Did you know 75% of small businesses don’t have a disaster recovery plan? Plus, 93% of businesses who don’t have a recovery plan that suffers a major data disaster go out of business within a year?
Are you a small business owner and don’t have a disaster recovery plan? Maybe you’ve made mistakes with disaster recovery in the past and need to shore up your process?
If you want to learn five mistakes to avoid when implementing your disaster recovery plan, keep reading.
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No Plan Whatsoever
The worst thing you can do is not have a plan at all. As mentioned, you’ll most likely be out of business within a year if you don’t. Plus, it’s a pretty straightforward process if you have the right pieces in place.
All you need to do is sit down and make a list of what’s most important as far as data and data recovery and understand what types of disasters can happen.
Brainstorm with some of the higher-ups in your company. Find out what department heads or managers find most valuable to their success.
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Not Backing Up Data the Right Way
You can put in a cloud data backup plan and store your valuable information offsite. While being safe and secure it can be easily accessed too.
Backing up business data such as your client information, financial numbers, and other critical data is the backbone of a solid IT disaster recovery plan.
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Not Being Prepared for Multiple Disasters
Often times more than one disaster can occur if you’re not ready and able to take on more than one disaster at a time. You may end up having water damage to your IT infrastructure while you’re also hit with a ransomware attack.
You need to be able to fix both of these at the same time. But, the approach to fix each of these will take different skills. If you prepare for more than one data recovery disaster then you’re business will be better protected in the long run.
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Not Communicating to Staff
Another big mistake small business owners make is not communicating properly the plan when a disaster hits. The longer you take to respond the more money you’ll lose and more and more damage will be done to your business.
You have to make sure all employees know what they need to do in the case of a disaster. Some things that need to be done are communicating to clients, engage in public relations, asses financial damage, and sounding an alarm on cyber attacks.
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You Don’t Learn From Experience
As with life, learning from past experiences is important when you own a small business. It’s also important when it comes to disaster recovery.
Whenever you have a disaster you should always assess what worked and what didn’t. Then, you should make the necessary changes to strengthen your recovery plan.
Mistakes With Disaster Recovery
Making these five mistakes with disaster recovery can kill your small business. But, if you take the steps to prevent these mistakes you’ll be ready and armed for battle when a disaster strikes.
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