Disaster Recovery Services and Solutions

Atlantic’s team has delivered Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) since 2007. During this period the platforms and systems in use, and the threats have changed dramatically with the adoption of public cloud services, DevOps, hosted IT, and the emergence of highly disruptive Cyber attacks. One thing remains as a constant, the need to deliver the highest possible recoverability of systems and data, because without the data there is no business.

Protect your Data – do you take it seriously? Do you ever test it?Protect your Business – Don’t think that any old back up is enough

The Business Continuity Institute has identified Cyber Attacks in 2020 as the number 1 highest impact, highest frequency threat to Organisation Resilience.

• 131% increase in Ransomware claims,
• 24% of the claims were tracked back to the compromise of a Service Provider, or vendor connected to the customers network

That makes you think…..When and not if, a disaster strikes, with Atlantic your business will be recovered and working quickly again. Speed is of the essence - the key factor in any successful IT disaster response, recovery of the data and super – fast resumption of working.

Cyber threats are sweeping the globe, thousands per day. If your data isn’t recoverable, your ability to work is severely disrupted and the business could fail. Recovery from Cyber-attack, and specifically Ransomware should be included in your IT Disaster recovery and Continuity planning.

1. Using air-gaps is a good idea
2. Storing recovery data offsite is a good idea but it is no longer fit for purpose as Evolved Ransomware makes disaster recovery using air-gaps obsolete.

If your recovery from Ransomware has just failed, it is because the recovered data is contaminated with Ransomware and the network is re-infected. You would ask your IT Support company How could you let this happen to us?This is not a question that an IT Director/Manager or business owner wants to ask , but you will if the DR services you run today can’t recover successfully from a Ransomware attackYou test your fire alarm – have you ever tested your back up works AND you can recover quickly?Over 40% of cyber security lapses last year were the fault of IT support companies…How good is yours?

Most Service Providers adopt Remote, Monitoring & Management (RMM) applications.Vulnerabilities within the RMM setup are exploited and cyber-attacks are then launched against all of the Service Providers customers.

Providers who adopt backup services, integrated with their RMM, are at greater risk -client’s backup data is also being compromised during an attack – How is yours being managed. You know your business will not survive long without its data.

‍Each business is different so no one-size fits all scenario works DR scenario’s cannot always be resolved by using just one option. What do we do to support you?

1. We Audit your business  - and deliver a report on your Business Impact Analysis.
2. This evaluates where you currently are in terms of preparedness, highlighting vulnerabilities and what are the next steps
3. This increases your resilience and prioritises spend - including the added security vulnerabilities of staff working from home
4. Insight - what are my risks? - and what actions you need to do now and the future
5. Identify additional layers of protection needed

1. What data do you really need?
2. When?
3. Determine which DR options are most appropriate.

As your organisation migrates to cloud platforms, DR services adapt to support the business. Flexible DR plans - data continues to be protected, whether in Public Cloud services, protects your investment made.
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Your DR service needs to protect on-premise workloads today, and cloud workloads, plus data in public cloud services like Microsoft365
Public Cloud services like Microsoft365 do not backup your data, that statement surprises a lot of people.
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Get your Atlantic DR plan - timely recovery of data, free from infection and Ransomware.
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Atlantic’s DR services are integrated and work together to provide the ultimate last line of defence, protection and recovery from Evolved Ransomware.
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With Ransomware attacks increasing, IT service providers or vendors being targeted and compromised by hackers, don’t delay. If your IT company has not provided a bespoke, fully tested DR Plan – ask them why not?

1. An IT Disaster Recovery Plan
2. Annual testing
3. Change control options to the services included
4. Remote access via client VPN or VDI as required.
5. The DR services are delivered from UK data centres that are ISO 9001, ISO27001 and ISO14001 accredited

• Malware is rapidly developing to locate, identify and delete backup files on a network before encrypting the user data.  
• Malware is now being embedded as hidden code in Windows files, and more recently Microsoft365 files, traversing networks and infecting more user data.
• Malware sits dormant for up to six months, infecting back ups
• Both those stored locally and those offsite that are air gapped.
• Ransomware eventually detonates  - user data is encrypted, and restoring infected backups recovers encrypted  data back onto the network, creating Attack Loops, this is Evolved Ransomware.

Supply chain and relationships
‍1 https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/report/incident-trends-report.

Many businesses have already invested in DR solutions.
Our agentless service architecture minimises the amount of software to perform backup, recovery and DR operations by up to 90%
This allows our Attack Loop data protection for Evolved Ransomware to be added to any network alongside an existing agent-based solution, without any disruption.  

Automation creates consistency. Human intervention is needed, but with our DR services it is kept to a minimum.
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3 Service Delivery Support Options Recovery from a disaster that impacts business operations starts with good planning. In simple terms, work from these five points and you can start tomorrow,

1. Understand where all your applications and data are running to complete a Business Impact Analysis – Better still let us do it for you and gain a  sanity check. Determine the IT services and data that are essential, and the disaster scenarios you are planning to recover from. Don’t forget recovery from ransomware attack
2. Define the realistic Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objective for each application and its data.
3. Review the market for appropriate DR services, flexibility to support business agility is key in these uncertain times.
4. Adopt proven, referenced services from reputable service providers and technology vendors.
5. Test, test, test and review.