Proactive Disaster Recovery: How Deep Freeze Cloud Can Minimize Downtime

Disaster recovery plans are important. They’re integral for governments to have so they can react quickly to hurricanes, wildfires and other natural disasters.

They’re valuable for families to have, so they know the safest place to go and who to call in an emergency. And they’re critical for businesses to have to respond to a security breach.

It can be extremely valuable to be proactive with disaster recovery. During a disaster it’s difficult to think straight, so being able to rely on a carefully laid out plan can save a lot of stress and money.

What Is Disaster Recovery?

There are many types of disasters. If a water main bursts in your office and ruins all your computers, that’s a disaster you should talk about with your insurance company and maybe a plumber. Deep Freeze Cloud is an amazing resource, but it can’t weld your piping together.

What Deep Freeze can do is help your organization recover from a cybersecurity or IT disaster. For many companies, these disasters are even more frightening than a burst pipe or other calamity that might destroy a physical office. Cyber disasters can be financially ruinous and cause long-lasting damage to your brand’s reputation.

But just what disasters are we talking about? Let’s go over some. 

Phishing Attacks

These attacks use deceptive emails or messages to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information or clicking on malicious links. Training your staff to spot phishing scams is helpful, but some of these threat actors are quite savvy. There’s always a chance one employee clicks on a dodgy link, and then your whole network could be compromised.

Data Breaches

One potential goal of a phishing attack is to access your company’s data. Unauthorized access to sensitive data, such as customer or staff information or financial records, can result in identity theft, financial fraud and reputational damage.  

Malware Attacks

Another motivation for a phishing attack might be to install malware on one of your workstations, though this isn’t the only way for malware to get into your system. Various forms of malicious software can infiltrate your network, causing damage, data loss and disruption.  

Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware is a type of malware. These attacks involve malicious software that encrypts data, making it inaccessible until the victim pays the demanded ransom. They can cripple operations and lead to significant financial losses. Many businesses simply pay the ransom to make the problem go away as quickly as possible. However, this can incentivize further attacks. As with most things, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure here.

Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure

Cybercriminals can and have attacked many organizations, from multinational corporations to non-profit institutions to government agencies. Sometimes attacks target essential systems, such as power grids or communication networks. As these can have widespread disastrous consequences, a proactive recovery plan is a must-have for these organizations.  

Supply Chain Disruptions

As businesses rely more heavily on digital supply chains and cloud-based services, any interruption to those services can cause massive problems. A comprehensive disaster recovery plan doesn’t just touch on what to do if somebody attacks your business, but also if one of your partners or suppliers suffers a cyberattack.

Hardware Failure

Not all IT and digital mishaps come from external threats. Sometimes things just go wrong. Server crashes, hard drive failures and other hardware malfunctions can lead to data loss and downtime.  

Software Errors

Even the best software can be capricious. Bugs, glitches and compatibility issues can cause system failures and data corruption.  

Accidental Data Deletion

Not all human-caused calamities are intentional. People make mistakes and honest human error can result in the accidental deletion or exposure of critical data.  

Shadow IT

Using unsanctioned IT systems and software within an organization can lead to security vulnerabilities and compliance issues.  

What To Consider for a Disaster Recovery Plan

To maintain business continuity, organizations must have robust plans for restoring IT systems and data to ensure they can continue operating during and after a disaster.  

Educating employees about cybersecurity best practices can help prevent many attacks, and backing up data regularly is always wise. You can also consider purchasing cyber insurance to mitigate the financial impact of cyberattacks.

But these are small things. For truly formidable disaster defense, get Deep Freeze Cloud.

How Deep Freeze Cloud Helps

With Reboot to Restore Technology, your workstations become indestructible. If there’s been a security breach, you can simply restore a workstation to a previously set safe state. This guarantees 100% workstation recovery upon restart. 

Deep Freeze also provides password protection and can safeguard multiple hard drives and partitions. It also prevents configuration drift and helps maintain software compliance.

Want to find out how Deep Freeze Cloud can integrate into your organization’s disaster recovery plan? Reach out to our experts today!