Business Continuity

What is Business Continuity?

With the ever-increasing amount of technology that is injected into businesses today, it has become a growing fear for businesses that they remain up and running at all times without disruption. In today’s environment, it is possible to be infected with any type of virus, ransomware, power failures, or even fall victim to accidental deletion. Failing to prepare for such disasters is essentially preparing to fail.

Business continuity is more than just a planβ€”it’s a strategic approach to ensure your company remains operational during disruptions. In today’s fast-paced world, the ability to recover quickly from unexpected incidents is vital for maintaining client trust and ensuring long-term success.

We at Bluescope can help you maintain business continuity, even in the event of a disaster.

Importance of Planning

A well-crafted business continuity plan safeguards your operations and reputation. It ensures your team knows how to respond to various risks and keeps you ahead of potential financial losses caused by prolonged downtime.

As the age-old saying goes: fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Effective business continuity plans cover critical areas like risk assessment, recovery strategies, and clear communication channels to guarantee your business stays operational no matter the challenge.

Incorporating the latest technologies, such as cloud-based data backups and disaster recovery tools, ensures that your business can swiftly bounce back from even the most severe disruptions.

Ensuring Business Continuity

The most critical aspect to every business is its data. Safeguarding this data is often overlooked. At Bluescope, we abide by the 3-2-1 strategy.

A 3-2-1 strategy means having at least 3 total copies of your data, 2 of which are local but on different mediums/devices, and at least 1 copy offsite. It is a recommended practice to follow the 3-2-1 backup strategy. By following this strategy you can almost certainly guarantee that your critical data will be kept safe at all times, no matter what happens.

Storing a copy of your data offsite is a very effective way to safeguard your data. This can be done by either storing your backups offsite in a protected facility, or by utilising Cloud Services.Β 

Bluescope offer backup solutions that will perform an image-based back up of your workstations and/or servers in your chosen intervals and store this data off-site in a secure data centre, available for when you may need it, and can be restored in a matter of minutes.

Ensure your business is resilient, no matter what happens. Contact us today to learn how we can help you build a robust business continuity plan that keeps you operational and ahead of the competition.

Contact Bluescope today to speak to an engineer who can guide you through the various steps we can take with your business to safeguard your data – and make sure that you don’t suffer any downtime.