Could your business still answer calls, take payments and get to its cloud systems if the office internet stopped working?
With phones, email, SharePoint and the CDE all in the cloud, a broadband fault is now a whole-office outage.
The options
A backup connection can be a second broadband line from a different provider, or a 4G/5G mobile connection. Most business firewalls we deploy support automatic failover: when the main line drops, traffic moves to the backup, and moves back when it recovers.
The backup doesn't have to carry everything. Prioritising phones, email and the key cloud services is usually enough to keep working.
Test it deliberately
Pick a quiet time, unplug the main connection and check: phones, card terminals, remote access, SharePoint, the CDE. A failover that has never been tested is a guess.
If you don't have backup internet, or you're not sure whether your current setup actually fails over, we'll help you choose an option and test the switch.
Want a hand with this? Talk to us.