DISASTER RECOVERY AND BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Providing Shelter From the Storm

In the physical and the virtual world, bad things happen. If you are not properly prepared, a natural disaster such as a fire, flood, severe storm, or power outage can have dire consequences for your employees and your business. We recognize that your first priority is to ensure the safety of your workers. That’s why we work with you to develop an ironclad safety plan that includes evacuation routes and rally points. We make sure that procedures to contact the local police and fire department in the event of an emergency are implemented and followed. We’ll also apprise you of the nearest hospital or medical facility and poison control guidelines.

Once the safety and security of your employees is taken care of, the next concern is ensuring your business continues to operate after a disaster. This means making sure your data is safe and accessible. We can guide you through the data redundancy process and backing up to an off-site storage facility. Such steps will pay dividends even if the disaster occurs only in the digital world — such as a hardware failure or data loss due to malicious software. If your office or workspace is damaged or destroyed, you and your employees will still be able to get work done via a secure VPN. (For more on this, see the “Remote Access” section.)

The Realities of Disaster Recovery

Sources: Gartner, International Data Corp., National Federation of Independent Business, Touche Ross.