How to protect your business information (and make sure your data is safe, secure, and protected)

Critical questions most contracting businesses don't even think about until it's too late:

If your computers were stolen or damaged, how long would it take to get everything up and running again?

If your hard drive crashed, who would get your system up and running?

Is your information properly backed up?

Is your business information truly safe, secure, and protected?

a high-security facility with a high level of redundancy
equipment is located in a secure card access only area (for approved staff)
servers are locked in their own cages
there are multiple ultra-high-speed connections to the internet
power is cleaned and surge protected through a full-time battery backup system which is backed-up by a high-capacity onsite generator
a fully climate controlled environment (heat and temperature fluctuations are bad for computers)
filtered air to remove dust (an enemy of electronic equipment)

Servers are monitored remotely and automatically every five minutes, 24-hours a day. Over a dozen checks are performed each time.
Anti-Virus, Firewalls, server software, etc., is all updated continuously.
Access only to essential personnel using secure passwords and protocols.

redundant hard drives (RAID drives) are like having two copies of your data at all times: if a drive fails for any reason, the RAID drive system automatically redistributes information so that once again, there are two copies of the same information. The chance of two hard drives failing at the same time is extremely low
performance hardware (dual power supplies, high-quality memory, high-quality boards, etc.)