BACKUP AND DISASTER RECOVERY

Backup and disaster recovery that actually works

When the worst happens, you need to be back in business in minutes, not days. We make sure of it.

THE HONEST QUESTION

Most businesses think they have a backup. Very few have a recovery plan.

Ask any business owner if they have a backup and they will almost always say yes. Ask them when they last tested it, what the recovery time would actually be in a ransomware event, and whether their cloud data is also backed up — and the answers get a lot less confident.

$8,000+
average hourly cost of downtime for SMBs
$36K+
average ransomware payment from SMBs
60%
of SMBs that experience data loss close within 6 months

THE FOUNDATION

Every BCDR solution we build is designed around two numbers

Real backup and disaster recovery is a complete, tested system built around two measurable objectives.
 
RPO
Recovery Point Objective
How much data you can afford to lose, measured in time. An RPO of 15 minutes means your data is backed up every 15 minutes. If something happens at 3:14pm, you lose at most 14 minutes of work.
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
How long it can take to get back up and running. An RTO of 1 hour means you are operational again within 60 minutes of an incident. Different workloads need different RTOs.

WHAT WE DEPLOY

Industry-leading platforms, not bargain-bin tools

Datto

Primary platform for commercial clients. Image-based backups, fast recovery, instant virtualization, and ransomware detection.

Veeam + Wasabi / AWS GovCloud

For compliance-driven workloads. Strong protection, flexible recovery, and compliance-friendly storage.

Microsoft 365 backup

Independent backup for Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams. Your data is your responsibility.

Cloud workload backup

For cloud servers and applications. Protection against incidents, misconfigurations, and provider outages.

Testing and validation

A backup that has never been tested is not a backup — it is a hope. We run regular recovery tests on every system we manage.

WHAT WE PROTECT YOU FROM

The disasters a proper BCDR program covers

🔒 Ransomware that encrypts your files
🗑 Accidental deletion by a team member
Hardware failure on servers or workstations
☁️ Cloud provider outages and account lockouts
🌀 Hurricanes and natural disasters
😡 Malicious deletion by a disgruntled employee

WHY RUN SMARTER IT

Why Brevard County businesses trust us with their BCDR

Laptop connected to a network-attached storage device for secure data backup, file storage, and business IT management.

THE RANSOMWARE RECOVERY REALITY

What recovery actually looks like without proper BCDR in place

Ransomware recovery without proper backup is one of the most painful experiences a business can go through. Pay and hope for a working decryption key, or attempt to rebuild from whatever partial backups survived. Many businesses pay. Many who pay still cannot fully recover. And paying does nothing to fix the underlying vulnerability.

WITHOUT PROPER BCDR
Days or weeks to recover
Ransom payment with no guarantee
Significant permanent data loss
Reputational and compliance damage
WITH PROPER BCDR
Hours to full operational recovery
No ransom payment required
Minimal data loss based on RPO
Business continuity maintained

The difference between those two scenarios is not luck. It is planning — a BCDR program designed around your actual RPO and RTO needs, with regular testing to confirm it works, with platforms chosen for recovery speed rather than storage cost.

BCDR ON THE SPACE COAST

Backup and disaster recovery built for Florida businesses

Ransomware recovery without proper backup is one of the most painful experiences a business can go through. Pay and hope for a working decryption key, or attempt to rebuild from whatever partial backups survived. Many businesses pay. Many who pay still cannot fully recover. And paying does nothing to fix the underlying vulnerability.

🌀
Hurricane season is a BCDR consideration unique to Florida
Extended power outages, physical damage, mandatory evacuations, and supply chain disruptions can be as damaging as a ransomware attack for a business depending on on-premise infrastructure. Cloud-based backup and geographically distributed storage change that equation entirely.

We design BCDR programs for Brevard County businesses with the full threat landscape in mind — ransomware, hardware failure, accidental deletion, cloud provider outages, and hurricane season. That means off-site or cloud-based components that remain accessible even if your physical office is compromised, and recovery objectives that account for the reality of recovering during or after a weather event.

RPO
Recovery Point Objective
How much data you can afford to lose — measured in time. We set this based on your actual business requirements.
RTO
Recovery Time Objective
How long you can be offline. We design recovery processes that meet your target — measured in hours, not days.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Common questions about backup and disaster recovery

What is the difference between RPO and RTO and why do they matter?

RPO is the maximum data you can afford to lose, measured in time — if your RPO is 4 hours, backup must run at least every 4 hours. RTO is how long you can be offline before the impact becomes unacceptable. Different workloads in the same business often have different requirements. We design backup and recovery around your actual objectives, not generic defaults.

No. Microsoft’s retention policies are designed for compliance and eDiscovery, not disaster recovery. Accidental deletion, malicious deletion, and ransomware attacks reaching your M365 environment are not covered. We deploy independent third-party backup for Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams as standard. If your current setup does not include this, it is a gap that needs addressing.

Datto uses image-based backup — capturing complete server snapshots at regular intervals. That enables instant virtualization (spinning up your server as a virtual machine within minutes of a failure) and ransomware detection (monitoring backup images for signs of encryption before the damage compounds). We use Datto for commercial clients because it is the right tool for fast, reliable recovery.

More often than most businesses test it — which is to say, more than never. An untested backup is a hope, not a plan. We run regular recovery tests on every BCDR system we manage — at minimum quarterly. A recovery test involves actually restoring data and verifying it is complete and usable. We document every test and share results in quarterly business reviews.

Sync tools synchronize files across devices in near-real-time — excellent for collaboration, but not backup. If you delete a file, the deletion syncs everywhere. If ransomware encrypts your files, encrypted versions overwrite the clean ones. True backup maintains independent versioned copies unaffected by what happens on your devices, restorable to a specific point in time. We deploy real backup alongside sync tools — not instead of them.

Find out where your backup and recovery really stand

A free BCDR review takes 30 minutes. We will look at your setup, your recovery objectives, and your gaps. No obligation.