A Backup Is Only as Good as Its Verified Restore
How we protect SMEs, medical practices, and tax firms against downtime and ransomware using immutable, encrypted backups.
The Most Dangerous Misconception in Data Protection
Why "We Have a NAS in the Office" Is Often a False Sense of Security
When an employee accidentally opens a malicious invoice attachment, modern ransomware immediately scans the local network for mounted shares and attached backup drives — encrypting them before triggering any visible alert.
Discovering during an emergency that your backup drive is also encrypted — or that backups have silently failed for months — can halt operations for days.
The Golden 3-2-1-1-0 Rule for SMEs
- 3 Copies of Your Data: Your live production system plus at least two independent backups.
- 2 Separate Storage Systems: Physically distinct hardware systems rather than a single disk enclosure.
- 1 Offsite Copy: Protection against fire, water damage, or theft at your office premises.
- 1 Immutable Snapshot: Even with compromised administrator credentials, an attacker cannot delete or overwrite protected restore points.
- 0 Uncaught Errors via Monthly Restore Audits: We regularly verify that backups boot cleanly into working systems.
Encrypted, Deduplicated, and Back Online in Minutes
Within ndy.Cloud, we back up complete virtual servers, practice management databases (such as THEORG), and ERP instances automatically using Proxmox Backup Server:
- Client-Side Encryption: Data is encrypted before it ever leaves the host server.
- Live Restore: Virtual machines can boot and resume operations immediately while remaining archive blocks stream in the background.