Disaster Recovery & Backup Assessment
A backup that's never been restored is a hope, not a plan.
Verification that your backups will actually restore, your recovery objectives will actually be met, and your team actually knows the sequence — tested against real scenarios, not vendor dashboards. Built on a decade of owning business continuity as a sitting CTO.
Why it matters
Green checkmarks measure backup jobs. They don't measure recovery.
Backup software reports that jobs completed. It doesn't report that the new finance system was never added to the schedule, that restores take four days instead of four hours, that Microsoft 365 data isn't covered at all, or that the only person who knows the sequence left last spring.
This assessment measures what actually matters: can the business come back, how fast, and with how much data lost. We define recovery objectives with your leadership in business terms — then test whether reality can meet them.
Where it can't, you get a prioritized path to close the gap — usually a mix of configuration fixes, coverage additions, and documented runbooks rather than expensive new platforms.
Especially valuable if…
- A full restore has never been tested end-to-end
- Recovery time and data-loss tolerances have never been defined in business terms
- Microsoft 365, SaaS, or cloud data is assumed to be “someone else's backup problem”
- Recovery knowledge lives in one person's head
- An insurer, auditor, or major client is asking for DR evidence
What we examine
Coverage, survivability, speed, and the humans in the loop.
RTO / RPO Reality
Recovery time and data-loss objectives defined with leadership in business terms — then measured against what your systems can actually deliver.
Backup Coverage Map
Every system that matters, checked against what's actually protected — including the M365, SaaS, and cloud data most plans quietly omit.
Immutability & Isolation
Whether backups would survive ransomware, credential theft, or an angry insider — immutability, offline copies, and separated credentials.
Restore Verification
Actual restore tests on representative systems — timed, documented, and compared against your objectives.
Runbooks & Dependencies
The order of recovery, the dependencies between systems, and runbooks that work when the primary person is unavailable.
Business Continuity Fit
How technical recovery connects to operations: communications, workarounds, and who decides what during an outage.
What you receive
Proof, not promises.
Tested recovery validation
Documented restore results — timings, gaps, and surprises — against your defined objectives.
Coverage gap report
Exactly what isn't protected today, ranked by business impact, with remediation costs.
Updated runbooks
Recovery sequences documented clearly enough that the plan survives staff turnover.
Evidence package
DR documentation suitable for insurers, auditors, and client due diligence.
Let's connect
Find out your recovery works while it's still a test.
The worst time to discover a backup gap is mid-disaster. Book a call to scope your assessment.