How Business Continuity is Saving Manufacturing · 2019-11-04 · Business continuity describes a...

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