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1. | Power Failure: Is one of the more common events that affects everything in IT. Your UPS might only last 10 minutes, your servers or PCs don’t have a UPS. Interstate branches can’t connect to servers | 1) Installing a power generator 2) Upgrading your UPS with Longer battery life 3) Consider moving critical server infrastructure to a Secure data-centre with 100% uptime 4) Consider Cloud Infrastructure
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2. | Cyber Crime: Ransomware – your data gets encrypted and the hackers command a ransom to get your data back. Data gets leaked- customer information gets released from your network | 1) User education on dangers of emails and attachments. 2) Regular Backups 3) Cyber Insurance 4) Secure firewalls with latest updates. 5) Up to date anti-virus 6) Install Security patches 7) Review how you are currently storing sensitive customer information.
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3. | Network Failure: Internet, WAN Link, Firewall and or modem failure. Once any of these stop working, so does your business. Customer orders don’t arrive, staff unproductive, supplier communication is broken etc.
| 1) Introduce a failover wireless link. 2) Introduce a high availability firewall. 3) If you have multiple branches, consider moving server equipment to a Secure Data-Centre. |
4. | Application database corruption: Sometimes databases get corrupt – thus you then get locked out of your application (Accounts, ERP, Asset register, even HR)
| 1) Up-to-date Backups and disaster recovery tests. 2) Disaster recovery plan – how will you operate while this event occurs 3) Replicated databases onsite or offsite. |
5. | Email Server Failure/Corrupt Database: Emails seemed to be more important than the phone system these days. The Email server and or Exchange database can become corrupt.
| 1) Introduce a secondary failover mail server and or utilise a cloud emergency inbox service. 2) Consider Hosted Email or Cloud subscription email |
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