how business continuity is saving manufacturing · 2019-11-04 · business continuity describes a...
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HowBusinessContinuityisSavingManufacturing
ARevolutionGroupeBook•January2017
Table of Contents
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Introduction 1- 3HowVulnerableAreYou? 6- 9ABetterWaywithRevolutionGroup 10- 12
Asamanufacturer,you’reproducingreal,tangibleproductseveryday.Yourcompany’sabilitytoproducehighvolumesatlowcostscandeterminewhereyoufallamongyourcompetitors.
Intheageoftechnology,yourequipmentreliesheavilyonthecomputersconfiguringtheirbehavior.Whatwouldhappenifthosesystemsbecamecompromised?Howlongcouldyouaffordtohaltproduction?
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Introduction
Likeanyotherbusiness,manufacturersarevulnerabletofire,flood,severeweather,poweroutagesandanyothercalamitythatcouldtakesystemsofflineand/orwipeoutvaluabledata.
IntheManufacturingindustry,downtimecomeswithcostsfromalldirections.Ifproductionstops,you’lllikelybepayingalotofemployeeswhoarestandingaround,waitingforasolution.Theinabilitytofillquotascanhaveanimpactonsales.Thismayalsodamageyourreputationascustomersareunabletoplaceorders.
Notonlydocalamitiescausedowntime,humanerrorcanalsocomeintoplaywhenyourownemployeesmakemistakesortakemaliciousactions.Formanufacturersspecifically,thelossofintellectualpropertydatacangreatlyhamperabusiness.
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Whileyoumaybetakingsomeprecautions,suchassecuringandbackingupyoursensitivedata,sometimesthat’snotenough.Thereisacommonmisconceptionthatdataissafe ifbackeduponceaday,butthisoutdatedpracticeisnolongersufficientforseveralreasons:• Ifyouforgettoperformthebackuporthebackup
processfails,you’renotprotected.• Ifyouonlybackupyourfilesonceaday,you’releft
vulnerabletothelossofanentireday’swork.• Ifyoudon’tproperlyvalidateyourbackupfiles,
youcouldbeinforanunpleasantsurprisewhenyouactuallytrytousethosefilestorestoreyourcompany’soperations.
• Ifyouonlybackupyourfilesonsite,youcouldlosethemtoo—leavingyouwithnowaytorestoreproduction.
• Ifyouonlybackupyourrawdata,ratherthanallyourapplicationandserver configurationfiles,itcouldtakeseveraldaystorestoreyourfilesbecauseyouwillalsohavetorebuildyourservers,operatingsystems,applications,etc.
Somemanufacturersareturningtobusinessinterruptioninsurancetocoverthecoststorebuild,restore,orregainlostincome.However,whileaninsuranceprovidermaywriteyouacheckforthecostofaserver thatgetsdamagedbecauseofabrokenpipe,itwon’tshieldyoufromdamagedorlostclientrelationships.Ultimately,yourreputationisn’tsomethingforwhichyoucaneasilybecompensated.
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How Vulnerable are You?Ifyourcompanyidentifiesasabusinessthatdoesn’thavetheITresourcestoeffectivelyrecoverfromamajoroutage,makesureyou’reweighingallthefactorsaroundthecostsofdowntime.Herearethefacts:
• USbusinesseslose$12billionannuallyduetodataloss.1
• 93%ofcompaniesthatlosetheirdatacenterfor10+daysfileforbankruptcywithinoneyear.2
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InasurveybyKasperskyLab,manufacturersreported“InternalOperationalInformation”and“IntellectualProperty”asdatatheywouldmostfearlosing.3Amongthecausesofrecentdataloss,malwarewasthemostcommon.
Inadditiontomalware,softwarevulnerabilities,networkintrusion,andtargetedattackswereallmentioned.Herearesometipstohelpyourbusinessavoidcostlydowntime:
• Outsourceyourcompany’sITneedstoanexpertwhohasexperience inthemanufacturingindustry.They’llunderstandtheimportanceofmaintainingproductionschedules.
• Don’tsacrificequalitytosavemoneywhenbuyinghardware.Itwillbenefityou(andyourbottomline)tohavestrongtechnologyinthelongrun.
• Performtimelyhardwareandsoftwareupdates,maintenanceandbackups.
• Establish,reviewandmaintainsystemsecurity.
Anycompanythathasnotrecentlyreassessed itsbackupanddisasterrecoveryproceduresshouldthereforedosotoconformtotheseindustry-standardbestpractices.
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Businesscontinuitydescribesacompletesolutionforbackupanddisasterrecovery.Atruebusinesscontinuitysolutionwillprotectdataon-premisesandinthecloud.WhetherdataisonserversorinSaaSapplications,itneedstobebackedup.Businesscontinuitygoesastepfurtherandoffersyoutheabilitytorestoreyourdata,whichwecalldisasterrecovery.
Whetherabusinessisfacedwithanaturalorman-madedisaster,astrongsolutionwillhaveyouupandrunninginminutes.Solutionsthatleveragethehybridcloudcanguaranteeaquickerrestoretimeaswell.Why?Localbackupsaregreattokeepdatastoredonlocaldevices,butifsomethinghappenstothatdevice,thenwhat?Ahybridcloudbackupsolutiontakesaninitialbackuponalocaldevice,andthenreplicatesthebackuptoacloudserver.
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A Better Way With Revolution Group
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RevolutionGroupoffersasuperiorsolutionforsafeguardingtheday-to-daywellnessofyourbusiness.;automaticallybackingupbothyourdataandyourserver/applicationconfigurationfilescontinuouslythroughoutthedayandstoringthemonbothadeviceatyourlocationandinthecloud.
RevolutionGroupalsocontinuouslyvalidatestheintegrityofyourdataandconfigurationfilestoensureyourbackupsarefunctionalandhavenotbeencorruptedbyavirusorothermalware.
Intheeventthatyourofficeexperiencesahardwarefailure,extremeweatherevent,oranyothercalamity,thesolutionsdeployedbyRevolutionGrouphelpbyenablingyoutokeeprunningyourplantfromeitheryourlocalbackupdeviceoryourcloudfiles.
“Atruebusinesscontinuitysolutionwillprotectdataon-premisesandinthe
cloud.”
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AdvantagesofRevolutionGroupsupport include:
• Allbackupsareperformedautomaticallyandreliablyforyou.
• Youcanhavefullconfidenceinyourabilitytorecoverfromanysortdisaster.
• YoucanrestoreyouroperationsquicklywithasinglephonecalltoRevolutionGroup.
Haveconfidencethatyouareprotectedagainstanyoutageresultingfromadisaster.Youwon’thavetoworryaboutthepotentialfinancialconsequencesofsuchadisaster—andneitherwillyourclients.
It’stimetosafeguardyourmanufacturingplantthesamewayyousafeguardyourclients.
CallRevolutionGrouptodayat614-212-1111.
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Sources1. BeyondTechnology2. NationalArchives&RecordsAdministration3. Kaspersky Lab