Backup &
Disaster Recovery
for Houston Businesses
Spring · The Woodlands · Katy · Sugar Land · Houston TX
60% of small businesses that lose their data shut down within 6 months. Ransomware, hardware failure, accidental deletion, and natural disasters are not hypothetical risks — they happen to Houston businesses every week. The question isn't if you need a backup strategy. It's whether yours will actually work when you need it.
- Server & workstation backup
- Microsoft 365 backup
- Cloud & offsite replication
- Monitored & tested restores
- Ransomware-resilient storage
- HIPAA-compliant for healthcare
- Documented recovery plan
DATA LOSS IS A WHEN, NOT AN IF.
Most small businesses have some form of backup. The problem is most backups are untested, incomplete, or not designed to survive the exact scenarios they're supposed to protect against — especially ransomware, which is specifically designed to find and encrypt backup files.
Houston businesses face an additional layer of risk: hurricane season. Flooding, power outages, and extended facility downtime mean your backup strategy needs to account for physical site loss — not just hardware failure or cyberattacks.
These aren't statistics about large enterprises. They're about small businesses — exactly the size that thinks they're too small to be a target, and exactly the size that gets hit hardest when something goes wrong.
THE 3-2-1 BACKUP RULE — AND WHY IT MATTERS
Industry best practice for small business backup. We implement this strategy for every managed client.
Your original data plus two backup copies. If one backup is corrupted, compromised, or unavailable — you still have another. Single backups fail. Redundancy is what actually protects you.
Local backup (fast restore) plus cloud or offsite backup (disaster resilience). Different media types protect against different failure scenarios. A hardware failure that destroys your local backup doesn't touch your cloud copy.
At least one copy must be offsite or in the cloud — physically separate from your office. This is what saves you from ransomware encrypting everything on your local network, and from physical disasters like flooding or fire.
COMPLETE BACKUP & RECOVERY COVERAGE
Every environment. Every data type. Monitored, tested, and documented.
Full image-based backup for servers and critical workstations — not just files, but the entire system state. In a failure scenario, we can restore the entire server to new hardware or a virtual environment, minimizing recovery time and avoiding rebuilds from scratch.
Microsoft does not back up your M365 data. Email, files, Teams messages, and SharePoint content can be permanently lost. We implement a dedicated M365 backup solution — independent of Microsoft's infrastructure — covering Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams.
Standard backups are vulnerable to ransomware — attackers specifically look for and encrypt backup files before deploying their payload. We implement immutable and air-gapped backup strategies that ransomware cannot reach, giving you a clean restore point even after a full network compromise.
A backup that has never been tested is not a backup — it's a hope. We perform regular restore tests to verify your backups are actually recoverable, document your recovery time objectives, and ensure your team knows exactly what to do when something goes wrong.
HIPAA requires covered entities to implement backup procedures that ensure the availability and integrity of ePHI. We design backup solutions that meet HIPAA technical safeguard requirements — encrypted backups, access controls, audit trails, and the documentation your compliance audits require.
A backup is one piece of disaster recovery — but it's not a plan. We document your full recovery procedure: what gets restored first, how long each step takes, who is responsible for what, and how your business stays operational during a recovery event. No scrambling when a disaster hits.
WHY HOUSTON BUSINESSES TRUST US WITH THEIR DATA
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01We Test Your Backups — Not Just Run ThemMost IT providers set up a backup and move on. We perform regular restore tests to confirm your backups are actually recoverable. An untested backup is not a backup. We verify it works before you ever need it.
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02Ransomware-Resilient by DesignWe've seen what happens when a small business gets hit with ransomware and their backups were on the same network. We design backup environments specifically to survive ransomware — immutable copies, offsite storage, and air-gapped solutions where needed.
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03Houston-Specific: Built for Hurricane SeasonHarvey taught Houston a hard lesson about on-site only backups. We build offsite and cloud redundancy into every backup solution — so a flooded office doesn't mean lost data.
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04Included in Our Flat-Rate Managed IT PlanBackup and disaster recovery is included in our Assured plan — not sold as a separate engagement. One monthly rate covers your entire IT environment including backup monitoring, tested restores, and a documented recovery plan.
WHAT HOUSTON BUSINESSES SAY ABOUT US
COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT BACKUP & RECOVERY
Straight answers — no sales pitch, no jargon.
DON'T WAIT FOR A DISASTER TO FIND OUT YOUR BACKUP DOESN'T WORK.
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Backup & Disaster Recovery — Houston TX
Scorpion Technology provides backup and disaster recovery solutions for small businesses throughout Houston TX — including Spring, The Woodlands, Katy, Sugar Land, Cypress, and Memorial. We design and manage complete backup environments that protect against ransomware, hardware failure, accidental deletion, and physical disasters — including the flooding and power outages that Houston businesses face during hurricane season.
We implement the 3-2-1 backup strategy for every managed client — three copies of data, on two different media types, with one copy stored offsite or in the cloud. Every backup solution includes monitored backup jobs, regular restore testing, and a documented recovery plan so you're never scrambling when something goes wrong.
Microsoft 365 backup is a critical component most businesses overlook. Microsoft does not back up your M365 data — email, files, Teams messages, and SharePoint content can be permanently lost. We implement an independent M365 backup solution covering Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams for all managed clients.
For healthcare and medical practice clients, we design HIPAA-compliant backup solutions — encrypted backups, access controls, audit trails, and the compliance documentation HIPAA requires for ePHI protection.
Service Areas: Houston TX · Spring TX · The Woodlands TX · Katy TX · Sugar Land TX · Cypress TX · Memorial Houston TX · Greater Houston Metro
