The Good Wife is a Super TV show…and this week!!
On Thursday the 26th, I was watching Alicia arguing a case in court and I was typing on my laptop, at the same time, about Disaster Recovery / Back-Ups / Business Continuity…….and next thing….. Diane Lockart is presented with a Virus on her computer.
To delete the virus the programme says “click here”. I was mumbling to Diane …don’t do it, don’t do it. Diane then clicks, which actually activates the virus on the network and the whole IT system goes down.
Anyway, the story got more complicated as Alicia’s firm had decided to save money and had nodata back up, then there is a ransom of €50K, then the Russian mafia are involved etc. Diane or Alicia cannot sort the problem but their colleague Kalinda fixes the problem via her FBI contacts. What a show.
BUT….What the hell were they doing without a data back-up?
At the same time I was writing a blog that all companies should be doing back-ups but even at that there is no point having a back-up system unless you test the back-up on a regular basis.
So, in case you or your company does not have access to a “Kalinda”…will you make sure you run a full back up…but will you also consider the following points?
• What is on your back-up?
• Is it just data, whose data, data stored where, does this cover all critical info?
• Also, where is the actual program software, details of passwords, licences codes for software, etc.
• Do you have a Restore system planned, Is it documented? Is this part of a Disaster Recovery Plan, Is this part of a Business Continuity Plan.
Finally, are you totally confident of your Back-Up System?
If not, Compuland offers a full testing system which we can run on our Virtual Test Servers. We offer this service to all companies not just our maintenance clients. Companies that are on maintenance with other companies use our service as an “independent” check of their own system.
If you would like to discuss any of the above topics then please just ring or email us.
Best Regards
Mark Murphy
021 4544 144
Compuland is a long term partner of Sage, HP and Microsoft, specialising in Sales,
Installation, Customisation, Training and Support and Maintenance of IT systems.