“I have sat with business owners at 11pm after a ransomware hit when their backup had been silently failing for six months. It is one of the worst situations I have seen in this business. That is why I treat backup monitoring with the same urgency as a security alert. A failed backup job is a security event.”
Otto Mand · Founder, EagleOnyx · Orlando, FL
What you get
What’s Included in Backup and Disaster Recovery
Backup design and implementation
Your backup architecture is designed around your actual recovery requirements, not a one-size-fits-all template. We define your Recovery Time Objective and Recovery Point Objective before we choose tools and schedules, not after.
Automated monitoring and alerting
Every backup job is monitored automatically. If a job fails silently, we know before you do. Failed backup notifications get treated with the same urgency as security alerts, because they are security alerts.
Tested restoration, not just job verification
A backup job that reports success does not mean your data is recoverable. We run actual restoration tests on a quarterly schedule and document the results. You get proof that the backup works before you need it.
Cloud and offsite redundancy
Backups that live only on-site are vulnerable to the same disasters your primary systems are. We implement cloud backup with offsite redundancy so a physical event at your office does not eliminate your recovery options.
Ransomware-resistant backup architecture
Ransomware specifically targets and encrypts backup files when it can reach them. We configure immutable, write-once backups that ransomware cannot modify, so your recovery point is protected even if attackers get into your environment.
Incident response coordination
When something goes wrong, we manage the recovery process. Ransomware, hardware failure, accidental deletion. We know where your backups are, how to restore them, and what order to do it in. You are not improvising at 2am.
The real cost
What Skipping Tested Backups Costs Central Florida Businesses
Days of downtime from an untested backup
The average small business loses $8,000 to $74,000 per day of significant downtime. An untested backup that fails during recovery turns a 4-hour problem into a 3-day problem. The only way to know if your backup works is to test it.
Ransomware recovery without clean backups
When ransomware hits and the backup is incomplete, outdated, or itself encrypted, the options are pay the ransom (median demand over $700,000 in 2023, no guarantee of recovery) or rebuild from scratch. Many small businesses do not survive either outcome.
Data loss affecting financial and client records
A single accidental deletion of a SharePoint folder, a server hard drive failure with no tested restore, or a ransomware event that hits before the daily backup runs can permanently eliminate records a business spent years creating. The cost includes client relationships, legal exposure, and regulatory fines.
Recovery vs. prevention: the real math
A managed backup plan with tested restores typically runs a fraction of what a single recovery event costs. Emergency data recovery services charge $3,000 to $25,000 for hard drive recovery alone, before downtime and incident response costs. Prevention is not expensive compared to the alternative.
Find out if your backups would actually save you
Free 30-minute assessment. We review your current backup setup and tell you honestly what is protected, what is not, and what a real incident would cost you today.
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Why EagleOnyx
Why Central Florida Businesses Choose EagleOnyx for Backup and DR
We test restores, not just jobs
Most IT providers monitor whether a backup job ran and reported success. We run actual restore tests on a quarterly schedule. There is a meaningful difference between a backup job completing and your data being recoverable. We verify the second one.
Incident response is included, not an add-on
If ransomware hits, a drive fails, or data gets accidentally deleted, we manage the recovery process. We know where your backups are, what the recovery sequence is, and who to call. You are not managing a crisis while also trying to run your business.
Backup is integrated into your full IT environment
Standalone backup vendors do not know your network, your recovery dependencies, or your business continuity priorities. Because we manage your full environment, we build backup architecture that actually maps to what a recovery would require, not just what looks good on paper.
Ransomware-resistant architecture by default
We configure immutable, write-once backups as a standard, not an upgrade. Ransomware that can reach your backup and encrypt it is not a backup you can recover from. We build the architecture so that your recovery point survives an attack even if your primary systems do not.
Backup and DR works best alongside cybersecurity services for complete protection.
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