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Backup and Disaster Recovery
or BDR is a key component of a
holistic security and continuity
strategy for your business.
Today’s businesses are so
heavily dependent upon IT that
if they experience a disaster that
temporarily or permanently limits
their access to their data, they
could lose tens of thousands of
dollars – or their entire business.
Data has to be backed up and
must be made readily available
in a format that can be retrieved
quickly. Any recovery time
amounting to more than an
hour or two can be disastrous
for your company.
As we consider Backup and
Disaster Recovery – and how
good (or not) your current BDR
provider is at his/her job, there
are several things we must
consider regarding the data that
is being backed up. Here are a
few questions.
What kind of data are you
backing up?
– customer re-
cords, proprietary applications,
internal process data, produc-
tion computations
What is your current BDR
strategy?
– none, local on com-
puter or server, cloud
What compliance requirements
are placed on your business?
–
HITECH, PCI DSS, HIPAA, SOX
The answers to these questions
give you – and your BDR provider
– a baseline for your strategy.
The answers tell you what you
are backing up, what is currently
in place, and what your required
security/backup level is for the
proposed BDR solution.
So, here’s the “meat” of the topic.
Is your current BDR provider
good at what he/she does?
Here’s the simple answer. If
they haven’t talked to you about
these ten things, they may not
be right for your business.
Have they asked you:
1. Have you had file corruption
or data loss in the past?
2. How much of your company
is dependent upon data, and
how much pain would you
be in if you lost access to
your data?
3. Howlongcouldyourbusiness
survive without access to
your data, applications, and
files?
How Good is YOUR IT Provider at Disaster Recovery?
10 Things YOU Need to Know
By Jeanne DeWitt
SOAR TO SUCCESS
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Core Business Strategy