When the worst happens, know your next move.

A business continuity and disaster recovery plan is a bit like taking our insurance for your house. Having it helps minimise downtime, reputational damage and financial losses.

During a disaster, having already protected and then being able to access your data quickly, is key to your business' ability to recover - and recover fast.

This is where Computer Culture steps in. We help you do business more confidently by developing a disaster recovery plan so when (not if) the worst happens, your recovery is as fast and smooth as possible.

What does a disaster recovery plan focus on?

Disaster recovery is the technical playbook and infrastructure set up you have in place so you're not flying blind when an incident occurs. Your Disaster Recovery plan ensures that:

• Your technology setup is primed to minimise the impact of any incident that might hit your business
• You know what needs to happen to restore your IT infrastructure, digital systems, and data after an incident.

Disaster recovery is when your technology team put on their capes and shine. They lead the business' technical recovery process by bringing tools your business relies on, such as servers, applications and data, back online so the rest of the team can get back to work. As quickly and seamlessly as possible.

Why is a disaster recovery plan so important?

Disasters are a 'when not if' eventuality.

From natural disasters such as earthquakes and cyclones to tech incidents such as cyberattacks, no business is immune. Identifying what disasters you might be most vulnerable to or need to be prepared for is a great place to start the Disaster Recovery planning process.

Your data is your business.

Whether it's customer data or systems your teams rely on - if these are wiped out and inaccessible, how does your business keep running?

Downtime costs.

When you're offline, you're not making money. Worse, you're likely losing it. Plus gaining unhappy customers and reputational damage. The faster you're back online, the less any incident impacts your bottom-line.

Build client trust, rather than losing it.

Fast recovery in the face of a disaster or major incident can set you apart from competitors. A smooth recovery process can actually help build trust with customers. And, if the competition is flailing without a plan, you might even gain market share.

Working with Computer Culture to plan your disaster recovery.

Key to building a disaster recovery plan that positions your business to weather a storm smoothly, is understanding:

• What are your business-critical processes?
• What is an acceptable downtime for all your different tools (for example phone calls, internet, email)
• What's the maximum amount of data you can afford to lose? (for example an hour's data, a day's data, a week's data).

We work through all the nitty gritty together. And, when we're both happy that we understand exactly what your pressure points are and the minimum you need to get back up and running, we start mapping out your technical disaster recovery plan.