Data Backup & Recovery That Brings You Back in Minutes, Not Weeks
When ransomware hits or a server fails, you need to be back online in hours, not days. Automated, encrypted, verified backups with rapid disaster recovery — designed by a CISSP-certified team protecting businesses since 1996.
The Problems Data Backup and Recovery Solves
“Our server crashed and our 'backup' was six months old. We lost half a year of client records.”
“We're backing up to a hard drive sitting right next to the server. If the office floods, we lose everything.”
“I honestly don't know if our backups are running. Nobody's checked in months.”
Your data deserves more than crossed fingers and a prayer
CISSP-Certified
Backup and recovery is a core domain of information security. Our CISSP-certified leadership means your data protection strategy is designed with the same rigor used to protect enterprise and government systems.
CISSP-Certified. 30 Years Local. Built for Your World.
We are not a general IT provider that added your industry to a brochure. We have been serving businesses in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties since 1996 — with certifications most IT providers don't have and a specialization in the compliance, security, and uptime demands of professional firms.
Three Steps to IT Confidence
We audit your current backup situation
We assess what you're backing up (and what you're not), where it's stored, how often it runs, and whether it's actually recoverable. Most businesses are surprised by the gaps.
Get Your Free Backup Audit →We build a bulletproof backup plan
We implement automated, encrypted backups — both on-site for speed and cloud for safety. Every backup is verified daily so you're never relying on hope.
We test recovery so you never have to guess
We regularly test restores to confirm your data comes back clean and complete. When disaster actually strikes, we've already rehearsed the recovery.
What's at Risk — and What's Possible
- ✓ Automated, encrypted backups running on-site and in the cloud every day
- ✓ Daily backup verification so you always know your data is recoverable
- ✓ Rapid disaster recovery that gets you back online in minutes, not days
- ✓ Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backup protecting your email and documents
- ✓ Compliance-ready retention policies that keep you audit-ready year-round
- ✓ Business continuity planning that keeps you operational through ransomware, hardware failure, or natural disasters
- ✗ Discovering your backups failed the day you need them most
- ✗ Losing months of irreplaceable client data to ransomware
- ✗ Paying a ransom because you have no other way to get your files back
- ✗ Weeks of downtime rebuilding systems from scratch after a disaster
- ✗ Failing compliance audits because you can't prove data retention
Everything You Get With Data Backup and Recovery
Automated Encrypted Backups
Set-it-and-forget-it backups that run automatically, encrypt your data in transit and at rest, and never depend on someone remembering to plug in a drive.
Hybrid On-Site + Cloud Storage
Local backups for fast recovery and cloud backups for disaster-proof redundancy. Your data survives even if your office doesn't.
Daily Backup Verification
Every backup is automatically verified for integrity. If something fails, we know immediately — not when you need a restore.
Business Continuity & Rapid Recovery
Comprehensive business continuity planning paired with rapid disaster recovery — getting your team back to work in minutes instead of days, no matter what hits.
M365 & Google Workspace Backup
Your cloud email, documents, and collaboration data backed up independently — because Microsoft and Google don't protect you from accidental deletion or ransomware.
Compliance Retention Policies
Data retention schedules designed to meet HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and industry-specific requirements, keeping your organization audit-ready at all times.
How Secure Is Your Business Right Now?
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Take the Free IT AssessmentWhat Clients Say About Our Backup & Recovery
"We have worked with Southwest Networks for two years. We had a catastrophic hard drive failure that crippled our business at 3:30 pm on a busy shipping day. Southwest Technician Zach was troubleshooting the problem, and programmed the corrective actions. In less than an hour we were up and running again! Our company deals with big box companies that require real time product flow management. Our server is the hub of all our business transactions."
"Southwest Networks, Inc. has been our IT company for 20 years and going strong. They are very involved with security, backups and the most up to date information to keep our firm at the tip top of our game. I highly recommend them."
"Southwest Networks recently replaced our server and migrated our exchange server to Office 365. It was a big job which they coordinated so smoothly we literally had no down time. I really expected there to be some issues but was pleasantly surprised."
Common Questions About Our Services
Not the way you'd expect. Microsoft and Google provide some redundancy for their infrastructure, but they don't protect you from accidental deletion, ransomware, or a departing employee wiping their mailbox. You need independent backup to truly protect your cloud data.
We typically configure backups to run multiple times per day, with the exact schedule tailored to your business needs. Critical systems can be backed up as frequently as every 15 minutes.
With our hybrid approach, most businesses are back online within minutes to a few hours depending on the scope. That's a dramatic difference from the days or weeks it takes businesses without a proper recovery plan.
Every backup is automatically verified for integrity and completeness. We also perform regular test restores to confirm your data comes back clean. You'll never have to just take our word for it.
Yes. Our backup architecture is designed to be ransomware-resilient with air-gapped and immutable copies that attackers can't encrypt. We can roll you back to a clean state without paying a dime in ransom.
Data backup is the copy of your files; business continuity is the plan that keeps your operations running while you restore them. A good backup gets your data back. A business continuity plan keeps your team productive — with alternate workflows, communication paths, and recovery sequencing — so a disaster doesn't shut you down. We design both together so technical recovery and operational recovery happen in parallel.
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