Some say the flood that happened late 2014 and early 2015 is like an internal tsunami. With over 237,000 displaced and over 20 dead , it triggers a national alert on disaster level. Having spoken to companies with branches in east coast, the nightmare of any I.T manager happens without warning. As prepared as we are, we often takes some practices for granted and “hope that it will never happen”.

If statistic is anything to be trusted on for foresight, it shows that natural disaster is on the increase rather than decline as nature shakes itself over the global climate change.

Here are 5 things your I.T dept might be practicing that put your business at high risk.

		1. LAN Backup
		Having only internal backup or backup to another host but on the same premise. Flood or fire will render your whole data unreachable and possibly destroyed. With no data to work on, can your business survive?
		2. VPN
		Having no VPN access means that blockage to access to your office due to natural disaster will put your business at risk. This includes internet access being down and no alternative remote services to support your database.
		3. Disaster Recovery
		Your database should have another version running in the cloud in case your office server is rendered unaccessible. While a 1-2 days downtime is survivable, what if its a flood that renders a week or month of downtime?
		4. Hosted Email
		Having only one(1) hosted email server or service means that if that centre is down or connection outage occurs in that data centre/site, you will have no communication backup. High Availability email services are not expensive and should be part of every company’s infrastructure.
		5. Obsolete Softwares / Security Software
		Often your users have to work remotely in the event the IT resource in the office is not accessible. So even if you have a cloud failover service and disaster recovery plan that kicks in, using a different hardware and notebooks also means the security policy and updates on those machines might not be updated at all. This opens a big hole and security risks that carries on even after your main centre takes over.

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