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Can you restore your backups?
A backup only counts if you can bring it back. Answer these honestly, and fix any "no".
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What's backed up
- Servers and shared files
- Each person's computer (or their files are kept on the shared drive or cloud)
- Email, calendars and cloud files, which most cloud services do not back up for you
- Business apps and their data: accounting, practice management, records
- Settings for the firewall, phones and other equipment
Where copies live
- At least three copies: the original plus two backups
- On two different kinds of storage
- One copy outside the building, far enough away for a hurricane
- One copy that can't be changed or deleted, even by an admin, so attackers can't erase it
Proof it works
- Someone checks every day that backups ran, and acts on failures
- A file was restored in the last 3 months
- A whole computer or server was restored in the last year
- You know how long a full restore takes, and that's acceptable
- You know how much work you'd lose (how old the newest backup is)
Last file restore tested
Last full restore tested
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