Your organisation depends on its data every day.
Emails, documents, customer information, financial records and business applications all play a part in keeping your people working and your business operating.
But what would happen if that information suddenly became unavailable?
Whether caused by accidental deletion, hardware failure, a cyber incident or another unexpected event, losing access to business-critical information can quickly become more than an IT problem.
At Neos-IT, we believe a data backup is only as good as the recovery. That’s why our approach is not simply about creating copies of your data. It’s about making sure you have an appropriate recovery strategy in place should the worst happen.
How quickly could your business recover?
Many organisations know that their data is being backed up, but fewer know exactly what would happen if they actually needed to recover it.
It’s worth asking:
- What business data are we currently backing up?
- Where are those backups stored?
- How frequently is our data backed up?
- How long are backups retained?
- How quickly could we restore individual files?
- What happens if an entire system becomes unavailable?
- How quickly could our employees start working again?
- Are our backups regularly checked?
- How would we recover following a cyber incident?
- Is our Microsoft 365 and cloud-based data appropriately protected?
- Who takes responsibility for managing the recovery?
- When did we last test whether our backups could actually be restored?
The 3-2-1-0 approach to backup
Neos-IT adopts the 3-2-1-0 approach to backup:
3 copies of your data
Maintain multiple copies of important information rather than relying on a single backup.
2 different media
Keep copies using different forms of storage, reducing dependence on one technology or location.
1 copy off-site
At least one copy should be stored away from the primary environment, providing additional protection if the main location or system becomes unavailable.
0 failed restores
A backup needs to be recoverable. The objective is therefore not simply successful backups, but successful recovery of the data when it is needed.
Recovery when something goes wrong
It doesn’t always take a major cyber attack or disaster to cause disruption.
An employee might accidentally delete an important file. A device or server could fail. A cloud service could experience a problem. Data could become corrupted or a business could experience a wider security incident.
Whatever the cause, the important question is how quickly and effectively you can recover.
Neos-IT can help organisations put recovery arrangements in place that reflect the importance of their systems and data.
Neos-IT’s own data centre
We operate our own data centre, providing private cloud hosting and backup facilities.
This gives us the ability to provide backup and recovery services as part of a wider managed technology environment.
We can enable customers, in appropriate circumstances, to be up and running again within the hour following a significant incident.
Why choose Neos-IT for Backup & Recovery?
Recovery-focused approach – we believe a backup is only valuable if your data can be successfully recovered when it’s needed.
3-2-1-0 methodology – multiple layers of protection so you can have confidence (and meet any compliance requirements if you are a regulated business).
Neos-IT data centre – private cloud hosting and backups provided in our own facility.
Fully managed approach – ongoing monitoring and management so backup and recovery remains proactive, drawing on our more than 25 years of experience.
Let’s talk about your Backup & Recovery
Neos-IT can help you review your current arrangements, understand your recovery requirements and put appropriate protection around your business-critical information.
Speak to Neos-IT about your Backup & Recovery requirements