Cloud-to-Cloud Backup For Microsoft 365

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Microsoft recommends that you use third-party backup for your Microsoft 365 data. Our Cloud-to-Cloud Backup options offer fast backups, highly granular restore capabilities, and unmatched ease of use.

Microsoft 365 protection

Back up your Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive data, and find and recover the exact data you want quickly and easily with advanced search.

Ransomware Protection

Your final defense against ransomware and other cyber-threats is your backup, so you need a secure backup that offers role-based access control, encryption, and multiple copies of the data

Cloud native

Your Microsoft 365 data is already in the cloud — saving secure, encrypted backups in the same network means better performance and instant scalability.

Fully managed Microsoft 365 backup and protection

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup gives you the flexibility to restore Microsoft 365 Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, and OneNote data with highly granular detail.

Full SharePoint support means you can backup and restore everything in SharePoint including different site templates, custom lists, permissions, and metadata — eliminating much of the labor and expense associated with restoring files only.  You can restore SharePoint libraries, lists, and documents to any SharePoint sites you choose. Backing up and restoring has never been easier.

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup offers complete, granular protection of your data with point-in-time retrieval, and both scheduled and on-demand backup. In addition, your data is deduplicated and compressed to maximize storage efficiency and minimize the backup window.

Effective ransomware protection

Your backup is your best chance to recover after a ransomware attack, so it’s crucial to have a good backup of all your important data – including SaaS data in Microsoft 365. Microsoft offers features, including the recycle bin, but it is not meant to be used as a backup and recovery solution. That’s why Microsoft recommends using a third-party backup for Microsoft 365.  We partner with premier Cloud-to-Cloud Backup providers to secure your data.

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup not only makes it easy to find and restore the data you want; it also offers important features, including immutable storage, to protect the data against modification or removal, except through the secure Cloud-to-Cloud Backup interface. Your data is further protected by security features, including Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), 5 levels of role-based access control that determine who can do what, and end-to-end encryption.

If you ever need help to restore a file, our fully managed technical support is just a phone call away.

Cloud Native

Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) Backup lives entirely in the cloud, so there’s no software or hardware for you to manage or update on your computers. Because your Microsoft 365 data is already in the cloud, retaining your encrypted backup files in the network means better performance and instant scalability — it just makes sense. Multiple external copies of your backup files ensure redundancy and security. Sign up with us and we can start running your first backup the same day.

Frequently Asked Questions

What data does Cloud-to-Cloud Backup protect?

Use it to protect your Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint Online, and OneDrive for Business data. 

How is Cloud-to-Cloud Backup licensed?

It is licensed on a per licensed user basis.  We don’t bill you for shared mailboxes or unlicensed users.

How much storage does Cloud-to-Cloud Backup provide?

You can back up and protect an unlimited amount of data with our 365 plans.

How long can I retain my backup data?

You set the retention policies for your backed-up data based on your particular needs. Unlimited retention means you get complete flexibility.

How do I access my Office 365 backups?

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup is Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). We can completely manage the data for you and/or provide you access via a cloud-based service that makes it easy to monitor and recover files.

Will restores overwrite my production data?

All restore operations in Cloud-to-Cloud Backup are nondestructive, and will not overwrite existing data. This applies to Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive.

What happens when an Office 365 user leaves the organization?

Cloud-to-Cloud Backup will retain the user’s previously backed up data according to the retention policy you define.

How can I retrieve backed-up data from users who left the organization?

You can restore a former user’s backed-up data to a different account, or to a new account. Even after the account is purged from Office 365, you retain access to important data.

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The Easiest Way To Disaster-Proof Your Cyber Security

The Easiest Way To Disaster-Proof Your Cyber Security

Though no one would dispute the increasing prevalence of cyber-attacks on businesses in recent years, many small-business owners believe themselves and their business to be immune to such cyber attacks. Broadly speaking, many small-business owners are likely to think that cybercriminals will go after the bigger fish. However, the fact of the matter is that cyber-attacks are crimes of opportunity, and small businesses often have access to a good amount of sensitive data without many major safeguards. In other words, they’re low-hanging fruit, ripe for the picking. 

Back in 2019, two-thirds of respondents to a survey about cyber security didn’t believe that their small to mid-size business (SMB) would fall victim to a cyber-attack. Consequently, only 9% of respondents said cyber security was a top priority for their business, and 60% didn’t have any sort of plan for deterring a cyber-attack. All of this, despite the fact that, according to a report from CNBC, SMBs endured 43% of reported cyber-attacks, and according to data from the Ponemon Institute and Keeper Security, 76% of SMBs in the U.S. alone reportedly endured a cyber-attack within the previous year. 

Every small-business owner should have some plan for deterring cyber-attacks so they don’t end up as another statistic. Here are a few strategies for keeping the cybercriminals at bay. 

Boost Your Cloud Security

Storing data in the cloud is easy and cost-effective, but you should take care to find the most secure cloud storage platforms. Not all cloud platforms make security a priority, but some do. A few of the top-rated, most secure cloud platforms, according to Cloudwards.net, include Sync.com, pCloud and Icedrive. 

Secure All Parts Of Your Network

Our computers and the many smart devices hooked up to our network can become weak spots for hackers to get in. Taking steps to safeguard each device in your network with strong passwords and robust authentication measures will go a long way toward keeping the hackers at bay. In fact, one of the most basic security measures you can take for your network is to restrict access to your WiFi with a strong password. 

Invest In Extra Security Measures

Virtual private networks (VPNs) and firewalls are tools that are highly effective in protecting against cyber-attacks, even if they can’t prevent 100% of them. 

Pay Attention To Updates And Upgrades

When you get notified that one of the technological tools that you use has a new update, it’s easy to ignore it. However, you should commit to regularly updating and upgrading these tools because developers will often add patches to their programs that make them more secure against attacks with each update. So, it behooves business owners to regularly install updates for their tech tools. 

Back Up Your Data

With one of the most common forms of cyber-attacks being ransomware attacks, where hackers will hold your company data hostage until you pay them a ransom amount, having your company data stored on multiple backup solutions can ensure that your business won’t crumble due to your data’s inaccessibility.

Limit Employee Access To Your Network

As much as we’d wish it were true, many cyber-attacks don’t come from outside of your company. Instead, they originate from within. If you want to limit the amount of damage that someone inside your company can do in a cyber-attack, the best course of action is to limit their access to different parts of your network. 

Train Your Employees

At the same time, just as many cyber-attacks occur not because of an employee’s malicious intent, but because of their ignorance. They click on a link in a sketchy e-mail and fall for a phishing scheme, volunteer their password info without thinking about it or choose a weak password for their computer. That’s why you need to dedicate time to training your employees on best practices when it comes to security. 

Set Up A ‘Security Culture’ At Your Workplace

You need to make cyber security a top priority, not just for your IT department, but for every department at your business. When everyone works together to protect their workplace from a cyber-attack, you have a better chance of actually succeeding. 

Will protecting your business from a cyber-attack require a good amount of time and money? Absolutely. Can you afford to ignore the prevalence of cyber-attacks any longer? Statistically, no. The sad truth is that 60% of SMBs that fall victim to a cyber-attack end up shuttering within six months. Don’t put yourself in that kind of position. Instead, take your business’s cyber security seriously. 

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Want To Make Sure Your Business Is Protected From A Data Disaster?

Want To Make Sure Your Business Is Protected From A Data Disaster?

Did you know that 93% of all businesses – that don’t have a disaster recovery plan in place when they experience a data disaster – go out of business within a year of that disaster? And yet, 68% of businesses don’t have a disaster recovery plan in place. 

Losing access to your business’s data in this day and age could very well mean losing everything. That means that as data becomes an increasingly important commodity to businesses of all types and sizes, so does having a plan for if or when your business experiences a data disaster. 

The thought of protecting your business against a data disaster might be daunting, but don’t worry. By following the steps listed below in this article, you can make sure that your business is ready to take on the challenge. 

However, before we actually get into those steps, there is one distinction you should understand: the difference between a business continuity plan and a disaster recovery plan. A business continuity plan is primarily proactive, in that it is a strategy by which a business can continue to operate no matter what kind of disaster or setback befalls it. A disaster recovery plan is primarily reactive and has to do with how a business acts immediately following a disaster of some sort – in this case, a data disaster. 

So, now that we’re clear on what a disaster recovery plan is, here are the steps your business can take to create one that works for you and your employees. 

Step 1: Rally The Troops And Assess Your Equipment

In the fight against data disasters, everyone has to be on board. Otherwise, there will always be holes in your defense plan. That’s why executive buy-in – getting everyone in the company, from the CEO to the entry-level employees – is crucial. You need everyone to collaborate cross-functionally in order to fully protect your business. 

From there, you need to thoroughly analyze each of your business’s systems, applications and data sets, as well as how they’re physically accessed, in order to suss out any potential vulnerabilities. Then you should determine which systems are absolutely critical to the operation of your business and for getting products and services to your customers. These are the functions that will need to stay up and running, even after a data disaster. 

Step 2: Create Your Disaster Recovery Strategy

Once you have everyone on board and an understanding of your equipment and assets (as well as their vulnerabilities), it’s time to actually formulate your disaster recovery plan. To do this, you should take a look at your budget, resources, tools and partners in this endeavor. When you understand how long it takes your business to get back online and the cost for doing so, you’ll have a good idea of how to move forward. 

Step 3: Test Your Strategy

No great plan is complete without first testing it to see if it will work. Put your disaster recovery plan through a trial run to see how quickly your team responds to solve the problem and see if there are any improvements that need to be made to the process. Then, by the time an actual data disaster occurs, your business will know how to shut it down and keep running with no problem at all. 

While the steps themselves aren’t difficult to understand, preparing your business to combat data disasters takes a lot of work. In the end, though, the work is worth it if it means protecting your data. As a recap, here are the four main action steps that you need to take in formulating a disaster recovery plan: 

  1. Get executive buy-in for creating a disaster recovery plan.
  2. Analyze and evaluate your business’s systems, applications and data to understand how they could be impacted.
  3. Find out which systems you need to keep running and prioritize them during the fallout of the data disaster.
  4. Test your plan before you actually need to put it in action.

Follow these steps, and your business’s data will be safe from any threat that comes your way.

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Why businesses need DNS protection

DNS Protection

What is DNS protection?

Before we talk about DNS security, you need to understand the DNS. The domain name system (DNS) works like a phone book for the internet. When a user enters text into a browser, DNS servers take that input and translate it into the unique internet protocol (IP) addresses that let the browser open the desired site. But DNS protocols were never designed with security in mind, and are highly vulnerable to cyberattacks, such as cache poisoning, DDoS, DNS hijacking, botnets, C&C, man-in-the-middle, and more.

By redirecting users’ web traffic through a cloud-based, DNS security solution, businesses can finely tune and enforce web access policies, ensure regulatory compliance, and stop 88% of threats at the network’s edge—before they ever hit the network or endpoints.  If your business is like many others that have embraced remote workforce DNS Protection should absolutely be part of your network security plans.  DNS Protection can also secure your mobile workforce without interfering with the VPNs, firewalls, and other security tools you already use.

Why businesses need DNS protection

Uncontrolled internet access is a high-risk activity for any business, regardless of size.  DNS Protection helps protect you from wasted bandwidth, malware from sophisticated attacks such as ransomware and other cybercrime.

Per a report from EfficientIP, the average cost of a single attack was $715,000 USD. When you do the math, it’s clear how DNS Protection for servers, endpoints, and other networked devices could make all the difference to a business’ success (and survival).

What DNS Solution is best for my business?

Choosing a DNS protection solution doesn’t need to be hard.  There are several reputable options we can work with including Webroot DNS Protection & Cisco Umbrella.  These are 2 great solutions that offer up a DNS layered security to protect your workforce.  Don’t wait call us today. (561) 404-9251

Create and add an email signature in Outlook Web App

Create a signature

  1. Sign in to Outlook Web App. For help, see Sign in to Outlook Web App.
  2. On the nav bar, choose Outlook (or Mail).OrChoose App launcher Office 365 app launcher icon > Outlook.

    Office 365 navigation options

  3. On the nav bar, choose Settings Settings icon > Options.
  4. Under Options, choose Settings > Mail.OrUnder Options, choose MAIL > Layout > Email signature.
  5. Under Email signature, in the text box, type the signature you want to use. Use the formatting mini toolbar to change the appearance of the signature.
  6. If you want your signature to display at the bottom of all outgoing items, including replies and forwards, select Automatically include my signature on messages I send. If you don’t select this option, you manually can add your signature to any message.
  7. Choose Save.

 

Manually add your signature to a new message

If you’ve created a signature, but didn’t select the option to add your signature to all outgoing messages, you manually can add it to specific messages.

  1. Sign in to Outlook Web App.
  2. On the nav bar, choose Outlook (or Mail).OrChoose App launcher Office 365 app launcher icon > Outlook.

    Office 365 navigation options

  3. Choose New mail above the folder list. A new message form opens in the reading pane.
  4. At the top of the message, choose insert Insert > Signature (or Your signature).
  5. When your message is ready to go, choose send Send.

Automatically add your signature to every message you send

If you’ve created a signature, you can specify if the signature is added to all outgoing messages, including replies and forwards.

  1. Sign in to Outlook Web App.
  2. On the nav bar, choose Outlook (or Mail).OrChoose App launcher Office 365 app launcher icon > Outlook.

    Office 365 navigation options

  3. On the nav bar, choose Settings Settings icon > Options.
  4. Under Options, choose Settings > Mail.OrUnder Options, choose MAIL > Layout > Email signature.
  5. Under Email signature, do one of the following:
    • To include your signature at the bottom of all outgoing items, select the Automatically include my signature on messages I send check box.
    • To exclude your signature from showing at the bottom of all outgoing messages, clear theAutomatically include my signature on messages I send check box.