Some questions to ask yourself and the person responsible for your backups:

• Am I using Tape backups?
• Are these really taken every day?
• Is all my key data backed up every night?
• When was my last full system backup?
• Are we using a Tape Rotation schedule to give multiple restore options?
• Do we retention our tapes every month?
• Are our tapes stored in a fireproof safe or offsite?
• Is it more than one month since we last did a test data restore?
• Do my File Servers have extra disk drives (to which my key data is constantly copied) so I can quickly restore files in the event of corruption?
• Do I have an offsite data backup solution so that my key data is protected in the event of disaster? Does this include everything that would be required to run the business elsewhere?
• Emails are critical to my business, how are these stored and archived? How quickly can these be available to access?
• Do we have any backup or spare File Servers that can be used elsewhere in the event of a disaster? Where are they stored? Are our key applications installed and ready to use? When was our key data last restored on to them?
• Is our critical data being also copied to a secure Data Centre?
• Do we have a contract in place to provide replacement equipment at an alternate location in the event of a disaster?