Disaster Recovery Risk Assessment

Well this surely is the most unavoidable topic of late, it seems everywhere we turn we are being inundated with statistics, updates and predictions over our IT infrastructure – proving that now, more than ever, businesses must be making disaster recovery plans and backing up their systems.

Cybercrime costs the UK more than £27billion a year, new figures show, with attacks on computer systems, industrial espionage and theft of company secrets costing businesses alone at least £21 billion.

Security minister Baroness Neville-Jones said: "I don't myself believe that the successful combating of this kind of crime is going to lie primarily through prosecutions.

"I think it's going to be through much better defences and disruption - screwing up their network. It doesn't have to be an offensive capability, but it's perfectly possible as we know, just as an intruder can screw up a company's network, the reverse can happen.

"If you look at terrorism, if we'd relied on prosecution, we would have had lots of incidents by now. We have to rely to a very significant extent on actually disrupting the activity while in course."

By externally backing up your data, and making a full and complete business continuity plan should the worst happen will guarantee your business remains to live on as you’re left picking up the pieces.

Elitetele.com can provide you with a bespoke business continuity solution, don’t let yourself become scared of cyber criminals. It’s a scary world out there, but not if you’re prepared.

We couldn’t think of a better subject to carry on from our earlier post, which revealed that one third of all Internet users caught a computer virus last year.

Well, we were a tad worried for the future health of our telecoms, but no fear– Foreign Secretary William Hague has appealed to the governments to come together and agree a set of rules to prevent ‘cyber war’ between states.

Hague stated as he addressed the Munich Security Conference, that as recently as last month the UK had come under attack from a "hostile state intelligence agency" seeking to infiltrate the Foreign Office IT system.

We urge you to seriously consider investing in a business continuity and disaster recovery plan, as Hague disclosed that increasing reliance on computer networks had created new vulnerabilities.

"It has opened up new channels for hostile governments to probe our defences and attempt to steal our confidential information or intellectual property. It has promoted fears of future 'cyber war'.”

Although we don’t mean to thrust the element of fear to far into your minds – actually, yes, yes we do – we should realise how relying so heavily on our telecoms and business broadband can leave us open to possible threats.

Although necessary for the health of our business to continue working with our broadband speeds and services, we need to cater for them should anything go wrong.

Call Elitetele.com today for a disaster recovery plan, and ensure your business stays in business should the worst happen.

Risky Business

All businesses no matter what they do, need to instigate risk assessment whether it’s in-house or outsourced to a professional company like Elite – outsourcing often proves the most reliable solution as you are assured of a professional service by experienced people. In IT or financial businesses especially, sensitive information can be put at great risk in a number of ways – so risk assessment is a vitally important aspect of business. A thorough risk assessment might raise unexpected issues or put some focus on vulnerabilities that have been largely ignored in the past. In all seriousness, ignoring risk assessment is a risk in and of itself.