Training Video | Disaster Recovery

Disaster recovery and business continuity planning is how your organization keeps working when systems fail, when data is lost, or when an unexpected disruption interrupts normal operations.

Key concepts

• Disaster recovery restores technology such as systems, data, and connectivity. Business continuity keeps the rest of the operation running while repairs happen.
• Two targets shape every plan. A recovery time objective sets how quickly you must be back. A recovery point objective sets how much data you can afford to lose.
• Backups only count when you can restore from them. Test restores on a set schedule, and keep at least one copy offline or immutable.
• Write down who declares a disaster and who contacts staff and customers. Decide in advance how people keep working if the office or network is unreachable.
• Plans go stale as systems change. Review yours at least once a year, and rehearse it with a tabletop exercise. Involve the people who make real decisions.

Why it matters for your business

Downtime costs money, customer trust, and staff time, and it rarely arrives at a convenient moment. A tested plan turns a crisis into a checklist your team can follow under pressure, instead of a scramble. Resilient, well-managed infrastructure makes recovery far simpler, which is where managed cloud services can carry part of the load.