No matter how careful we are these days with our precious tech and personal data, disaster can strike. A BDR (backup disaster recovery) is then absolutely essential for a modern business. No matter the type of work, product or service you offer, data is recorded along the way, stored on technology skeletons which often make up the backbone of a business. If you’ve never considered it, or don’t have a BDR, here’s a few reasons why it’s imperative to the upkeep of a company.

You can’t predict disaster

Be it a natural catastrophe, human error, internal breakdowns, malicious intent or any old thing, there’s no predicting a calamity. An employee could accidentally spill something on say, one of your only servers. A malware virus might spread throughout your email system. Floods, thunderstorms, or worse can damage your company. If these things occur, how prepared will you be?

You maintain credibility

Assuming you go with a BDR, your company is looked at better from is consumer and investor base. This is especially the case if you handle highly sensitive data and customer information (like credit card numbers). Who wants to invest in a company that can’t protect its own assets? Who wants to buy from a service if they know their personal information is at risk? From word of mouth to online reviews, a reputation can fall fast. BDR plans prevent this.

You save a lot of money

Here’s one of the big ones. A company that isn’t operational likely isn’t bringing in profit either. Major downtimes, caused from small or big errors, can and will have a major impact on financial performance. Consider your website that sells a kind of product, but you don’t have a recovery plan. So, the site is down, and you’re not making sales. Additionally, customer orders might be lost and/or they can’t contact you. How long is this downtime? Uncertain, but the longer it is the more money potential you lose out on.

You keep your files

While we’ve been discussing the loss of files and infrastructure, we should emphasize that keeping it is better, and only done so with a BDR. With this you don’t need to worry about losing a server, an HDD, an email system or otherwise, assuming you have a proper emergency plan in place. Sounds far more beneficial than actually losing out to good files in general, doesn’t it?

Ultimately, for a logistics company, a BDR is basically mandatory to the ecosystem of its survival. A company like this no doubt handles huge fields of data and needs to protect it all costs. Without a BDR, vulnerabilities can lead to catastrophic loss, perhaps even for the whole company. There’s no reason to not have one, and among the many more reasons, hopefully you get an idea of how a disaster recovery plan can safeguard your business.