Backup & Disaster Recovery

Among all layers of protection against cybersecurity attacks you can put into practice, having a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery plan is your business’s last best defense. In the event of a network that is completely compromised, off-site cloud based encrypted backups of critical data is how to recover from a worst case scenario.

Regularly scheduled, automated backups remove the uncertainty that comes from using an external physical drive. Using physical media for backup that isn’t moved off-site can’t protect against human error or an environmental disaster. Flash storage media such as a thumb drive is at risk of a static discharge that can wipe it of any useful data, and small portable media is also vulnerable to theft.

Many businesses might choose to keep critical data in a cloud storage platform as their de facto backup solution. While tools like OneDrive and Dropbox are very convenient for the sharing of documents, they also grant only a limited window of time during which users can recover previous versions of a document that might have been corrupted, edited, or accidentally deleted. If a user discovers a change to a document was made in error prior to that window, they lose valuable work product. A true backup solution saves every change for an extended, and selectable period of time. Comprehensive backup captures the incremental changes over time (the delta) and allows you to pinpoint and recover to a specific point in time months or years prior.

In the event of a catastrophic server failure, having a current backup of the entire disk image is the shortest path to getting back up and running. While preserving files and folders is important, the logical structure of servers including shares, applications, accounts, and settings is complex and rebuilding the physical hardware itself is only one aspect of the recovery. A complete disk image means restoring faster and getting your business back up and running quickly.