Backups that were never restored
A backup job that reports success does not prove the data can be used. Only a restore does.
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
EBTIKAR assesses business impact, defines recovery priorities, and builds continuity and recovery plans with backup strategies that are tested rather than assumed.
- Assessment Impact and risk
- Planning Continuity and recovery
- Testing Restores actually performed
Our approach
A recovery plan is only useful once it has been tested
Continuity work begins with a simple question: which systems, if unavailable for a day, would stop the business? Everything else follows from that answer.
We document critical processes and the systems they depend on, then agree recovery priorities in business terms rather than technical ones. Not every system needs the same treatment, and treating them all equally is usually unaffordable.
The backup strategy follows those priorities: what is copied, how often, where it is kept and how long it is retained. Recovery procedures are written for the people who will perform them, and a restore is carried out on a schedule so the plan is proven, not presumed.
Continuity is proven by a restore, not a promise.
Scroll to see how a plan becomes something you can rely on.
Our standard
Written, assigned, exercised
Every procedure names the person responsible, the systems it covers and the point at which it is considered successful. Restores are scheduled and recorded, so the plan is reviewed against evidence.
Talk to our continuity team Common problems
Why recovery plans fail in practice
Most of these are discovered during an incident, which is the worst time.
Critical systems not identified
Without an agreed order, recovery effort goes to the loudest system rather than the most important one.
Roles nobody agreed
During an incident, unclear decision rights cost more time than the technical fault itself.
Plans that drift out of date
Systems change, people leave, and a plan revised two years ago describes an environment that no longer exists.
Delivery
How a continuity programme runs
Assessment and testing are the two stages that change the outcome.
The track
The track
Assess
Critical processes, systems, dependencies and current protection.
Assess
Critical processes, systems, dependencies and current protection.
Capabilities
Continuity and recovery services
Delivered as a standalone review or as an ongoing programme with scheduled testing.
Programme areas
The parts of a continuity programme
Each area can be addressed separately, but the plan only works as a whole.
What stops the business
Process owners describe what a day without each system would mean, which sets the recovery order.
- Critical process list
- Outage impact by function
- Agreed recovery order
Method
How we run a continuity engagement
Business priorities are agreed before any backup configuration changes.
Assess
Document critical processes, dependencies and the protection that exists today.
Plan
Agree recovery order, backup design and who performs which step.
Implement
Configure copies, replication and the interim arrangements for essential work.
Test
Run restores, record the result and revise the plan against what happened.
Results
What changes after the programme
The outcome is a shorter, calmer recovery rather than a larger backup system.
A known recovery order
Everyone agrees which systems return first and who is responsible for each step.
Restores that have worked
The procedure has been executed in a test, so the first real attempt is not also the first rehearsal.
Evidence for auditors and insurers
Records of tests, decisions and revisions support compliance and insurance discussions.
Next step
Talk to our continuity team
Ask the question your plan has never answered.
We will review your current protection and demonstrate what a restore would actually involve — before you need one.
