With so much wild weather these days, and with the continued growth of different kinds of malicious threats, it's more important than ever to have a backup and disaster recovery plan.
Why create backup and recovery plan?
With backup and recovery, you designate ways to access data in the event of a catastrophe, making it easier to get back on your feet. Companies without these plans in place risk losing business or even going out of business. Creating a backup plan now is crucial in preventing future issues, but it's easy to maintain your plan once the initial work is done.
Getting started
To get started, consider: All business-critical systems and applications, all documents that include sensitive information, location of all files and documents, and contact information for employees and clients. If you're already storing documents off-site or in the cloud, you're already well on your way to a disaster recovery plan. If not, it's time to consider what to do with those files. Adding a document management service is an easy way to take control of document storage and simplify document conversion. After dealing with document handling, the next step in a disaster recovery plan involves delegating tasks and assigning roles. This feature of the plan will indicate who does what in the event of an emergency. You can also develop policy about customer notification, handling a longer outage, and so forth.
Having a comprehensive plan is key -- it's better to over prepare than to be left in the dark. Sure, it's unlikely that you'll experience a catastrophe, but there's more to disaster planning than Mother Nature. Recovery plans should also take into account a massive data breach or issues like system outages that could affect day to day operations. You don't have to do this alone.
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