Online and offsite backup
Copies held away from your office in secure UK facilities, so a fire, a flood or ransomware does not take the originals and the backups together.
Backups that have been restored.
Every firm has a backup. Far fewer know how long a full recovery would take, or have watched one work. The difference only shows up on the worst day.
Quarterly rolling contractWalk away after three months
Two questions worth answering.
How much work would we lose, and how long until we are running again? Those two numbers drive every backup decision, and most firms have never been asked them directly.
Once they are agreed, the design follows: how often copies are taken, where they are held, how quickly they can be brought back, and how often that is proved.
What this involves.
Tested restores
Recovery is rehearsed and recorded, which is also exactly what an auditor wants to see.
Documented recovery times
You get a plain statement of how long each system takes to bring back, agreed in advance rather than discovered during an incident.
Ransomware-resistant copies
Backups designed so that an attacker with access to your network cannot quietly destroy them first.
Questions we get asked.
How often should backups be tested?
Often enough that nobody is guessing. We agree a schedule with you and keep the records, because an untested backup is an assumption rather than a control.
Does this cover Microsoft 365?
Yes, and it should. Microsoft protects the platform, not your data from deletion or encryption, so cloud mail and files need backing up like anything else.
What is the difference between backup and disaster recovery?
Backup is the copy. Disaster recovery is the plan and the capacity to be working again within an agreed time. You need both, and the second is the one most firms are missing.
Also part of IT Support.
Co-managed ITYour IT manager keeps the relationships and the context.IT Strategy & vCTOSome firms get technology oversight from a full-time CTO.Cyber Security & ComplianceAudits rarely go badly because the IT is wrong.Cloud & Microsoft 365Most firms are already on Microsoft 365.IT Projects & office movesMoving premises, opening a second office or replacing ageing kit.
One accountable partner for all of it.
Thirty minutes with a senior engineer, then a written one-page summary you keep whether or not you work with us.
- Twenty to thirty minutesWith a senior engineer, on a video call.
- A written summary you keepOne page, yours whether or not we ever work together.
- No obligationNothing to sign at the end, and no pressure to.