Disaster Recovery

Did you know that two out of five businesses without a disaster recovery plan failed following an information technology disaster?

Many disaster's can impact information technology equipment - some easily come to mind, others you may not have thought of:

• Hardware failure

• Natural causes such as fire, flood, earthquake, etc.

• Electrical disturbance

• Virus or hacker attack

• Purposeful destruction by current or ex-employee

• Terrorism

How can you prevent many IT disasters from occurring in the first place:

• Secure networks and personal computers

  • Firewalls: inbound & outbound

  • Anti-virus & anti-spyware software

  • Up-to-date software

  • Administration & management

• Surge protection

• Universal power supply (UPS)

• Equipment placement

• Redundant hardware

Prepare for the unavoidable IT disaster:

• Full daily data backup

  • Media rotation

  • Local fire-proof storage

  • Off-site storage

• Restoration procedures & testing

• Account management: users, passwords, etc.

• Asset management: hardware, software, etc.

• Remote access

• Business contingency planning

Continue operations in the event of an IT disaster

• Local computing

• Redundant hardware

• Temporary connectivity

• Manual (paper-based) procedures

• Alternate work location: home, hotel, etc.

Restore computer systems after an IT disaster

• Equipment replacement

• Software Installation and Configuration

• Application testing

• Data recovery

  • Restore backed-up data

  • Copy interim files

  • Manual data-entry

• Data Validation

Call TechPros Consulting for a free assessment of your information technology disaster recovery plan.

Don't wait until it's too late!