Disaster recovery
Protecting your business from the unexpected
A properly planned and executed disaster recovery system which
is kept up-to-date can protect your business from most events and
ensure you are up and running fast should disaster strike. The gold
standard is to create a mirrored system in which your information
and applications are regularly and automatically backed up and the
entire system duplicated and managed from a separate data
centre.
Specialist companies will handle your disaster recovery needs and
some service providers include it in their managed services or
outsourcing contracts.
Business continuity and revenue assurance systems ensure that bad
debts and fraud are kept to a minimum and that your bills and
invoices are accurate.
Planning your network
Planning is the key to all security policies and this applies as
much to your networks whether fixed or wireless as to the data they
transmit and the connected equipment. Security measures can be
built-in to third party agreements.
Service providers can help plan, design, implement and run your
networks to ensure that you have the capacity you need, when its
needed, and that systems are regularly updated.
Depending on your business, it may be necessary to create a
separate network to provide an alternative transmission path in
case of disaster or even to handle unexpected peaks in traffic.
Denial of service attacks are designed to swamp networks with high
volumes of traffic and so bring them down - alternative networks
provide a degree of protection.
Different technologies offer different levels of security - running
dedicated links between buildings or site to site Ethernet makes
networks less vulnerable. Sophisticated broadband networks carrying
all your applications and services include routine security
features such as firewalls, encryption and network monitoring
functions. Wireless networks must be planned to ensure maximum
protection and the data always encrypted.
Solutions for disaster recovery
LAN solutions: A network assessment will
give you a detailed understanding of your corporate LANs, and
can include security and VPN (Virtual Private Network)
recommendations.
Managed Internet & Security
Services: Robust, high speed Internet
services managed on your behalf.
Site to site connectivity
solutions: Connect sites, customer
databases and customer service staff seamlessly yet securely,
regardless of geographic location.
We can also help with your other needs; to find out more,
please contact us.