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title: Are You Really Confident Your IT Systems Are Protected From Disaster?
description: "Are you even 80% confident that your back-up/recovery systems will serve its purpose if a cyber disaster happened?\n\nIf you have answered no, then you NEED to read on..."
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# [Are You Really Confident Your IT Systems Are Protected From Disaster?](https://blog.grantmcgregor.co.uk/2015/are-you-really-confident-your-it-systems-are-protected-from-disaster)

 Written by [Grant McGregor Team](https://blog.grantmcgregor.co.uk/author/grmc-team) | 23/11/15 10:23

### Are you even 80% confident that your back-up/recovery systems will serve its purpose if a cyber disaster happened?

### If you have answered no, then you NEED to read on...

 

### Cyber Attacks

Recently we have all been exposed to a string of cyber attacks on high profile organisations such as Talk Talk, eBay and Tesco.

The spate of recent attacks indicates that even the most high-profile companies are under-prepared for disaster. Organisations may need to reinforce their defenses and find a more suitable business continuity plan, one that is specifically designed for their organisation’s needs.

Ultimately, the blame for fraud and cyber-attacks lies in the hands of the offenders, but at the same time, it’s fair to say that some organisations could be protecting their systems better than they already are.

 

### Business Continuity is Indispensable

Business continuity and disaster recovery planning is simple and nowadays it should be integrated into every companies day-to-day operations. Advancements in technologies in the past few years has meant that having an efficient, trust-worthy business continuity plan is more affordable and straight forward than ever.

 

### Find the Back-up for You and Your Business

Searching for a suitable back-up solution for your organisation can be a bit of a minefield. The market is filled with numerous product variations and because people have different amounts and types of data, and different needs – well conducted research is needed when deciding on the perfect back-up plan.

To help you become more knowledgeable on the various back-up/recovery options available to you. Our 6 step common-sense article should genuinely help you and your organisation to recovery quickly, if and when disaster strikes.

 

### **6 Questions You Must Answer Before You Can Be Certain Your Business IT Systems Are Protected From Disaster**

### **Q1. How did you arrive at your current back-up/recovery solution?**

 

More often than not your IT provider recommended the solution for you. Some providers do actually tailor the solution for your individual requirements. I’m afraid that others simply don’t – they go with the philosophy of ‘one size fits all’. With this in mind, it might be worthwhile asking yourself:  
“What is our current back-up / recovery solution and process?”  
“What are its strengths and weaknesses?”  
“Am I comfortable that it is the most appropriate solution for us?”

 

### ** Q2. When was the last time you felt truly 100% confident that your back-up/ recovery solution works? (Not just a report that states it has backed-up!)**

Your company back-up requirements are unique. You might only need to restore Microsoft Office files. Therefore, your requirements are different from a company that requires the ability to restore a full server within a matter of a few hours.

Maybe you need to restore all the data on your server to a different server, in the case of a hardware fault? Ask your provider if your current set-up can restore your data effectively and how they would go about proving the restore process actually works?...

 

 

### If these questions stimulate some question marks in your mind then request the rest of the guide now…

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