Backup requirements
Identify important systems, files, and cloud data. Agree on what must be protected, how often it changes, and how long copies should be retained.
Protect critical information and build a recovery approach around the systems your business needs most.
Discuss your needs ↗
Identify important systems, files, and cloud data. Agree on what must be protected, how often it changes, and how long copies should be retained.
Define recovery time and recovery point objectives. Use those goals to evaluate solutions and prioritize restoration activities.
Review separation of backup copies, access controls, encryption options, and resilience against accidental deletion or malicious changes.
Review job status and investigate failures. A successful job is one signal; the ability to restore usable information is what matters.
Plan representative recovery tests for files and systems. Record the results, dependencies, and changes needed to improve the recovery process.
Document recovery contacts, key suppliers, application dependencies, and workarounds. Keep a practical plan for responding to an outage.
Recovery planning connects technology to business priorities. We help identify the order in which systems should return, the people involved, and the conditions needed to resume work.
Backup frequency depends on how much recent data your business can afford to lose and the capabilities of the selected solution. We establish this during planning.
Recovery depends on the incident, data volume, infrastructure, and selected solution. Any specific commitments must be agreed in writing after assessing the environment.
Tell us what is working, what is getting in the way, and where you want to go.