90% of businesses will experience a data loss within their first 5 years.
Ouch.
That’s called the school of hard-knocks. New businesses are so singularly focused on growth, that sometimes they overlook the insurance they need to maintain it in the event of a disaster. A significant data loss can derail any business, especially one clawing its way to more and more market share.
Regardless of whether it’s server backup or PC backup that is needed, an online backup solution is the confidence any company needs to keep ticking like an energizer bunny, no matter what mother nature or evil people throw their way.
Here are 5 questions to ask yourself about your company’s data backup program:
1. How do you know if you’re backing everything up? Because honestly, backup isn’t only files. It’s server settings, operating systems and databases too. Make sure these e on your online backup checklist as well.
2. Where is your back up? If you’re in a flood plain or earthquake zone, an off-site data backup solution is probably not a suggestion, it’s a requirement., unless you like running the odds. And even if you’re tight with the forces of nature, there’s thieves – who can be more pesky than a tornado when it comes to leaving a headache for you to clean up. Consider a complete online backup solution that will send fully encrypted data to a secure off-site storage facility, without burning discs or running to lock boxes, because that’s so old school.
3. So you say you’re backing up fine. Awesome. How practical will it be to perform a system restore of your data if you need to? Are you sure that you are protected from virus or software corruption? Software issues could potentially wreck your backup – and hence your system restore capabiliy. An online backup solution keeps your backup copy offsite, and a full system restore allows you to recover from different points in time. Say for example, the moment BEFORE that disgruntled employee uploaded a virus to your network that sent it spiraling out of control.
4. Are you protected from the ID-10-T problem? File recovery access is another feature you should be shopping for with your data backup plan. Restoring your whole business and system is great, but what if someone accidentally overwrote all your accounting files. Online backup makes it super easy to retrieve data — file by file or even a full system restore.
5. Are you on a set it and forget it program? Human error is the most common error. If your backups are the responsibility of an individual or department, you are leaving yourself vulnerable. An automatic data backup system is insurance for those forgetful ways…if you ever need a system restore, and sooner or later you probably will, you’ll be happy you took the simple steps to get started.