Why Small Businesses Need BACKUP & DISASTER RECOVERY
The "We're Too Small" Myth
Many small business owners think they're not targets. The reality: 43% of cyberattacks target small businesses, and 60% close within 6 months of a major attack.
Reality check:
- 93% of companies that lose their data center for 10+ days file for bankruptcy within one year
- 60% of small companies never recover from a major data loss
- Only 20% of small businesses back up their data daily
- Average downtime after data loss: 19-22 days
What This Costs Your Business
Cost of downtime by business size:
- $10,000-$50,000 per day for businesses with 20-50 employees
- $50,000-$150,000 per day for businesses with 50-100 employees
- $150,000+ per day for businesses over 100 employees
These costs include:
- Lost revenue (sales you can't make)
- Lost productivity (employees can't work)
- Recovery efforts (all hands on deck trying to fix it)
- Customer refunds/compensation
- Overtime pay for crisis management
- Emergency IT costs
- Opportunity costs (projects delayed, deals lost)
If you have to rebuild from scratch:
- Hardware replacement: $50,000-$200,000
- Data recovery specialists: $30,000-$150,000 (often unsuccessful)
- System reconstruction: $100,000-$300,000
- Emergency IT consulting: $200-$500/hour
- Time to full recovery: 30-90 days minimum
The Bottom Line
The average small business data breach costs $200,000—but 60% of small businesses that suffer a major attack close within 6 months.
How the Right Solution Protects You
Data backed up to secure cloud
Local backup appliance for fast recovery of individual files
Best of both worlds (speed + safety)
Geographic redundancy (data in multiple locations)
No manual intervention required
Backups happen constantly (not just nightly)
Additional Benefits:
- •Continuous Data Protection (CDP) = almost zero data loss
- •Set schedule and forget about it
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