Backup and Recovery Readiness Audit for a Small Business
Check that backups exist, work and are protected.
Added October 15, 2026. Written with AI assistance and checked for clarity and placeholders; not reviewed by a lawyer, accountant, clinician or other professional. How these prompts are made
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Audit our backups. Systems and data that matter and how often they change: [SYSTEMS_AND_DATA]. Current backup methods, locations and schedules: [BACKUP_METHODS]. Last time we tested a restore: [LAST_RESTORE_TEST]. Time we could survive without each system: [TOLERABLE_DOWNTIME]. For each system make a table with Data, Backup method, Frequency, Copies and locations, Offsite or offline copy, Encrypted, Last restore test, and Gap. Compute the maximum data loss for each (time since last backup) and compare with what the business can tolerate, with the arithmetic. Identify single points of failure, backups reachable by the same credentials as the live system, and untested backups. Provide a restore test plan with steps, success criteria and a record, and a prioritised action list. Mark anything specific to a vendor product as [VERIFY]. Add a worked maximum-data-loss example: accounting data backed up nightly at 02:00 and a failure at 16:00 means up to 14 hours of work lost; if the business can tolerate 4 hours, the backup frequency must increase. Include a restore test record with date, system, time taken, result and issues.
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