Three Data Recovery Problems Your Business Must Consider

When it comes to data recovery strategy, you must ask yourself if you have the right strategy for your business’ needs. Below are several factors to be aware of when planning your data backup system, as well as how to make it happen.

1. Compliance Concerns
The first factor to worry about is whether or not the data is being stored securely, as well as whether it’s being sent to and from your backup solution properly. Industries that deal with compliance and government mandates will influence how your business deals with data backup and disaster recovery. If your business doesn’t suffer from data loss, it certainly will suffer from the fines that non-compliance can result in.

It doesn’t matter if you manage your own solution in-house or you work with a vendor. Data security will always be an imperative part of data backup. Even a small business can benefit from avoiding these risks and compliance regulatory fines. While some small businesses might be limited in terms of IT resources, outsourcing reduces this issue considerably while minimizing risk.

2. Scalability and Cost
Your organization's specific needs, as well as the price associated with them, will be instrumental to ensuring the success of your disaster recovery system. Before choosing your provider, be sure to keep these additional charges in mind; some may charge you for just a simple copy of your backed-up data. A backup solution should never be assumed exclusive to just major disasters like a ransomware attack or a fire, as even everyday occurrences like a hardware failure or a small-scale data loss incident could be enough to cause more than just a little annoyance. Any strategy implemented must also be documented in a way that is easy to read and implement.

3. Absence of Management or Testing
If there’s one thing worse than suffering from a disaster, it’s suffering from a disaster and having a data backup system that doesn’t work as it should. In many scenarios, this will be your business’ responsibility, but what if a disaster strikes when you’re not in the office to react to it? A comprehensive data plan that accounts for this is vital, and you need to have both a copy of your data in the office as well as in the cloud for easy deployment. Naturally, none of this matters if your data backup system doesn’t work, so test it once in a while to make sure that it will actually help in the event of a disaster. For reference, you should do it as often as you might do a fire drill, or even more frequently.

How Macro Systems Can Help
The best aspect of working with a managed service provider for all of your business’ data backup needs is that all of the above can be handled by our professional staff. To learn more about how we can help you prevent and react to data loss incidents, reach out to Macro Systems at 703-359-9211.