Free Ebook
Data Backup and Business Continuity
What you can actually restore, and how long it takes
Backup conversations stall because they start with technology. They move quickly when they start with two numbers per system: how long you can be down, and how much data you can lose. This guide covers setting those with the business, matching them to a strategy and a cost, and running the restore tests that turn an assumption into a capability.
Who it's for
IT leaders and business owners who have backups but have never tested a restore.
What you'll take away
- An RTO/RPO worksheet to complete with your business owners
- A restore-test schedule and the evidence to keep from each
- A one-page continuity runbook template
What's inside
- 1RTO and RPO: two numbers the business has to own
- 2Four recovery strategies and what each costs
- 3What gets forgotten: DNS, certificates, secrets, and deploy pipelines
- 4Ransomware-resistant backups: offline and immutable copies
- 5Testing restores on a schedule, and timing them
- 6Writing a continuity plan someone can follow at 3am
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