of small businesses affected by disaster never reopen**

40%

SEPTEMBER

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™ Sources: * Carbonite Small Business Study. Q3 2011.** FEMA

SEPTEMBER IS NATIONALPREPAREDNESS MONTHIF YOU DON’T HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE, NOWIS THE PERFECT TIME TO GET STARTED.

1. DEVELOP A WRITTEN PLAN.

2. DESIGNATE AN ALTERNATIVE SITE OF OPERATION (OR TWO!)

3. REVIEW YOUR DATA PROTECTION PLAN.

4. DO A DRY RUN.

Include emergency contact info

Keep a copy offsite

Share your plan with employees, vendors,and other critical contacts

One should be at least an hour away from yourprimary business location

Make sure you know how you will communicatethe change of site if needed

Back up your critical data constantly

Make sure you know how you will accessdata if something happens

Practice makes perfect!

Use our checklist below to disaster-proof your business.

BUT...

CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED

OF SMALL BUSINESSES DON’T HAVE A DISASTER PLAN FOR THEIR DATA*.

ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?

57%

of small businesses don’t think a data disaster could

happen to them*

48% of American small businesses experienced

data loss in 2010

of small business ownersbelieve they would lose less than $500 if they couldn’t function for a day*

65%

“IT COULD NEVER HAPPEN TO ME”HURRICANES. FIRES. EQUIPMENT FAILURE. THEFT.

HOWEVER...

It could happen to me.

%13

%87I’ll back up later

I have a hard drive

It won’t happento me

IS YOUR BUSINESS DATADESTINED FOR DISASTER?