P1 · Protect
Backup & disaster recovery
A backup is only useful if you can restore from it when something goes wrong — a failed disk, a deleted folder, ransomware, a fire or theft. Many organizations discover too late that their backups were incomplete, stored in the same place as the original, or never tested.
01Sounds familiar?
We start with two questions: how much recent work could you afford to lose, and how long can you afford to be down? Then we design backups and a recovery plan around those answers, and we test them by restoring.
- You are not sure what is backed up, how often, or where the copies are.
- Backups exist but have never been restored to check they work.
- All copies are in the same building, or connected to the same network, as the original.
- There is no written plan for what happens if a key system is unavailable.
02P1 · Backup & recovery
Who it is for
Organizations with important data
Client records, financial data, designs or documents that would be costly or impossible to recreate.
Teams with compliance expectations
Who need to show how data is protected and how long recovery would take.
Anyone relying on a single copy
Including data kept in cloud applications, which is not always backed up the way people assume.
03P1 · Backup & recovery
What we deliver
Recovery objectives
Agreed targets for how much data you could lose (RPO) and how long recovery may take (RTO), per system.
Backup design
Multiple copies on different media, with at least one kept offsite and one protected from being changed or deleted.
Implementation
Backups configured for servers, endpoints and cloud applications, with encryption.
Monitoring
Daily job checks and alerts when a backup fails or is skipped.
Restore testing
Scheduled test restores with written results, so you know what recovery really takes.
Recovery runbook
Step-by-step instructions for recovering each critical system, stored where you can reach them in an emergency.
04P1 · Backup & recovery
How it usually runs
Agree what matters
Which systems and data are critical, and your recovery targets for each.
Design the copies
Where copies live, how often they run, how long they are kept and who can delete them.
Implement and monitor
Backups running, encrypted and checked daily.
Test by restoring
Regular restore tests and a runbook updated with what we learn.
What we promise — and what we don’t
- No backup system can guarantee that data will never be lost. What good design does is make loss less likely and recovery faster and more predictable.
- We state recovery targets in writing and test against them. If a test shows a target cannot be met, we tell you and propose options.
- Recovery time depends on data volume, connection speed and the nature of the incident; the runbook shows realistic estimates, not best cases.
- Backups cover the systems we have agreed in scope. We document anything that is explicitly out of scope.
When did you last restore from a backup?
If the honest answer is “never” or “not sure”, start with a backup review. We will tell you what is covered, what is not, and what to fix first.
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- Written next step
- No obligation