Why aren’t you focusing on your disaster recovery?

Studies have shown that businesses are not prepared for IT failure, does this include you?

75% of business owners are not confident that they will be able to fully recover their business after a disaster. Therefore it is important for businesses to ensure their files and data is backed up and saved appropriately.

Many businesses operate through the use of IT so it is important for you to understand the key steps you should follow in order to minimise any potential IT risks to your system. The risks include hardware and software failure, human error, spam, viruses and malicious attacks, as well as potential natural disasters.

In order to improve the security of your IT system you should follow the below steps. You should ensure all passwords used across the server are secure, check servers and wireless networks are protected, use anti-virus and anti-spyware protection, undertake regular software updates and complete system backups. Once these initial steps have been taken, you should then look at implementing a business continuity plan. This will allow you to identify critical business activities, risks, response plans and recovery procedures.

Do you have a disaster recovery or business continuity plan in place? If not, contact Southbank-IT today for advice on implementing a plan.