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Backup Solutions
Backup Solutions
Backing up your data is a critical service that could save your business during a ransomware attack, a disaster, or critical failure.
Why should I invest in backup solution?
When data loss happens, it’s not just inconvenient, it’s costly, disruptive, and sometimes unrecoverable. Whether it’s ransomware, hardware failure, or a simple human mistake, the result is the same: downtime, lost productivity, and potential compliance exposure. Let’s unpack why it matters and what it really includes.
Why is having a backup plan essential?
A backup solution is more than just storing files on a server or a USB stick and forgetting about it. When a disaster happens, ensuring business continuity becomes the number one objective, from senior management to the CISO. Let’s explore why a backup plan is essential:
1. Cyberattacks and Ransomware Are Inevitable
Modern ransomware doesn’t just encrypt your data, it often targets backup files too. Without secure, isolated backups, recovery can become impossible. A properly designed backup solution ensures your data remains untouched and recoverable even in a worst-case breach.
2. Compliance Requires It
Frameworks like HIPAA, GLBA, PCI-DSS, SOX, NYSDFS CRR Part 500 and 200, and SOC 2 mandate verified, restorable data backups. A failure to meet those requirements can lead to heavy fines, loss of certifications, or audit findings.
3. Hardware and Software Failures Happen
Hard drives fail, servers crash, and cloud sync errors happen. Having automated, versioned backups means your critical business data isn’t dependent on a single piece of hardware.
What is a backup recovery plan? What about a business continuity and disaster recovery plan?(BC/DR)
A Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is a documented, structured approach that outlines how your organization will protect, back up, and restore its critical systems and data. Your plan should include:
- What needs to be backed up (systems, files, applications, configurations)
- Where backups are stored (on-premises, offsite, or cloud)
- How often backups occur (hourly, daily, weekly)
- Who is responsible for managing and testing them
- How quickly systems can be recovered after a disruption
A complete plan typically includes:
- Automated Backup Scheduling: Ensures nothing is missed and backups occur consistently.
- Offsite or Cloud Replication: Protects against disasters that affect physical locations.
- Immutable or Air-Gapped Backups: Prevents tampering or ransomware encryption.
- Disaster Recovery Procedures: Defines how to restore servers, applications, and data to working condition.
- Testing and Validation: Regular recovery tests confirm that backups are functional and reliable.
Local Backup Solutions (VEEAM)
VEEAM is a leading solution for local backups. With VEEAM, nightly backups of your critical data can be written to a local storage location on your network.
Cloud Backup Solutions (COVE, ACRONIS)
Cloud backup solutions take your data one step further away from disaster, and grant far more possibilities for recovery to different locations, increasing RTO (the amount of time recovery will take). Typical solutions will perform a nightly backup on your data over a secure transmission method into a cloud storage location.
Tape Backup Solutions
As old as tape backup solutions are, they can be considered a cheap version of immutable, cold storage (or air gapped) backups. A tape drive can be removed from the system once written to and moved to a safe, offline location. In the event of a disaster, ransomware particularly.. having offline, air gapped backups that are in no way shape or way connected to the network, or any IT system is a comfort for many business owners and IT professionals, like us.
Immutable Backup Solutions
Immutable backup solutions can be considered a new take on tape backups. Once the data has been written to the backup, it cannot be deleted or modified in any way. This may save you in the event of a ransomware attack, where SQL databases have been encrypted, but your backup cannot be overwritten in this backup configuration, so it will remain unharmed.
Your backup solution should be encrypted at rest and in transit with a cryptography industry standard such as AES-256. Any access to manage, adjust, edit, or view backups should have Multifactor Authentication enforced.
Technical Information
TLDR; A backup solution is critical and often a compliance requirement in the legal, financial, and healthcare industries.
Service Information
Control Type
Availability, Disaster Recovery
Related Policies
Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)
Recommended Solution
VEEAM
Regulatory Information
NYSDFS CRR Part 500
23 CRR-NY 500.2
23 CRR-NY 500.3
23 CRR-NY 500.16
NYSDFS CRR Part 200
23 CRR-NY 200.16
23 CRR-NY 200.17
FFIEC
Business Continuity Planning Booklet
Frameworks
NIST Special Publication 800-209
Security Guidelines for Storage Infrastructure
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- Backup isn't optional.
Preserve your business. Be ready for any scenario.
From ransomware attacks to hardware failures, accidental deletions to natural disasters. your critical data is secure, restorable, and always within reach.
- Financial Services
- Healthcare
- Legal
Financial Services
- Cybersecurity,
- Compliance
Optimize IT spend while scaling securely in high-stakes environments.
Our solutions for financial institutions are designed to reduce risk, secure sensitive data, and enable scalable, compliant growth. We bring structure, visibility, and accountability to every layer of your cybersecurity and infrastructure strategy.
Strategic prevention. Multi-layered defense that protects users, data, and systems.
Financial Data Protection
Our team has vast experience with NYSDFS 23 NYCRR Part 500 and 200. From implementing IT systems with documentations and logs that prove compliance, to providing expertise as your vCISO to the senior board, we ensure that your organization remains secure, audit ready, and risk free.
Risk Reduction Strategies
We evaluate the availability, functionality, and integrity of your existing cybersecurity program by conducting a vulnerability assessment. We work to minimize risks by reducing the attack surface and implementing 24/7 alerting to stay ahead of patterns and behaviors that may indicate a bad actor or threat is being attempted on your network, or from a malicious email.
Hardened Infrastructure
We design and maintain secure, high-performance IT environments that protect critical systems without compromising speed. From firewalls and segmentation to patching and access controls, every component of your infrastructure is built for endurance, reliability, and regulatory confidence.
Strategic Leadership
We can be leveraged to provide the roadmaps, oversight, and executive accountability you need to build a mature, compliant, and effective security ecosystem. Our staff includes a certified Encompass Administrator with deep expertise in the mortgage industry.
Priority Email & Tech Support
Our U.S.-based priority support team delivers direct access to senior engineers for immediate resolution of IT or cybersecurity issues. No ticket queues. No waiting. Just fast, reliable, white glove support when it counts most. Our team works as an extension of your company, with support only a text away to resolve most tech issues.
Email Encryption / Security
Email is still the #1 attack vector. Explore solutions for SMARC, SPF, DKIM, encryption for outbound / inbound emails, spam filtering, and malware protection.
Antivirus & Endpoint Protection
EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) tools to stop malware, ransomware, and zero-day attacks in real time.
Regulatory Expertise
Deep understanding of the complex compliance landscape in finance.
Zero Trust Architecture
Controls that deny any unknown devices from accessing company resources. Controls to enforce location based logins, cyber baselines on devices, and advanced logging.
Multifactor Authentication
Multifactor adds an additional layer of security to your accounts, helping to prevent phishing attempts or leaked passwords from leading to breaches.
Data Protection
Testing applications, shared data on your network, the way network devices transmit data, and their connections to third party applications.
Request an Advanced Security Assessment
Every control reinforces the next, building a cohesive security ecosystem that stops breaches cold.
Healthcare
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Priority Email & Tech Support. Our U.S. based priority support team delivers direct access for immediate resolution of IT issues. No ticket queues.
Protecting the Data That Powers Care.
In healthcare, every second matters. Every byte of data carries a legal and ethical responsibility. Healthcare organizations need secure, compliant, and always-on IT systems that enable care without interruption.
Strategic prevention. Multi-layered defense that protects users, data, and systems.
Patient Data Protection
Protecting Protected Health Information (PHI) is at the heart of modern healthcare compliance. We deploy multi-layered data protection, encryption, and access control systems that meet HIPAA and HITECH standards.
Risk Reduction Strategies
We evaluate the availability, functionality, and integrity of your existing cybersecurity program by conducting a vulnerability assessment. We work to minimize risks by reducing the attack surface and implementing 24/7 alerting to stay ahead of patterns and behaviors that may indicate a bad actor or threat is being attempted on your network, or from a malicious email.
Highly Available Infrastructure
We design and maintain secure, high performance IT environments that protect critical systems without compromising speed. From firewalls and segmentation to patching and access controls, we create a hardened infrastructure that keeps patient care systems operational and isolated from risk.
Zero Drift Compliance
Our zero drift compliance model ensures ongoing alignment with HIPAA, HITECH, and NIST 800-53 standards through continuous monitoring, policy documentation, and control verification.
Priority Email & Tech Support
Our U.S. based healthcare IT support team delivers priority level response for both cybersecurity and system performance issues.
Email Encryption / Security
Email is still the #1 attack vector. Explore solutions for SMARC, SPF, DKIM, encryption for outbound / inbound emails, spam filtering, and malware protection.
Antivirus & Endpoint Protection
EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) tools to stop malware, ransomware, and zero-day attacks in real time.
Highly Available Infrastructure
Scalable, high availability IT infrastructure built for healthcare operations.
Zero Trust Architecture
Controls that deny any unknown devices from accessing company resources. Controls to enforce location based logins, cyber baselines on devices, and advanced logging.
Multifactor Authentication
Multifactor adds an additional layer of security to your accounts, helping to prevent phishing attempts or leaked passwords from leading to breaches.
Data Protection
Testing applications, shared data on your network, the way network devices transmit data, and their connections to third party applications.
Request an Advanced Security Assessment
Every control reinforces the next, building a cohesive security ecosystem that stops breaches cold.
Healthcare Cyber Compliancy
Federal Laws
HIPAA
United States Federal Law
HITECH
United States Federal Law
State Cybersecurity Regulations
NYCRR Section 405.46
New York State Department of Health
Frameworks
NIST 800-53
Information Security Standard
SOLOS: a program review conducted by our firm on your existing cybersecurity program. We can be leveraged as your vCISO to identify and fix gaps in your operations.
Legal
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Priority Email & Tech Support. Our U.S. based priority support team delivers direct access for immediate resolution of IT issues. No ticket queues.
- Cybersecurity,
- Compliance
Safeguarding Confidentiality, Compliance, and Client Confidence.
We deliver IT and cybersecurity solutions engineered for law firms and legal practices, designed to protect privileged data, support compliance with client and regulatory mandates, and keep your systems available around the clock.
Protect privilege. Safeguard confidentiality.
Client Data Protection
We deploy encryption, endpoint protection, and the ability to perform secure file transfer systems to ensure sensitive client communications, contracts, and discovery materials remain protected at every stage.
Risk Reduction Strategies
We evaluate the availability, functionality, and integrity of your existing cybersecurity program by conducting a vulnerability assessment. We work to minimize risks by reducing the attack surface and implementing 24/7 alerting to stay ahead of patterns and behaviors that may indicate a bad actor or threat is being attempted on your network, or from a malicious email.
Our approach focuses on data access, user behavior, and vendor integrations, helping your team maintain availability, integrity, and confidentiality at every level of operation.
Hardened Infrastructure
We design and maintain secure, high performance IT environments that protect critical systems without compromising speed. Your network, document systems, and remote connections are locked down and optimized for secure collaboration.
Zero Drift Compliance
Keeps your systems, policies, and vendors aligned with ABA guidelines, client data clauses, and evolving cybersecurity mandates. You stay audit ready and compliant by default.
Priority Email & Tech Support
Our U.S. based healthcare IT support team delivers priority level response for both cybersecurity and system performance issues. We have expertise with secure collaboration tools for hybrid and remote legal teams.
Email Encryption / Security
Email is still the #1 attack vector. Explore solutions for SMARC, SPF, DKIM, encryption for outbound / inbound emails, spam filtering, and malware protection.
Antivirus & Endpoint Protection
EDR (Endpoint Detection & Response) tools to stop malware, ransomware, and zero-day attacks in real time.
Highly Available Infrastructure
Scalable, high availability IT infrastructure built for healthcare operations.
Zero Trust Architecture
Controls that deny any unknown devices from accessing company resources. Controls to enforce location based logins, cyber baselines on devices, and advanced logging.
Multifactor Authentication
Multifactor adds an additional layer of security to your accounts, helping to prevent phishing attempts or leaked passwords from leading to breaches.
Data Protection
Testing applications, shared data on your network, the way network devices transmit data, and their connections to third party applications.
Request an Advanced Security Assessment
Every control reinforces the next, building a cohesive security ecosystem that stops breaches cold.
Legal Cyber Compliancy
Federal Laws
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
Frameworks
ABA cybersecurity guidelines
Information Security Standard
SOLOS: a program review conducted by our firm on your existing cybersecurity program. We can be leveraged as your vCISO to identify and fix gaps in your operations.