Cloud/Endpoint Backup — Storage
Keep enough backup history, held for long enough, that when something goes wrong you can restore from before it started rather than from a copy that already has the damage inside it.
What you're actually up against
Phishing & Social Engineering
Employees can be tricked into revealing passwords or sensitive information.
Ransomware
Attackers can encrypt business data and demand payment to restore access.
Weak Passwords
Compromised or reused passwords can provide attackers with access to business systems.
Unpatched Systems
Outdated software can contain vulnerabilities that attackers exploit.
Data Breaches
Sensitive customer, employee and business information can be exposed or stolen.
What happens without Cloud/Endpoint Backup — Storage
The most recent backup sounds like the safest one. In practice, it often is not. Ransomware can sit quietly in your systems for days before anyone notices. A file can be overwritten or corrupted without triggering an alert. If you only ever keep the single latest copy, and the problem was already there when that copy was made, restoring it puts you right back where you started. The good version aged out. It is simply gone. Having a backup at all is not the same as having a backup you can actually trust.
What you'll get once Cloud/Endpoint Backup — Storage is in place
- Cloud storage capacity that holds your backed-up data across multiple points in time, so you are not limited to whichever single version was captured most recently
- A retention period matched to how your business actually operates, not a one-size-fits-all default that may leave you with far too little history when you need it most
- Ongoing monitoring of storage usage against your retention settings, so capacity or cost becomes a planned conversation rather than something you find out about mid-restore
- Genuine point-in-time recovery capability, meaning you can wind back to a specific date and time before an incident took hold, even when that incident went unnoticed for a while
- A clear picture of how your backup footprint is growing over time, supporting sensible capacity planning as your business and your data both expand
Cloud/Endpoint Backup — Storage pairs well with these other products and services we offer
Real people, not just a checklist
A lot of providers hand you a generic package and a login. We hand you a plan built around your business, and people who explain what's actually going on.
Hands-on support
A named specialist guides you through everything, no generic self-service portal.
Structured readiness review
We check your submission is ready before it goes for formal assessment, so you're not caught out by an easy-to-avoid mistake.
Fast turnaround
Certification in as little as 5 working days, security reviews and testing often start within days.
Nothing lapses silently
We track certificate expiry and follow-up scans ahead of time, so your protection never quietly goes stale.
One team, every service
Penetration testing, vulnerability testing, and ongoing monitoring handled in-house by our own team. Certification is coordinated end-to-end by us with an accredited certification body, so you get one point of contact, not several vendors to manage.
Certification pass guarantee
If you don't pass Cyber Essentials first time, we work with you at no extra cost until you do.
Hands-on support
A named specialist guides you through everything, no generic self-service portal.
Structured readiness review
We check your submission is ready before it goes for formal assessment, so you're not caught out by an easy-to-avoid mistake.
Fast turnaround
Certification in as little as 5 working days, security reviews and testing often start within days.
Nothing lapses silently
We track certificate expiry and follow-up scans ahead of time, so your protection never quietly goes stale.
One team, every service
Penetration testing, vulnerability testing, and ongoing monitoring handled in-house by our own team. Certification is coordinated end-to-end by us with an accredited certification body, so you get one point of contact, not several vendors to manage.
Certification pass guarantee
If you don't pass Cyber Essentials first time, we work with you at no extra cost until you do.
Cloud/Endpoint Backup — Storage questions
It depends on how quickly your business would notice a problem. Some issues show up within hours. Others, particularly slow-moving threats like ransomware that encrypts files gradually, can go undetected for days or even weeks. As a general guide, most small businesses benefit from keeping at least 30 days of history, and many choose 90 days or more for critical data. The right number for you comes down to how your business works, what data is most sensitive, and whether any compliance or contractual obligations apply. We set the retention period to match your situation, not a generic default.
A basic backup takes a copy of your data and keeps the most recent one. That is better than nothing, but it means you always have exactly one restore point to work from. Backup storage with multiple retention points keeps a series of copies across time, so you can restore from yesterday, last week, or three weeks ago if you need to. The difference matters most when a problem develops gradually rather than all at once, because a single latest copy may already contain the damage you are trying to undo.
Yes. Usage is monitored against your allocated capacity and retention settings on an ongoing basis. If things are trending toward a constraint, that conversation happens well before you hit a limit, not after a restore attempt fails because the history you needed had already been dropped. Backup capacity planning is part of the service, not something you are expected to manage yourself.
It means you can say: restore my data to how it looked at 9am on a specific date, not just to the most recent copy. In practice, this is most valuable when an incident is not caught immediately. If ransomware began encrypting your files on a Tuesday and you did not notice until Thursday, point-in-time recovery lets you restore from Monday morning, before any of that happened. Without it, your only option is the latest available copy, which in that scenario already contains the problem.
The starting point is understanding how much data you are backing up, how often it changes, and how long you need to keep historical versions. Businesses with large volumes of files that change frequently need more capacity than those backing up a handful of documents that rarely change. We work through that with you at the outset so the storage allocated actually matches your real footprint, and we track it over time so the capacity grows with your business rather than becoming a problem you discover unexpectedly.
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