Blue Ridge Technology

In late September 2024, life changed for many of us in Western North Carolina. Our team was fortunate to make it through the storm safely, with relatively little damage or disruption (at least compared to many in communities near us). We usually use this blog to share tech tips and IT advice, but this blog post is going to be a little different. First, we want to let clients and readers know that we’re open for business . We’re already supporting our clients around the region, helping them resume normal operations and recover any data or infrastructure that was lost to Helene. Second, we want to pause and think of the hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations impacted by the storm. Communities around us have been devastated. None of us have ever seen anything like this, and who would have thought that our mountain communities needed to prepare for a hurricane? Full recovery will be months, maybe years, in the making. Observations on Serving as an MSP Post-Helene Our organi...

With cyber attacks on the rise, it is essential for your business to be prepared in the event of a disaster. Most businesses have offsite backups that they can use in the event of a disaster or attack, but how reliable is your backup? Have you tested it to make sure that it can restore your information in a timely manner and get you up and running again quickly? Routine and regular backup testing can alert you to possible failures so that you can take appropriate action. In order to have little to no impact on your business operations and financials, a comprehensive and quick restoration is important to making sure you are prepared in the event of a disaster. In 2017, Cockrell Hill Police Department out of Texas announced that fell victim to a ransomware attack resulting in the loss of 8 years of data. This data loss included evidence pertaining to ongoing investigations. This data was unrecoverable. Ransomware resulted in 8 years of lost data for a police department in Texas. In 2016...