Immutable cloud backups with cross-region replication across AWS S3, Azure Blob, and Backblaze B2. WORM-locked. Encrypted. Verified quarterly. Ransomware can’t touch it.
IT Center manages backup coverage across three cloud providers, enforces WORM policies, verifies every backup set quarterly, and reports backup health monthly with documented test-restore evidence.
Write-Once, Read-Many (WORM) storage via AWS S3 Object Lock in Compliance mode. Once written, no user — not even an administrator — can delete or overwrite the data until the retention period expires. The gold standard in ransomware-resistant cloud backup.
Geo-redundant Azure Blob Storage with lifecycle management policies that automatically tier cold data to lower-cost archive tiers. Microsoft's native immutability policies and soft-delete protection add a second layer of defense against accidental or malicious deletion.
Cost-effective cold storage tier via Backblaze B2 — an S3-compatible object store at a fraction of AWS pricing. Used as the long-term archive destination for compliance and legal hold data, with Object Lock support and native firewall rule integration for zero-trust access.
Granular backup schedules configured per workload: daily incrementals, weekly fulls, monthly archives, and annual snapshots for compliance. Retention windows are defined by business need — from 30-day operational recovery to 7-year regulatory retention — and enforced automatically.
A backup that hasn't been tested is a liability. IT Center performs documented test restores every quarter across all protected workloads — verifying file integrity, restore speed, and RPO/RTO compliance. You receive a written test report with results and any remediation actions taken.
Backup job status, storage consumption, last successful backup timestamps, and restore-test results are tracked by our NOC and delivered to you in a monthly health report — with immediate alerting on any failed critical job. No mystery, no waiting until the next audit to find out where you stand.
The 3-2-1 backup rule has protected organizations for decades. IT Center enforces the modern evolution — the 3-2-1-1 rule — which adds a fourth layer: one immutable, air-gapped copy that ransomware cannot reach regardless of how deeply it penetrates your environment.
This is not theoretical. When ransomware compromises all local systems and deletes shadow copies, the immutable cloud copy is the only path back. IT Center builds this architecture by default for every backup client.
One production copy on primary storage, plus two backup copies on separate media. Losing one copy is an inconvenience — not a disaster.
Store backups across two distinct storage technologies — for example, local NAS and cloud object storage — so a single media failure can't wipe everything.
At least one copy stored geographically separate from your primary site. Protects against fire, flood, theft, and physical disaster.
The fourth layer that stops ransomware cold. WORM-locked in AWS S3 or Azure. No credentials can delete it. No malware can encrypt it. Non-negotiable.
A ransomware actor dwells in your network an average of 21 days before deploying the payload. By the time encryption starts, shadow copies are deleted, local backups are corrupted, and every connected drive is targeted. Without an immutable backup strategy, you're negotiating with criminals.
Here's exactly how an IT Center-protected organization weathers the attack — and recovers.
Encryption begins across all reachable drives, shadow copies are deleted, and the attacker disconnects backup agent connections from inside your network.
Anomalous I/O patterns, backup agent disconnects, and encryption activity trigger automated alerts. An IT Center engineer is on the incident within minutes — not hours.
Affected systems are network-segmented. IT Center engineers confirm the immutable cloud backup is fully intact — ransomware cannot reach WORM-locked storage via any compromised credential.
Fresh OS deployments are staged and restore jobs initiated from immutable cloud snapshots. Priority systems come up first: email, ERP, shared files.
All systems restored to the most recent clean backup point. IT Center delivers a post-incident report documenting the attack vector, timeline, remediation steps, and hardening recommendations.
In 30 minutes, IT Center will review your current backup configuration, identify coverage gaps, and show you exactly what an attack would look like today — and how to fix it before it happens.