Hardware fails and ransomware strikes without warning. Automated backups across multiple locations, with recovery plans we actually test, mean an incident costs you minutes or hours rather than days.
A backup is a copy of your data. Disaster recovery is the tested process for restoring systems from that copy after a failure or attack. Business continuity is the wider plan for keeping your company operating while that happens.
A small business needs a plan for each, because a backup nobody has tried to restore is only a hope.
Answer these honestly:
If you answered “no” or “not sure” to any of these, it’s time for a review.
Servers and critical systems captured on a frequent schedule with no manual steps. [CONFIRM: frequency]
Copies on site for fast restores and in secure cloud storage for protection against fire or flood. [CONFIRM: UK data centres]
Copies that can't be altered or deleted for a set period, even by an administrator, so ransomware can't destroy them.
Independent protection for Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams. [CONFIRM: Barracuda]
Every job checked by our engineers, with scheduled test restores to prove recovery works.
Critical servers started from backup copies while failed hardware is repaired, keeping downtime to a minimum. [CONFIRM]
We build every client’s backup around this principle, with immutable cloud storage as the isolated copy.
Your live data plus two separate backups.
Such as a local backup appliance and the cloud.
Isolated, so a single incident can't reach every copy.
When ransomware encrypts your files, the fastest way back is clean, untouched backups. Because our backup copies are immutable and stored separately from your network, attackers can’t encrypt or delete them. Paying a ransom offers no guarantee of getting your data back, and UK law enforcement advises against it.
A continuity plan also asks what happens if the internet drops or the office can’t be used. We have designed resilient setups for clients who can’t afford to stop, including:
Backup is the process of copying data so it can be restored. Disaster recovery is the plan and technology for getting systems working again after an incident, including how quickly and in what order. You need both.
Critical business data should be backed up automatically at least daily, and for busy systems several times a day. The right frequency depends on how much work you could afford to lose, known as your Recovery Point Objective.
If you have clean, isolated backups, yes. We restore from the most recent safe copy after removing the infection. Without protected backups, recovery may not be possible, which is why immutable off-site backup is standard for our clients.
Not in the way most businesses assume. Microsoft keeps the service running but deleted data is only recoverable for a limited time. An independent Microsoft 365 backup means a deleted mailbox or encrypted file can still be recovered.
We monitor every backup job daily and carry out scheduled test restores. Contracted clients receive reporting on backup status as part of their regular reviews.
Backups are held on site for fast recovery and in secure cloud storage off site. [CONFIRM: UK-based data centres]
Stop attacks before you need to recover from them.
Hybrid cloud and Azure resilience for your servers.
Backup internet and resilient office networks.
Find out how long it would really take your business to recover.
