Cyber security
Backup and disaster recovery
An untested backup is not a backup, it is a hope. Most companies find out they cannot restore on exactly the day they need to. We test the restore, not just the copy.
What is included
The 3-2-1 rule
Three copies, on two types of medium, one off site. The standard that survives fire, theft and ransomware at once.
Immutable copy
A version that cannot be deleted or encrypted even by a compromised account. Modern ransomware goes for the backups first.
Tested restores
We periodically verify that the data actually comes back, not just that the backup job finished successfully.
Clear objectives
We agree how much downtime and how much data loss are acceptable, then build to meet them.
Full coverage
Servers, workstations, mail, cloud files. Microsoft 365 data is not backed up by Microsoft — a common and expensive assumption.
A written restart plan
Who does what, in what order, with which credentials. An incident is not the moment to improvise.
The two numbers that matter
How long the company can be down and how much work it can afford to lose. A nightly backup means that, at worst, you lose a full working day. For some companies that is acceptable; for others it is catastrophic.
The conversation starts from those two questions, not from a product. The solution and its cost follow from the answers.
Why we insist on testing
We have met backups that had run without error for months and could not be restored: a missing configuration file, a database copied while it was writing, an encryption password nobody remembered.
A restore test takes a few hours. Discovering it does not work in the middle of an incident costs days.
Frequently asked questions
01Our data is in Microsoft 365. Isn't it already backed up?
Not in the sense you expect. Microsoft guarantees service availability, not recovery of data a user deletes or an attacker encrypts. The recycle bin has a deadline, after which the data is gone for good.
02How often are backups taken?
It depends on how much the company can afford to lose. Typically daily for files and more often for active databases. We set the frequency from the impact of a loss, not the other way round.
03What happens if we are hit by ransomware?
The immutable copy stays intact, because it cannot be modified even with administrator rights. You restart from it, following the written plan. That is why paying a ransom does not need to be part of the conversation.
Let's work out exactly what you need.
We look at the current situation, tell you what is worth changing and what can wait, then you get a quote with clear figures.
Request a conversation
Write us a few lines about the situation in your company and we will come back with a concrete proposal.
Other services
We cover the whole chain, from infrastructure down to repairing a single device.
Cyber security
Managed protection for workstations, servers and accounts — with visibility into what is happening, not just an antivirus installed.
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Backups on the 3-2-1 rule, with periodically tested restores — the one measure that holds when everything else gives way.
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IT security audit
An honest assessment of where you stand: what is exposed, how likely it is to be exploited, and what to fix first.
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