Backup Management

BACKUP: THE ESSENTIALS

Due to the sensitive nature of customer and client data, as well as the need to ensure continuous access to that information in case of data loss, a highly secure, well-planned, consistently executed backup strategy is more important than ever. JMARK will help you develop a backup plan that follows these guidelines:

• Onsite Repository. The most simple, basic backup is still the foundation of a well-designed plan, giving you a backup of data that can be restored in a short time frame.
• Offsite Repository. A second, offsite backup is essential, ensuring that even if data is removed locally, there remains a secure copy that can be restored. Additionally, in the case of a regionalized disaster, at least one data center location will not be affected.
• Never Store Data Offshore. If your organization stores any consumer financial information, that data must stay within the United States.
• Backups should occur with regularity, in a way that will provide continuity in case of data loss, and which ensures restoration of the data can be performed in a reasonably short amount of time.
• Continuity. Simple recovery of data is not enough. It is vital to have a strategy that will reliably facilitate customer and employee access to essential services in the face of data loss.
• Reliable, trustworthy partnerships are crucial. Every firm involved in backing up your data must have the same dedication to security and integrity as you do.

Policies. It is important to ensure that key employees understand and can be held accountable to the backup system you have put in place. Your backup plan is only ever as strong as the care with which it is implemented.

Business continuity is becoming more and more critical in today’s globalized, 24-7 marketplace. While recovery puts your systems back in place, continuity ensures that your clients and customers never lose access to services they expect to be available whenever (and wherever) they want them.

Adding complexity to the implementation of a continuity plan, if you are in a highly regulated industry, traditional backup methods (such as tape, disk, or online only) are often no longer deemed sufficient by regulators. In fact, leading edge companies are also finding these older methods unacceptable, due to their inability to recover data quickly and mitigate downtime. Technological innovations have established a comprehensive new standard: Intelligent Business Continuity (IBC). Only an IBC solution will ensure data protection, security, and instant recovery; as well as mitigate downtime and ensure continuity. JMARK has dedicated teams that specialize in Intelligent Business Continuity, ready to help you implement a plan that will ensure that your technology and services remain reliable.