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Data Protection

Backup, Recovery & Business Continuity

Automated backups, disaster recovery plans, and tested recovery procedures to ensure your business never stops.

What's Included

Automated Backups

Continuous automated backups of all critical data with encryption and multiple redundant copies.

Disaster Recovery Plans

Detailed RTO/RPO-focused recovery plans tailored to your business continuity requirements.

Recovery Testing

Regular recovery drills and testing to ensure your backups are reliable when you need them most.

Compliance Management

Backup solutions aligned with UK GDPR, Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001 requirements.

Why Our Data Protection

Multiple redundant backups

Geographically distributed storage

Rapid recovery capability

Ransomware protection

Compliance reporting included

Tested and verified recovery

Our Recovery Commitments

RTO

Agreed per system

Recovery Time Objectives defined and tested for every critical system

RPO

Agreed per system

Recovery Point Objectives designed to minimise data loss

Residency

UK

Your backups stay in UK data centres by default

Frequently Asked Questions

Are you UK GDPR compliant and do you sign a Data Processing Agreement?

Yes. We sign a UK GDPR-compliant Data Processing Agreement with every customer that handles personal data. We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office and our internal practices are audited annually.

What is the 3-2-1 backup rule and do you implement it?

Three copies of data, on two different media, with one off-site. Yes, every managed-backup customer is configured to a 3-2-1 baseline as a minimum, with most environments running 3-2-1-1-0 (one immutable copy, zero verification errors).

How quickly can you restore from a ransomware incident?

Restore time depends on data volume and target environment, but our SLA targets are: 1 hour to first restored critical service for endpoint compromise, 4 hours for server-class workloads, and 24 hours for full environment restoration from immutable backups.

Do you test backups regularly?

Yes. Every managed-backup customer gets monthly restore tests with documented evidence, plus an annual full disaster-recovery exercise that simulates loss of an entire site or cloud region.

Where is the data stored?

Backup data for UK customers is held in UK or EU regions by default, with optional geo-redundancy. We never replicate UK customer data to non-adequacy jurisdictions without explicit written approval.

Run & Build — one team, one retainer

Start with a straight answer.

A fixed-price healthcheck tells you exactly where your IT and security stand — devices, backups, email security and where your data sits — in a plain-English report within five working days. Credited against your first month if you go on to a retainer.

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Critical response
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