Layered backup and disaster recovery for the platform company and every add-on, tested regularly and reported to the sponsor, so a failure or a cyberattack doesn’t stop the business.
Multi-layered backup and continuity
Disaster recovery planning
Regular restore testing
Resilience results for the sponsor
Diligence
First 100 days
Run the hold
Exit
Data backup keeps copies of a company’s systems and data somewhere safe. Disaster recovery is the plan, and the practice, for getting the business running again when something goes wrong, from a failed server to a ransomware attack.
For a PE-backed company, it also protects value: a long outage or lost data hits revenue, the 100-day plan and, eventually, what a buyer will pay.
How quickly could the business be running again after an outage?
Could we restore our systems and data without paying a ransom?
When were the backups last restored and checked?
Is every acquisition’s data covered by the same standard?
Will our controls stand up to a cyber-insurance review?
Will resilience hold up in a buyer’s diligence?
Five areas, run the same way at the platform company and every add-on.
Multiple layers of backup across systems and data, so one failure never means losing everything.
Servers, systems and business data backed up
Copies kept in more than one place
Microsoft 365 data included
Clear recovery plans for the systems the business depends on, so everyone knows what happens, and in what order, when something fails.
Critical systems and data identified
Recovery steps and priorities set out
Plans updated as the business changes
Regular restore testing proves the backups actually work, with the results reported to the sponsor.
Scheduled restore tests
Problems fixed before they’re needed
Results shared with the sponsor
When the platform buys a company, its data moves under the same backup and recovery standard as part of the integration plan.
Add-on data brought onto the standard
Gaps found and closed during integration
One approach across the portfolio
Backup and recovery status rolls into sponsor-ready reporting and QBRs, so the operating partner can see how resilient every company is.
Backup and restore status for every company
Reviewed with the sponsor in QBRs
One portfolio view for the operating partner
Most providers set up backups and stop there. Compello runs resilience as part of the investment, with one senior team, one standard and reporting the sponsor can use.
We work as operators, so recovery decisions tie back to EBITDA and exit value, not just backup schedules.
The senior team that diligences the deal and delivers the 100-day plan stays on to run backup and recovery through the hold.
Backup and recovery sit alongside our CISO-led security practice, so a cyberattack is planned for, not just a hardware failure.
Something we haven’t covered? A partner can answer it on a short call.
Networks, servers and endpoints monitored and maintained, so problems are fixed before users notice.
Cloud and on-premises environments run to one standard that scales with the portfolio.
A 24/7/365 help desk with L1 to L3 support and SLA-backed response for every portfolio company.
Phones, meetings and messaging on one platform across every location and add-on.
Licensing, security settings and administration, plus the devices people use every day.
CISO-led security with MDR, a SOC and vCISO, reported in a way the board can trust.
Book a complimentary technology and security review with a senior Compello operator, and see where backup and recovery stand today.