Business Backup Solutions for UK SMEs: What to Compare
Evaluate business backup by recoverability, isolation, SaaS coverage, retention, ransomware resilience and the practical ability to restore operations.
What problem does this category solve?
A backup that cannot be restored when needed is not a resilience strategy. Selection should start with recovery objectives, data locations and the failures the business needs to survive.
Who this is for
UK SMEs that rely on Microsoft 365, SaaS applications, cloud workloads, servers or endpoints and need a repeatable recovery plan.
Cyber Essentials v3.3 emphasises the importance of backing up data, although backup is not one of the five named technical-control headings. It remains a major resilience control for ransomware and operational recovery.
What to compare before you buy
Five questions to ask a vendor
- What business systems must be recoverable first?
- Can backups be altered using the same credentials as production?
- How often are real restores tested?
- Are SaaS applications actually backed up or only retained by the vendor?
- What are the costs for storage growth and restores?
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Next decision
Use the Cyber Health Check to identify which control areas deserve attention first, or continue to a related security category.