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Many of our small business and government clients are in a tricky space. They need to be cyber-resilient, but they also run on a very limited budget. (FYI, I explain what cyber-resilience is in this article<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If budget is your #1 priority, how can you still be\ncyber-resilient?<\/strong> That\u2019s the focus of this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the owner of a small business myself, I know that most budget planning is on staff, sales and marketing and operational efficiency \u2013 not on things like electricity. And the reality for most businesses is that cyber-resilience is looked at as a sunk cost<\/strong>, as boring as electricity, yet 100% critical for existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So given a limited budget,<\/strong> how can we achieve a high\nlevel of protection that effectively mitigates all common cyber risks<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, I\u2019ll handle these two user scenarios:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scenario 1: essential resilience<\/strong> for a small business’ file server.<\/td>Scenario 2: enhanced resilience<\/strong> for a small business’ Windows server with Exchange and Hyper-V.<\/td><\/tr>
\u2022 You run a single on-premise Windows machine, which acts as a file server and Active Directory controller.
\u2022 You have up to 500GB of data + system.<\/td>		\u2022 You run a single on-premise Windows server, with Hyper-V and Exchange installed.
\u2022 You have up to 500GB of total data + system.
\u2022 You have an unused machine that can act as a \u201cprivate cloud\u201d to host backup data offsite.<\/td><\/tr>
Total daily cost: 65 cents per day<\/td>Total daily cost: 1 dollar per day (literally!)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s break this down into 4 parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Recap what we require to be cyber-resilient.<\/li>
  2. Essential resilience \u2013 setup and costings<\/li>
  3. Enhanced resilience \u2013 the setup and costings<\/li>
  4. Variations and additional options \u2013 if you have special constraints or requirements.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    And yes, you can even implement either of these two\nscenarios directly and achieve excellent protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Part 1 – Quick recap: what does it mean to be cyber-resilient?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    As discussed in my other blog article, you\u2019ll need a mixture\nof backups that are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n