Hackensack backup and disaster recovery

Hackensack sits on the Hackensack River, and the region has seen what water and wind can do. Hurricane Sandy in 2012 pushed a tidal surge into nearby Little Ferry and Moonachie and left much of Bergen County without power for days, and the remnants of Ida flooded streets and basements across the county in 2021. An office with its only server in a basement closet is one storm away from losing years of client files. We keep backup copies off-site and in the cloud, separate from your building and your power grid, so a flooded room doesn’t take your data with it.

Ransomware is the more frequent threat for Hackensack law and medical offices, and attackers now go after backups first. We use immutable backups that can’t be encrypted or deleted, even with a stolen admin password. Then we test: restoring real files and full systems on a schedule, and sharing the results. A written continuity plan names who calls whom, which systems come back first, and how staff keep working from home in the meantime. Disaster recovery planning is what turns a backup into a business that reopens.

Automated backups

Servers, computers, and cloud data backed up on a set schedule without anyone needing to remember, with alerts to our team when a backup job fails or is skipped.

Offsite & cloud copies

Copies kept in secure locations away from your office, so a fire, flood, burst pipe, or theft at your building can’t take out your data and your backups together.

Ransomware protection

Immutable backup copies that can’t be encrypted, altered, or deleted for a set period, even by someone holding a stolen administrator password, so clean data is there to restore after an attack.

Microsoft 365 backup

Separate backups of Exchange Online email, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams files, protecting against accidental deletion, departing employees, and ransomware beyond what Microsoft’s default retention covers.

Recovery testing

Regular test restores of files and full systems, so we know your backups actually work and how long a recovery takes before a real emergency puts them to the test.

Continuity planning

A written plan covering who does what, which systems come back first, how staff keep working during an outage, and how quickly each part of your business can be running again.

How often should a Hackensack law firm test its backups?

At least quarterly, and after any major change such as a new server or software upgrade. BizTechPro runs restore tests for Hackensack firms on a schedule, recovering real files and full systems to confirm the backups actually work, then shares the results so partners can show insurers and clients that recovery has been proven.

Can ransomware encrypt our backups too?

It can if backups sit on a drive or share the attacker can reach, which is why ransomware groups hunt for them first. BizTechPro uses immutable backups that can’t be changed or deleted for a set period, stored off-site and separated from your network, so a Hackensack business has a clean copy to restore from even after an attack.

What should a disaster recovery plan include for a small business?

A useful disaster recovery plan lists your critical systems and the order they come back, where backups live, who makes decisions, how staff and clients are contacted, and how people work if the office is closed. BizTechPro writes and tests this plan with Hackensack businesses, and updates it when your systems or staff change.