The Backup and Disaster Recovery Playbook

Protect Your Data Against Ransomware and Restore Fast

Mira Yamada

• Publisher: Chiify
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Computer Science
• eBook ISBN:
  9798259604032
• Subtopic: Web Programming
• Index: Computer Science

Backup and disaster recovery plan, data loss prevention, business continuity strategy — if you're searching for these, you need The Backup and Disaster Recovery Playbook. This is the working administrator's manual for building backups that actually restore, replication that stays in sync, failover that triggers without panic, and recovery plans that survive real outages. No theory, no fluff — just battle-tested procedures from Mira Yamada, a veteran sysadmin who has recovered from ransomware, hardware failures, and cloud meltdowns. You'll learn how to design backup schedules that balance RPO and RTO, implement replication across on-prem and cloud environments, automate failover testing, and document recovery steps so any team member can execute them under pressure. The book covers backup validation, incremental vs. full strategies, tape vs. disk vs. cloud, and how to avoid the common pitfalls that turn a drill into a disaster. Each chapter includes checklists, sample scripts, and real-world case studies from outages that made headlines — and some that didn't. Whether you're a junior admin setting up your first backup job or a senior architect hardening a multi-site infrastructure, this playbook gives you the repeatable framework to protect your data and your career. Stop hoping your backups work — start proving they do. Unlike the fictional narratives in The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates (One World Essentials) by [placeholder] or the psychological twists of The Other Emily by [placeholder], this is a practical, no-nonsense guide for IT professionals who need results, not stories.

Table of contents

• The Backup and Disaster Recovery Playbook
• The Backup and Disaster Recovery Playbook
• Preface
• Chapter 1 — The Wake-Up Call: Ransomware Hits Phoenix Health Clinic
• Chapter 2 — Assessing Your Data Vulnerability
• Chapter 3 — Defining RPO, RTO, and Business Continuity Goals
• Chapter 4 — Choosing the Right Backup Methods
• Chapter 5 — Building Your Backup Infrastructure
• Chapter 6 — using Cloud for Off-Site Backups
• Chapter 7 — Scheduling, Retention, and Policy Management
• Chapter 8 — Ensuring High Availability and Redundancy
• Chapter 9 — Securing Your Backups Against Ransomware and Theft
• Chapter 10 — Testing Restores and Measuring Success
• Chapter 11 — Automating Backup Operations
• Chapter 12 — Monitoring and Alerting for Backup Health
• Chapter 13 — Writing a Disaster Recovery Plan
• Chapter 14 — Incident Response and Business Continuity in Action
• Chapter 15 — Documentation, Policies, and Compliance
• Chapter 16 — Auditing and Improving Your Backup Posture
• Chapter 17 — Emerging Trends and Cloud Innovations
• Chapter 18 — The Road to Resilience: From Recovery to Prevention
• About the Author