Backups that actually work
Nearly every business backs up something. Far fewer could restore it on the day they need to.
The gap between "we have backups" and "we can recover" is where companies lose weeks of work — or close for good.
01 Why backups quietly fail
A backup set up two years ago and never checked is the classic trap. The external drive filled up. The cloud sync silently stopped after a password change. The backup ran, but never included the one folder that mattered. None of these announce themselves — you discover them only when you try to restore.
The fix: test your restores
The single most valuable habit is to periodically restore from backup and confirm the files open. A backup you've never restored is a theory. A backup you restored last month is a safety net.
02 The 3-2-1 rule
A durable approach keeps three copies of your data, on two different types of storage, with one copy off-site. The off-site copy is what saves you from fire, theft, or ransomware that reaches everything on your local network.
03 Ransomware changes the maths
Modern ransomware deliberately hunts for and encrypts backups too. That's why a recovery copy should be isolated — kept where day-to-day accounts can't reach or alter it.
Automate it, keep a copy off-site and isolated, and test a restore on a schedule. If you do nothing else, test a restore.
This is exactly what our Backup & Recovery service sets up and maintains.