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A disaster recovery (DR) solution? 
"Disaster Recovery Solution" explains Guy Hochman, CEO of Genie,” forms part of a broader process known as business continuity
And he is trying to deal with a large-scale business disruption. More specifically, a disaster recovery solution focuses on processes, policies and procedures that shorten the recovery time of the technological infrastructures essential to the organization's operations. Only a DR solution will allow you, the small business owner, to ensure business continuity, without fearing that a natural disaster or any cyber threat will lead to the shutdown of work, financial loss, image damage and damage to reputation. A DR solution will give your business and your partners in the supply chain the confidence that any disruption in your business will not affect their business and will provide your customers with the peace of mind that comes from knowing that your products and services will always continue to be there for them.

Why are small and medium businesses adopting DR solutions right now?
Over the past 3 years, Genie has seen increasing demand for DR solutions among our medium-sized business customers - and not by chance:
Customers are more aware of the cyber threats and the devastating results that accompany such an attack, so today, DR is no longer seen as "luxury insurance" or as an expense that goes down the drain. Why did these insights come only now? The reasons are in front of you:

1. "It won't happen to us..."
The threat of cyber attacks is a prime example: small organizations tend to be complacent about cyber security and assume that they are more immune to malicious attacks than larger organizations. Well, the facts show that small organizations are more at risk of successful cyber attacks because they don't have the budget and expertise to implement cyber security strategies. These data are confirmed in a recent study conducted by the British Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and revealed that during 2016, 71% of the businesses experienced a network hack that led to the loss of contracts, wasted working hours and damage to the day-to-day dealings with suppliers and customers.

2. "Is it really worth it?"
In the past, the cost-benefit equation was simple: "How can we justify the cost of investing in a DR solution against risks and threats that may never happen?". Today, when cyber security is the hottest topic, the question has become "How is it possible not to justify the investment?!"...

3. "Does the DR solution fit our needs?"
Until 3 years ago, the DR solutions did not fit the needs of medium-sized businesses, as a result of unreasonably high setup costs
And because the technological solution was too complex to implement for these businesses. The good news is that many DR providers have understood the disaster recovery needs of small and medium-sized businesses and have begun to develop customized solutions for them that guarantee business continuity at a reasonable cost-benefit ratio.

Key principles for creating a DR solution in your business

• Start by defining the reasonable recovery time for your business. This definition has the greatest impact on the implementation of the DR solution and it varies from business to business.
• Create a priority for dealing with disruptions. For example: if cyber attacks are a more common scenario these days, more companies will give priority to planning a recovery process from such an attack, over recovery processes from "natural" disasters, such as flooding or fire.
• Once your DR solution is in place, remember to take care of ongoing maintenance. This is the only way to be sure that the system is active, up-to-date and suitable for its purpose.
• There are procedures for testing the robustness of the DR system by simulating a "real event", at least once a year (be sure to include this ability already in the solution planning phase)
• Supervise the entire process, to avoid deviations within the budget.

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Your business, like most modern businesses, needs information infrastructures and databases in order to function.
This dependence becomes the Achilles' heel in situations where an information disaster occurs as a result of a natural disaster, a technical malfunction, an initiated cyber attack that wreaks havoc on the information systems, or the intrusion of ransomware, which encrypts the information system and immediately disables the organization's activities. Proper preparation for these scenarios will allow you to continue dealing with customers, suppliers and investors, while minimizing economic and image damage.

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In a data disaster, don't just rely on the backup
Until 5 years ago, many business owners were content with backing up their business information on remote physical servers or in the cloud, believing that restoring the data would serve as a safety net in cases of data loss. But the backup has its own limitations, such as the long period of time from the occurrence of the data disaster until the business is restored to activity and the fact that the backup addresses only the data and not critical IT infrastructures that were damaged. Therefore, businesses that protect themselves with a backup system only, expose themselves to a threat scenario, in which their ability to maintain business continuity is in doubt.

Disaster Recovery - from today also in small and medium businesses 
The information disaster recovery plan, which until now was adopted only by large organizations, has in recent years become accessible to small and medium-sized businesses, which benefit from customized solutions, at a reasonable cost-benefit ratio.
The DR program includes policies, processes and procedures designed to ensure business continuity and it comes into action as soon as damage to the corporate information system is detected: deletion of information in good faith or on purpose, server failure, cyber attack, fire, earthquake and even a missile strike and it helps the business to return to activity Complete with spare infrastructure, software and hardware.

What is the right DR plan for your business?
A disaster recovery plan involves a structured and thorough characterization process, which is done ahead of time. In this framework, what are the essential functions for the continued functioning of the organization are defined and a prioritization is created between them: who are the critical employees whose reconnection to the system must be done as a first priority? Is the organization based on a telephone service system that needs to be brought back to life quickly? Where will the employees be placed when the physical office stops functioning? And above all, what is the maximum downtime that the organization is able to absorb until business continuity is achieved, without incurring irreversible economic or image damage.

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A strong earthquake is no reason for a business to go through a shock and lose valuable organizational information. Organizations that did not invest in business survival after similar scenarios - were significantly harmed.

Predicting the exact next quake is a bit problematic; Defending against it is necessary and not complicated. 

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