Backups that hold up — and a plan to get back up fast
Outage, deletion, ransomware: the real test of a backup is the restore. We design immutable backups, tested restores and a recovery plan built for Canadian SMBs and shaped around your time targets.
From backup to full recovery
Immutable backups
Offline or locked — an attacker can’t encrypt or erase them.
Tested restores
We confirm it comes back — and within your target time.
Recovery plan (RTO/RPO)
Clear time and data-loss targets, and the architecture to meet them.
Microsoft 365 backup
Email, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams — the part Microsoft won’t restore for you.
Ransomware resilience
Copies you can restore from instead of paying a ransom.
Business continuity
Keep the essentials running while the rest comes back.
Most backups are never put to the test
A backup only matters on the day you restore — and that’s exactly when many businesses learn the copy was incomplete, corrupted, or encrypted along with everything else. We treat recovery as a plan you rehearse, not a setting you forget: immutable backups, tested restores and a runbook tied to your incident response. Immutable backups are also a common insurer requirement — check your cyber-insurance readiness.
- Immutable. Out of ransomware’s reach.
- Tested. Proof, not a guess.
- Measurable. RTO / RPO defined
- Bilingual & local. Ottawa & Gatineau.
3-2-1 backups, kept in Canada
The architecture follows the 3-2-1 rule: three copies of your data, on two different media, with one copy offsite — and that offsite copy is immutable, so ransomware can’t encrypt it even with admin access.
Offsite doesn’t have to mean offshore. We keep backup copies in Canadian cloud regions, which matters if your clients or your regulatory obligations care about where your data lives — and it’s one less question to settle under Quebec’s Law 25.
Business continuity planning
Backups answer “can we get the data back?”; a business continuity plan answers “how does the business keep running while we do?”. We start with a business impact analysis (BIA): which systems and processes hurt most when they stop, and in what order they need to come back. Those recovery priorities go into the plan, which we then validate with a tabletop exercise — a realistic outage walked through around the table, before you face the real one. It all ties into your incident response, so the technical recovery and the business side move together.
Frequently asked questions
Isn’t Microsoft 365 already backed up?
Not the way most people assume. Microsoft keeps its platform available, but the shared-responsibility model leaves your data in your hands: a deletion, a compromised account or ransomware can wipe email and files, and the recycle bin only holds so long. A real Microsoft 365 backup — email, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams — puts restore back under your control.
What are RTO and RPO?
They’re the two numbers that define your recovery plan. RTO (recovery time objective) answers “how fast do we need to be running again?”; RPO (recovery point objective) answers “how much data can we afford to lose?”. We set those targets with you, then design backups and recovery to hit them — without overpaying for instant recovery you don’t need.
Are your backups ransomware-proof?
That’s the whole point. We favour immutable or offline backups an attacker can’t encrypt or delete, even with admin access. It’s also become a common requirement from cyber insurers — you can check your cyber-insurance readiness with our free self-check.
Do you actually test restores?
Yes. A backup you’ve never restored is just a hope. We test restores to confirm they work and that your time targets hold, and we give you the proof to keep on file for auditors and insurers.
Do you help with business continuity planning?
Yes — it’s part of scoping backup and disaster recovery properly. We run a business impact analysis to work out which systems hurt most when they stop, set recovery priorities from it, and put the result in a plan your team actually rehearses — not a binder that sits on a shelf.
If it all vanished tomorrow, could you come back?
Let’s review your backups, your recovery targets and your ransomware resilience.
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