Online backup is a sensible option for many businesses. It gives businesses peace of mind and the security that comes from knowing that your data is protected away from your site. The major benefits of using online backup over a traditional backup solution are that businesses have a way of offloading the complexities associated with backups such as checking backup jobs, managing tapes and trying to contend with offsite vaulting of tapes. This realises cost savings from no longer having to maintain equipment or software licenses as well as the time saved by the IT team in looking after the backups.
The biggest benefit comes from businesses being able to lower their risk, especially for small to mid-sized businesses, mobile users or remote offices. Backup is usually in place, but in terms of effectiveness, or a company’s ability to restore data effectively, there is a concern about potential data loss, and many companies feel they are just getting by.
The trouble is that, while there are hundreds of individual service providers offering consumer focused services, there are less designed specifically for enterprises and small businesses.
Important features to look out for include unlimited user and data provision, 24 by 7 phone support, server OS support, mapped and network drive support and an administrative web-based console to manage the backups. How long your data can be retained and whether there is any differentiation for the various held versions of the same files in the providers store is a key area to investigate when using the free trials offered.
Many businesses are deterred by the concern over their link size for the initial backup over the internet so it is worth investigating whether the provider is able to offer options to cover this, such as coming to site with disk to take the first data collection.
As well as looking at the online backup product itself, consider the company that is providing the service. Is their support desk accessible to you at all times? How much experience do they have with data protection and backup and recovery? What disaster recovery provision have they invested in for your data?
DCG PRO, from DCG Group, offers online backup to businesses who want to protect their data on their servers and laptops in a cost-effective, automatic and secure way. DCG PRO is designed for businesses who want the security of getting their data off site to a secure replicated data centre and the confidence that their data is available and protected 24 by 7 by data specialists.
“There are a number of online backup applications in the market now, and moving business records online creates security concerns a business must be aware of before partnering with a provider, “ said Peter Wilks, CEO. “DCG has both invested heavily in technology and gained ISO 27001 for Information Security to ensure our online backup service DCG PRO is highly reliable and secure.”
Note for Editors
ISO/IEC 27001 is the only auditable international standard which defines the requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS). The standard is designed to ensure the selection of adequate and proportionate security controls.
This helps you to protect your information assets and give confidence to any interested parties, especially your customers. The standard adopts a process approach for establishing, implementing, operating, monitoring, reviewing, maintaining, and improving your ISMS.
SO/IEC 27001 is suitable for any organization, large or small, in any sector or part of the world. The standard is particularly suitable where the protection of information is critical, such as in the finance, health, public and IT sectors.
ISO/IEC 27001 is also highly effective for organizations which manage information on behalf of others, such as IT outsourcing companies: it can be used to assure customers that their information is being protected.