Backup and Disaster Recovery
Everything you need to know
Backup
You sell a product. You provide a service. You give people what they want. But all of that relies on one crucial thing: your business being operational. What happens if your organisation loses its data? It is your business’s most critical corporate asset, loss of data can have significant financial consequences — unproductive employees, dissatisfied clients, lost sales, and additional costs. Bacup is an important part of disaster recovery.
So let’s stop to think for a moment ….what would you do if disaster struck, and all your important business information and processes vanished into thin air? Do you have a backup solution in place to get your services online quickly after disaster strikes?
We all know a disaster can occur from events like fires, cyclones, failed hardware, power outages, a cyber-attack OR even a disgruntled employee who decides to wipe or steal some data … just because.
The reality is … even though we are aware a disaster can happen, we presume it will happen to someone else. So when disaster strikes, the long term consequences are often more costly than having a backup solution plan in place.
Back ten years ago you were limited to tape as a means of backup. With every server we install we installed a tape backup. Today there are far more choices and options. With some of the options available today you can minimise your downtime and recovery to minutes.
Microsoft have a shared responsibility model for backing up and protecting data in Office 365. They have the physical security, they have data storage replication and redundancy and they protect you from natural disasters or data centre issues.
They do not protect you from users deleting files, human error, malicious activity, hackers or viruses.
Backing up your data is your responsibility.
To be fair Microsoft do offer the following protections (subject to change):
Nortec work with multiple vendors who will do additional backup of your data. This usually involves backing up all incoming and outgoing mail, backing up your SharePoint and Teams data, including deleted files. These are usually charged on a per mailbox basis.
What is Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Statistics show that on average, over 40% of businesses that do not have a Disaster Recovery Plan go out of business after a major loss like a fire, a break-in, a storm, or sabotage. A Good Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan Increases Your Chances of Recovery.
There is no reason a temporary setback should turn into a permanent failure – if you protect your organisation before disaster strikes. The first step is to create a Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plan. We can help you get started right away. We will put together a comprehensive plan for your entire organisation, considering key components crucial to your recovery, and establish a formal process to be followed to restore your business continuity when a disaster occurs.
Your Disaster Recovery Plan will be a comprehensive, step-by-step process for you and your staff to follow, covering such items as contacting your local authorities and insurance carriers, re-establishing phone service, sourcing equipment, restoring data, and all essentials needed to restore your organisation’s operational capability.
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How we can help
So let me ask you: how long would it take to get your business back on track after disaster hits?
For more information on the importance of a disaster backup solution and how it can benefit your business, leverage our expertise. Increase your productivity and efficiency while reducing costs and mitigating risk. Contact us today to discuss the many benefits we can provide your business.