Business Continuity
In the digital age, it’s imperative that you can resume operations quickly in case of a critical interruption, data breach, or disaster. However, many businesses house their digital backups on-site - which is simply not effective for data security, especially when compared to the off-site backups of a Business Continuity service.
What is Business Continuity?
A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a document that details how your company will react in the event of a system failure, cyberattack, or other kind of disruption. It is built on three key principles, which will be integral when moving forward with a Business Continuity service:
- How long you can afford to have systems inactive?
- Which applications does your business need for minimum functionality, and how long you can be without each one?
- How current do these applications need data to be in order to function properly?
What is a Business Continuity service?
Designed to provide you with complete peace of mind, a Business Continuity service ensures that your operations are continually protected from unforeseen threats – with daily backups of your data stored on encrypted offsite datacentres overseen by our subsidiary, Argon Business Systems.
Why store your backups off-site? Well, the trouble with keeping them on-site is that your data is still at risk of destruction in case of physical threats such as a fire or flood. By using a Business Continuity service to back up your data automatically, you keep it easily accessible for when you need it – as well as near-impossible to lose.
Operate with confidence by using Business Continuity
Disruptions to your operations often happen without warning, and while network outages, power cuts, and debilitating cyberattacks are hopefully a rare occurrence, knowing that you can easily resume service after an interruption is invaluable for both you and your employees.
By backing up your data on a daily basis, we ensure that any potential data loss is minimised as much as possible – and that you can largely pick up where you left off once your systems are restored; meaning minimal inconvenience to you and, by extension, your customers.
Three Benefits of a Business Continuity Service
When housed on our off-site servers, your data will be encrypted and automatically backed up once per day. This ensures your duplicated information continually stays up-to-date, whilst also minimising the chances of it being lost due to an accident or attack.
These back-up processes being automatic means that the chances of human error are removed from the equation – and ensures that data safety is an efficient, ongoing process, rather than something that can be disrupted by external distractions.
Of course, not all information is of equal importance – and some specific kinds of data only need to be retained for a fixed amount of time for compliance purposes.
This is precisely why a Business Continuity service is customisable by design, and can be adjusted up or down to ensure you’re only paying for what you use. Granular backup options allow you to pick and choose individual files, folders, emails, and databases to minimise your cost – whilst giving you quick and easy access to the data you need to restore proper functionality.
With a clear action plan in place and your back-ups secured off-site, you benefit from peace of mind that sudden business interruptions are only a mild inconvenience, rather than potential disasters. Additionally, communicating your BCP to key staff members gives you and your employees the reassurance that they can easily pivot away from interruptions, and resume their work with minimal fuss.
This peace of mind also has positive external effects – since you won’t be forced to leave your customers in limbo while your operations return to functionality. Instead, your normal standard of service can resume quickly, helping you to maintain your reputation for strong customer service.
What is included in a Business Continuity service?
Aligning with a Business Continuity service allows you to house your data in an ISO-27001-compliant Cloud-based datacentre, with secure access available to you 24/7. Your data is updated to our encrypted Cloud server automatically on a daily basis; with additional backup layers to enhance data resilience.
With industry-standard infrastructure and back-up power supplies always on-hand, this datacentre is continually overseen with monitoring technology and CCTV to ensure the best possible data safety measures for your operations.
Customisability is key to this service – whether you simply need rack space, granular backup for only specific data, or full infrastructure management, the Business Continuity service can be adjusted to suit your specific requirements.
Why does your business need a Business Continuity service?
A recent study found that three in five small companies that suffer a cyberattack are out of business within just six months. Worryingly, only 40% of small businesses have a BCP in place – so if you are one of the 60% who don’t, then your business is at risk, and aligning with a Business Continuity service is the quickest, easiest way to protect your crucial data.
Ultimately, no-one can know when operational disruptions will strike – and having measures in place to mitigate their impact should be of immense value to any business. A Business Continuity service simply ensures that you have something to fall back on in the worst case scenario, and are able to resume your usual operations as quickly and seamlessly as possible.
Why choose Apogee as your Business Continuity service provider?
So why choose Apogee? Well, as an independent subsidiary of HP Inc., we are part of the most secure IT manufacturers in the industry – and as such, offer solutions that must demonstrate compliance with rigorous security standards.
As well as this, our Business Continuity service is overseen by Argon Business Systems; a multi-disciplined technology provider with over 40 years of industry experience. Known for secure, reliable working solutions, Apogee and Argon have a strong reputation for supporting organisations throughout the private and public sectors.
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