The new year is right around the corner, so now is a great time to get your disaster recovery plan in action. Technology is a huge part of modern day business and because of this, cyber crime is just as popular. A cyber security breach to your business network could potentially cost you your entire business. Here’s a disaster recovery plan checklist to ensure your business is protected in 2020.
Technology Inventory
The first step in creating a disaster recovery plan for your business is to take inventory of all your technological devices. Your unique plan depends largely on what types of technology your business uses as well as how much. A complete inventory includes both hardware and software. Prioritize your software depending on which applications are most important to business.
Internal Recovery Strategy
You want to have an internal solution in case of an IT disaster that doesn’t depend on a software. A good internal strategy is to have an alternate facility to use in case of a security breach. Hardware can be set up at another facility so that business can continue during the recovery process.
Third-Party Recovery Strategy
You can go through a third party source for your disaster recovery plan. IT professionals provide various websites and software that your business can subscribe to in order to keep data in a safe place. The information stored on these data centers can be accessed anywhere using a web browser.
Professionals can detect outages and hold the data until their client’s network is restored. These professionals also provide monitoring and data filtering services that detect threats before they occur.
Data Backup
In the event of an IT disaster, your data needs to be recoverable. To ensure that this is possible, you need to back up all of your business data. Computers can be program to perform automatic data backups so that you don’t have to worry about remembering. Physical forms of data backup such as USB drives are becoming less popular as cloud computing options become available.
This allows data to be backed up onto a cloud, which is an internet-based software that allows you to access data from multiple devices. With cloud backup, all you have to do is log into the software from an undamaged device and your data will be available to you.
Contact J&P PC Solutions for Your Disaster Recovery Plan!
J&P PC Solutions is Baltimore’s Premier IT Consulting and Managed Services Firm. J&P went independent in February of 2018 and specialize in providing customized IT support and service for all industries including data management, construction, mental health, and more.
We are dedicated to providing 24/7 solution-oriented, professional service to all of our clients. For your disaster recovery plans or other IT services, give us a call at (443)-588-5808 or contact us on our website!
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