Whether from a virus, hacking or simply a fire or flood or other act ofnature- there may come a time when you will experience a catastrophic loss of computer data. BCC Kenya will help you be properly prepared to recover and get back to business as quickly as possible. Computer Disaster Recovery is sometimes overlooked for software and database systems - until it is too late. Have you ever thought how your business would function if the computer systems and software vanished - it happens to someone everyday.

• Do you back up the software and databases on a regular basis?
• Do you copy the database or spreadsheet to the same place every time, over writing the previous copy?
• Do you keep a copy off site?
• How much information are you willing to re-enter if you can figure out where you need to start?
• Would you have access to the database or software if you couldn't get to the office?
• Do you backup the software to a server which in turn is backed up by the computer department?
• Do you know how long it will take the Information Technology department to retrieve a server backup? In many cases it will takes days and in some cases weeks.
• Have you tested the data backup to make sure it is a good copy of the software and not corrupted?
• Do you store critical program passwords in a secure place known by officers of your company so that they can get to the program in the event that you are permanently unavailable?
• Do you require several data entry stations to be running to keep up with your orders?
• Is your software included in your company's business continuity plan?

• Nasty programming bug corrupts the data in your computer.
• Virus contained on the last four-weeks worth of software backups (do you have others?).
• Fire / water damage / flood / theft / civil disobedience prevents access to the office. Chemical spill prevents access to office.
• Purposeful destruction of data / property by disgruntled employee.
• Hard disk failure resulting in corrupted database.
• Undetected failure of data storage resulting in unusable files
• Defective back-up media

• Formatted Harddrives
• Virus infested files
• Files from emptied Recycle bin
• Passwords from virtual any application
• Emails and databases
• All RAID arrays
• Defective back-up media