmental alerts;
• and
• registering, by the system, with a first source to obtain environmental predictions from the first source;
• determining, by the system, a first environmental prediction of the environmental predictions from the first source and applicable to the physical location for a first time period;
• determining, by the system, a second environmental prediction from a second source and applicable to the physical location for a second time period;
• determining, by the system, a third environmental prediction based on the first environmental prediction and the second environmental prediction, the third environmental prediction occurring during a third time period that overlaps with the first time period or the second time period;
• categorizing, by the system, the third environmental prediction, resulting in a selected categorization from the group of environmental categorizations, wherein the first environmental prediction corresponds to a first categorization, wherein the second environmental prediction corresponds to a second categorization, and wherein the selected categorization corresponds to a higher categorization of the first categorization and the second categorization;
• and
• based on the selected categorization, modifying, by the system and at a current time, a level of data protection of the device for the third time period, wherein the third time period occurs at a future time.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• determining a group of environmental categorizations, wherein each environmental categorization of the group of environmental categorizations corresponds to a different data protection action;
• determining a first environmental prediction applicable to a physical location of a computer for a time period, wherein the environmental prediction comprises a prediction that an environmental condition associated with the computer will change at a time within the time period;
• determining a categorization from the group of environmental categorizations based the environmental prediction, resulting in a determined categorization, wherein the determined categorization corresponds to a higher of a first categorization the first environmental prediction and a second categorization of a second environmental prediction applicable to the physical location of the computer for the time period;
• and
• based on the determined categorization, modifying a level of data protection of the computer for the time period, wherein the time period begins at a future time.