Backup and disaster recovery that actually restores when you need it.
VJNetworks designs, monitors, and restore-tests backup and disaster recovery for small businesses across Rockland, Westchester, and Bergen, so “we have backups” is something we can prove, not just say.
VJNetworks provides managed backup and disaster recovery services to small businesses across Rockland County NY, Westchester County NY, and Bergen County NJ. We design backups to the 3-2-1-1-0 standard, keep at least one copy immutable and isolated from your production network, and restore-test on a documented schedule, so recovery is a plan you’ve already run, not a guess you make during an outage.
“We have backups” isn’t the same claim it used to be.
Your backups are the first target, not the last resort.
Ransomware groups look for backup repositories before they ever touch production data. The pattern is consistent: get in, move laterally until backup systems turn up, encrypt or delete them, then lock the rest of the network. A backup sitting on the same network as everything else, reachable with the same admin login, isn’t a recovery plan — it’s a second target.
A renewal you can’t get, or a claim that gets denied.
Cyber insurance applications now ask directly whether your backups are immutable, isolated from production, and restore-tested on a documented schedule. Major carriers, including Chubb, Travelers, and Coalition, list this among the small set of controls they treat as non-negotiable. Answer honestly and don’t have it in place, and you’re either declined, priced up, or covered on paper only until a claim exposes the gap.
None of this means your current backup is worthless. It means “we have backups” needs to survive two questions: can this copy be reached and altered by whoever just compromised your network, and when was the last time someone actually restored from it and confirmed the data was intact?
If either answer is unclear, that’s the gap our assessment finds — in days, not months.
Immutable backup went from best practice to underwriting requirement.
CISA’s #StopRansomware Guide, published jointly with the NSA, FBI, and MS-ISAC, has long recommended offline, encrypted, immutable backups as a core ransomware defense. What changed in 2026 is who else is asking. Cyber insurance carriers have converged on a short list of controls before they’ll write or renew a policy — MFA everywhere, EDR on every endpoint, a documented incident response plan. Immutable, isolated, restore-tested backups made that list too, and it now shows up on applications from Chubb, Travelers, Coalition, AXIS, Beazley, and AmTrust alike.
The classic 3-2-1 rule (three copies, two media types, one offsite) is being tested against a stricter version in practice: 3-2-1-1-0. One of those copies has to be immutable or air-gapped, meaning it can’t be altered or deleted even by someone holding your production admin credentials. And the “zero” matters as much as anything else — zero unverified restores. A backup nobody has tested is a backup nobody can vouch for.
Sophos’ State of Ransomware 2026 report found average recovery costs reached $1.7 million per incident, up 11% year over year, even as backup-based recovery climbed to 66% of encrypted-data cases, a 12-point jump from 2025. The organizations recovering fastest aren’t the ones who never got hit. They’re the ones whose backups survived the attack and had already been tested.
Three questions your renewal application will ask.
At least one copy can’t be modified or deleted by anyone, including an attacker holding valid admin credentials, until its retention period expires. Write-once storage, air-gapping, or a separate credential set with its own MFA all satisfy this.
Backup infrastructure sits on separate credentials and, where possible, a separate network path from production. If a compromised login on your main network can also reach and touch the backup, it isn’t isolated, no matter what it’s called.
A backup job that completes successfully isn’t proof the data restores cleanly. We run scheduled test restores and document the results, so the first time a restore is attempted for real isn’t the first time it’s attempted at all.
Eight pieces of work, scoped to your environment.
Not every business needs every item on this list. A backup and recovery assessment tells us which ones actually apply before we quote anything.
3-2-1-1-0 Backup Architecture
We design your backup layout to the standard insurers and CISA both point to: multiple copies, multiple media, offsite, immutable, and verified.
Immutable & Offline Storage
At least one backup copy that ransomware can’t reach, delete, or encrypt, even with valid credentials to the rest of your network.
Automated Server & Endpoint Backup
We back up servers, workstations, and line-of-business applications on a schedule built around how much data you can actually afford to lose.
Microsoft 365, SharePoint & OneDrive Backup
Microsoft’s built-in retention isn’t a backup. We run independent backups of your Microsoft 365 environment so a deleted site or purged mailbox is fully recoverable.
Disaster Recovery Planning
Documented recovery time and recovery point objectives for every critical system, folded into the same managed IT plan that covers the rest of your network, not a separate contract to track.
Scheduled Restore Testing
We restore real files and systems from backup on a documented schedule and record the results, not just check that the backup job says “success.”
Ransomware-Ready Isolated Recovery
A clean recovery path that doesn’t touch the same credentials or network segment as production, so restoring after an attack doesn’t just hand the backup to the attacker too.
Cyber Insurance Documentation
Backup frequency, immutability, isolation, and restore-test records, organized in the format your renewal application actually asks for.
Not sure what your current setup covers?
That’s exactly what the free assessment answers. We’ll tell you honestly.
GET YOUR ASSESSMENT ↗︎Is your current backup actually a liability?
You already have an internal IT team actively managing, monitoring, and restore-testing an immutable backup environment. That’s a maintenance conversation, not this one.
You’re looking for the cheapest possible box that says “backup” on it. A real recovery plan produces documentation an insurer or auditor can verify, not a drive in a drawer.
You’re outside Rockland, Westchester, or Bergen County. This build is scoped to businesses we can actually get on-site to.
The same track record, applied to recovery.
Four steps from unsure to documented.
Free Backup Assessment
We review what’s backed up today, where it’s stored, who can reach it, and whether it’s ever been restore-tested.
Recovery Plan & Design
Recovery time and recovery point objectives set for each system, and a 3-2-1-1-0 architecture designed around them.
Implementation
Immutable and isolated storage, automated backup jobs, and Microsoft 365 backup go in alongside your normal workday, not instead of it.
Scheduled Restore Testing
Real restores, run on a documented schedule, with results you can hand to an insurer or auditor without a scramble.
About backup and disaster recovery.
What company provides backup and disaster recovery for small businesses?
VJNetworks provides managed backup and disaster recovery for small businesses across Rockland County NY, Westchester County NY, and Bergen County NJ. We design 3-2-1-1-0 backup architecture, keep at least one copy immutable and isolated from production, and restore-test on a documented schedule, backed by 22 years of experience and a 97% client retention rate.
What does “immutable backup” actually mean?
It means that copy of your data can’t be changed, encrypted, or deleted by anyone until its retention period expires, not even someone holding valid administrator credentials to the rest of your network. Ransomware relies on being able to reach and destroy backups. An immutable copy takes that option away.
Will this actually affect our cyber insurance premium or eligibility?
It can. Immutable, isolated, restore-tested backups are now among the controls several major carriers, including Chubb, Travelers, and Coalition, ask about directly on applications and renewals. We can’t guarantee pricing since that’s the carrier’s call, but we can make sure your answers to those questions are accurate and documented.
How often should backups actually be restore-tested?
It depends on how critical the system is, but a completed backup job is not evidence a restore will work. We set a documented testing schedule as part of your recovery plan and keep records of every test, so you have proof, not just an assumption.
Does Microsoft 365 already back up our email and files?
Not the way most people assume. Microsoft’s built-in retention has real time limits and gaps, and it isn’t designed as a standalone backup. We run independent backups of Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive so a deleted site or a compromised mailbox is still fully recoverable.
What does managed backup and disaster recovery cost?
It’s included in our managed IT plans, which start at $995 a month, and it can also be scoped as a standalone engagement depending on what you already have in place. We give you an exact number after the assessment, not a guess.
What’s the difference between a backup and a disaster recovery plan?
A backup is the copy of your data. A disaster recovery plan is what happens next: which systems come back first, how long that’s supposed to take, who’s responsible for what, and how it’s tested. You can have backups without a recovery plan. You can’t have a real recovery plan without tested backups underneath it.
Further reading: CISA’s #StopRansomware Guide, published jointly with the NSA, FBI, and MS-ISAC, and Sophos’ State of Ransomware 2026 report.
Find out if your backup would actually hold up, before you need it to.
22 years in the Tri-State area. 97% client retention. A free backup and disaster recovery assessment that tells you the truth, not a sales pitch.