Backup & Disaster Recovery
A backup you have never tested is just a hope with a file size.
Plenty of organizations have backups. Fewer have ever proven they can recover from them, and they find out the hard way when ransomware hits and the restore fails. Topping builds backup and disaster recovery the way it should be built: immutable copies an attacker cannot encrypt, a recovery plan with real RTO and RPO targets, and regular drills that prove it works before you need it.
What real BDR looks like
Backup and Disaster Recovery (BDR) is the discipline of making sure that when something goes wrong, whether it is ransomware, hardware failure, a deleted database, or a flooded server room, you can get your data and your operations back fast, with a known amount of loss. Two questions define it: RPO, how much data you can afford to lose, measured in time, and RTO, how long you can afford to be down.
Backups fail quietly. They run for months looking healthy, then collapse at the one moment you need them, corrupted, incomplete, or encrypted by the same ransomware that took down production. So we build immutable backups an attacker cannot alter or delete, follow proven retention practices, and, most of all, test restores on a schedule so recovery is a rehearsed procedure rather than a prayer.
Inside the engagement
Immutable backups
Backup copies that cannot be modified or deleted, even by ransomware or a compromised admin account, so a clean restore is always there.
Defined RTO & RPO
Real recovery-time and recovery-point targets set to your business tolerance, written down rather than assumed.
Tested recovery drills
Scheduled restore tests that prove backups actually recover, catching silent failures before a real disaster does.
Offsite & cloud replication
Geographically separate copies so a fire, flood, or site-wide outage does not take your only backup with it.
Server & cloud workload coverage
Protection for on-prem servers, virtual machines, and cloud workloads including Microsoft 365 data Microsoft does not back up.
Documented recovery runbook
A clear, current playbook for who does what during a recovery, so an outage is executed calmly, not improvised under pressure.
The outcomes you can hold us to
Ransomware loses its grip
Immutable, offsite backups turn a ransom demand into a restore job. There is nothing to negotiate when you already hold a clean copy.
Downtime you can predict
Defined and tested RTO/RPO targets turn "we hope we can recover" into "we know we can, within these limits."
No silent backup failures
Regular restore drills surface corruption and gaps on your schedule, not in the middle of a crisis.
A plan, not a panic
A documented runbook means recovery is a calm, rehearsed procedure instead of a frantic, improvised scramble.
Who it's for
This is for any DFW business that would lose money, customers, or reputation if it lost access to its data, which is nearly all of them. It matters most for organizations with ransomware exposure (everyone), regulated firms with recovery obligations, and any company whose current backups have never once been test-restored. If you cannot say with confidence how long recovery would take, this is for you.
Frequently asked questions
We already have backups. Why do we need more?
What are RTO and RPO?
Will ransomware just encrypt our backups too?
Do you back up our Microsoft 365 data?
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Ready to put Backup & Disaster Recovery to work?
Start with a free 30-minute scope review. We'll work out what you need and what it costs, then put the service level in writing.