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Why Untested Backups Fail

You have backups running — but when did you last restore from one, start to finish, onto a clean machine? For most small companies the answer is never, and that gap decides whether the next ransomware note means a bad week or the last week the business is open. Here is why an untested backup is only an assumption, what a one-page recovery plan actually needs, and the quarterly test that turns it into a real recovery — the cheapest security move you can make, and the first one to make before you buy any tool.