What’s the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?

We get asked that question a lot. What’s the difference between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery? And what’s ‘resilience’ for that matter? It’s an interesting question, and there are specific industry and expert definitions. But, confusingly, they are often used interchangeably. In a broader business context, this is unhelpful. According to the BCI & DRJ, the […]

Databarracks video: Continuity tool shed – free tools for better recoveries

Video length: 31mins 14secs Over the past 3 years, we’ve been developing practical tools that take the heavy lifting out of in-depth continuity planning, making it faster and more approachable to newcomers. But there’s an important caveat. Shiny, interactive tools can trick you into feeling productive by outputting important-looking information. Without a plan, instructions, or […]

Databarracks video: How to write a business continuity plan

Video length: 30mins 28secs Business continuity has a PR problem. From the outside, it seems boring, difficult, and not a priority. According to our 2017 Data Health Check, less than half of organisations with small IT teams (1-5) have a BC plan.

Oosha and Databarracks combine to launch vendor independent cloud services in the UK

Databarracks, the UK’s specialist business continuity and IT disaster recovery provider, and Oosha, one of the leading providers of cloud desktop and managed IT services to the UK legal sector, have partnered to launch vendor independent cloud services in order to mitigate risk and allay the fears of organisations in the UK professional services market.   […]

Databarracks video: How to recover from ransomware 2017

Ransomware is the biggest cyber and continuity risk in 2017. It’s not just the NHS and small businesses – everyone is vulnerable. We’re even seeing global enterprises with big security investments and dedicated security teams get infected. Importantly, you have more options than to either pay the ransom or lose your data. It’s possible to […]

The ransomware recovery guide by Databarracks

How to spot, prevent and recover from ransomware. Ransomware is malware that, upon infection, prevents access to certain elements of your systems until a ransom is paid to the attackers. There are many different strains of ransomware, which variously encrypt data and system files, through a range of possible attack vectors. Once infected, you have […]

Databarracks has become a corporate partner of the BCI to help drive greater business resilience amongst SMEs

Disaster recovery service provider Databarracks, has become a ‘Corporate Partner’ of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI), working with it to raise the profile of business continuity management (BCM) as a critical discipline for business resilience, amongst the SME community. Founded in 1994, the BCI has established itself as the leading organisation for BC professionals worldwide, supporting over […]

Databarracks roundtable findings: Law firms break silence to beat cybercrime and mitigate cloud risk

Databarracks, a provider of award winning business continuity services, and Zerto, a leading provider of IT resilience solutions, today announced the findings from a legal industry IT roundtable on the challenges of cloud and dangers of cybercrime. Discussions revealed the legal sector has been cautious to engage in peer experience exchanges regarding cyberattacks such as […]