Prevention is not possible, prediction is fraught, and that leaves proactive planning.

When you raise this topic your IT Manager will calmly tell you that staff should "know better" and that it is not their responsibility to check all attachments on all emails.

So, what to do in advance depends upon where the business support software and data files "mostly reside".

Stored "in the cloud":

• Check, with your IT Manager, that there exists a Backup Strategy for each of the business systems that are cloud based, in particular both their software functionality and their data files.
• Check, by planned demonstration, that the Backup Strategy can render the business fully operational without need to "connect to the cloud". If your IT Manager insists that this is impossible it will confirm that no Backup Strategy exists.
• Check, periodically, the progress of the IT Manager in resolving the above two circular steps.

Stored "on the premises":

• Check, with your IT Manager, that there exists a Backup Strategy for each of the business systems that are premises based, in particular both their software functionality and their data files.
• Check, by planned demonstration, that the Backup Strategy can render the business fully operational.
• Should this demonstration fail, check periodically, the progress of the IT Manager in resolving the above two circular steps.

So what next? Join us next month to learn more.

You can contact IVT on 03 9723 9399 and talk to our staff about your needs.