Backups That Actually Work
When You Need Them.
Most businesses find out their backups don't work at the worst possible moment. BITS designs, implements and regularly tests backup and disaster recovery so your Melbourne business can get back up fast, whatever happens.
A Backup You've Never Tested Isn't a Backup
Every business believes it has backups, right up until the moment it needs to restore one. A backup job that runs every night and logs "completed" tells you the job executed, not that the data underneath is actually recoverable, or that recovery will happen fast enough to matter.
Ransomware specifically targets backups first. If your backup storage sits on the same network with standard admin permissions, an attacker who gets domain admin access can encrypt or delete your backups in the same attack that hits your production systems. Hardware failure, accidental deletion and human error don't ask permission either.
BITS builds backup and disaster recovery around one question: if something goes wrong at 2am on a Saturday, exactly how does this business get back to work, and how do we know that plan actually works before you ever need it?
Immutable Cloud Backups
Backup storage that can't be altered, encrypted or deleted, even by an attacker holding administrator credentials.
Regularly Tested Restores
Scheduled restore drills that prove your data can actually come back, not just a green tick on a dashboard.
Documented Recovery Plans
A clear, written runbook with defined recovery targets, not tribal knowledge that leaves with one person.
Ransomware-Resistant Design
Backup architecture built specifically to survive the exact attack pattern ransomware uses against businesses today.
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Built for Melbourne Businesses
From automated daily backups through to a fully documented, tested disaster recovery plan, BITS covers every layer of getting your business back online.
Automated Cloud Backups
Continuous, encrypted backups of servers, workstations, Microsoft 365 data and critical applications, running automatically with no reliance on someone remembering to start a job.
Immutable, Ransomware-Proof Storage
Offsite backup storage designed so nothing inside your network, not even a compromised administrator account, can alter, encrypt or delete a backup once it's written.
Disaster Recovery Planning
A documented plan with defined Recovery Time and Recovery Point Objectives (RTO/RPO), so everyone knows exactly what happens and how long it takes, before an incident, not during one.
Regular Restore Testing
Scheduled, verified restore tests, actually recovering files and systems on a regular cadence, so a "successful" backup log is never the only proof that recovery works.
Business Continuity Planning
Beyond just the data, a broader plan for how staff work, communicate and access systems during an outage, so the business keeps functioning while systems are being restored.
24/7 Monitoring & Alerting
Every backup job is monitored around the clock. A failed or skipped backup is flagged and fixed immediately, not discovered weeks later when it's needed.
Also Included
From Untested Backups to a
Proven Recovery Plan
A structured four-phase approach that turns "we think we have backups" into a documented, tested plan everyone can rely on.
Assess
We review your current backup setup, what's covered, what isn't, where it's stored, and how exposed it is to a ransomware attack or hardware failure.
Design
We set realistic Recovery Time and Recovery Point targets for each system based on what it's actually worth to your business, then design the backup architecture around them.
Implement
We deploy immutable, offsite backup storage and a documented disaster recovery runbook, covering servers, workstations, Microsoft 365 and critical line-of-business systems.
Test
We run scheduled restore drills on an ongoing basis, so the plan is proven before it's ever needed, not discovered to be broken during an actual incident.
Melbourne's Backup &
Disaster Recovery Specialists
A backup strategy is only as good as the recovery it enables. BITS designs backup and disaster recovery around your business's actual tolerance for downtime and data loss, then proves it works, before you're relying on it during a real incident.
- Immutable, offsite backup storage that survives a ransomware attack
- Scheduled, verified restore testing, not just completed backup logs
- Documented recovery plans with clear, agreed RTO and RPO targets
- 24/7 monitoring so a failed backup job is caught the same day
- Works alongside our cyber security and Essential 8 services
- Local Melbourne team, on-site if a hands-on recovery is ever needed
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Questions Answered
Backup is the copy of your data. Disaster recovery is the documented plan and infrastructure for getting your entire business back online, applications, servers, access and data, within a defined timeframe after an incident. A business can have backups running every night and still have no real disaster recovery plan, which usually only becomes obvious during an actual outage.
At minimum, monthly, and more often for systems your business can't operate without. A backup job completing successfully every night tells you the job ran, not that the underlying data can actually be restored, or restored quickly enough to matter. BITS builds scheduled restore testing into every backup and disaster recovery engagement as standard, not an optional extra.
If backups are stored on the same network with standard permissions, yes, this is exactly what modern ransomware targets first, often before it even starts encrypting production systems. BITS implements immutable, offsite backup storage that cannot be altered or deleted by anything on your network, including an attacker holding valid administrator credentials.
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is how long your business can tolerate being down before a system needs to be back online. Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is how much data loss, measured in time, you can tolerate, for example, losing the last hour of work versus the last day. Different systems in your business usually need different targets. BITS works through this with each client rather than assuming, then designs and documents the backup architecture to actually meet those targets.
Cost depends on the volume of data being protected, how long backups need to be retained, and how tight your recovery time targets are. BITS assesses your current environment and backup posture first, then provides a clear, fixed-price quote, no vague per-gigabyte pricing that's hard to budget against. Get in touch for a free backup and disaster recovery assessment.
Not Sure Your Backups Would Actually Work?
Most businesses don't find out until it's too late. Let's test that assumption now, on our time, not yours.