Essentials
For accidents, failed updates and a region going down.
- Daily backups of servers and databases
- Copies kept in a second region
- 14 days of history
- Storage buckets copied to low-cost archive storage
- Alerts if a backup fails
Backup and ransomware recovery for AWS and Azure
Backups ransomware can't delete.
Ransomware gangs go after your backups first. We set up backups that are copied to a second region and locked, so nobody can edit or delete them, not even an attacker with your admin password. Then we prove they work with a restore test every quarter.
Why ordinary backups fail
How a ransomware attack goes after your backups
Most attacks follow the same three steps. A backup only helps if it survives the second one.
- 1
They get in
A phished password or a leaked access key gives them admin rights in your cloud account, often weeks before anything happens.
- 2
They delete the backups
Anything they can reach with those rights, they delete or encrypt: snapshots, backup vaults, copies in the same account.
- 3
They encrypt everything
Then they lock your servers and data and demand payment, knowing there's nothing to restore from.
Options
Three levels of protection
Every option copies backups to a second region and includes monitoring, alerts and a monthly report. Cloud storage is billed by AWS or Azure on your own account; our free backup check prices each option for your actual servers and data.
Recommended
Locked
Everything in Essentials, plus protection from ransomware.
- Backups locked: nobody can edit or delete them, not even an admin
- 30 days of daily backups, plus 12 monthly
- Locked copies in the second region
- Alerts if backups stop or settings change
- Quarterly restore test with a written report
Offsite
Everything in Locked, plus protection if the whole account is taken over.
- Locked copies kept in a separate account that your everyday admins can't reach
- Encryption keys held outside your main account
- Changes need a second person's approval
- Backups scanned for malware before a restore
- A written recovery runbook
Backup cost vs. ransomware cost
What do locked backups cost, next to one attack?
Enter your servers, data and business numbers. We estimate the monthly cloud cost of locked, cross-region backups, and compare one ransomware attack with and without them.
Cloud costs only. The backup figure is what AWS or Azure would bill you for storage and copying. SJSTechnet's setup and ongoing management are quoted separately, either as a fixed monthly fee or as a percentage of your overall cloud costs.
Calculated in your browser. Nothing you enter here is sent anywhere. Amounts in Canadian dollars by default; AWS and Azure bill in US dollars, converted at 1.42 CAD per USD (Bank of Canada, November 2026).
Free backup check
Find out where you stand, and what it would cost
With the same read-only access as our cloud assessment, we check your current backups and price every option for your actual servers, databases and storage.
Ransomware readiness grade
A to F: is every server backed up, copied to another region, locked, kept 30 days, and would anyone notice if backups stopped?
What you have today
Every server, disk, database and storage bucket we found, and which ones have no backup at all.
A priced quote
The monthly cloud cost of each option, worked out from your real sizes and the provider's current prices, with the assumptions shown.
Questions
Common questions
If backups are locked, can we still delete them?
Not until they expire, and that's the point: if you can't delete them, neither can an attacker using your account. We agree how long backups are kept before the lock is applied, and older ones then expire on their own.
What if the attacker was inside before the backups were taken?
That's why we keep 30 days of daily backups plus monthly ones for a year: there's always a clean point from before they arrived. In a recovery we check which backup is clean before restoring it, and restore into a fresh, isolated environment.
How quickly can we be back up?
Usually hours for servers and databases, and up to a day or two for large archived file stores. You lose at most the work done since the last backup; more frequent backups can shorten that.
Where does our data go?
It stays in your own cloud account (or a separate account you own, for Offsite), in a second region you agree to, such as Canada Central and Canada East. SJSTechnet doesn't hold copies of your data.
What does it cost?
Two parts: the cloud storage, which AWS or Azure bills on your account, and our monthly service for setup, monitoring and restore tests. The free backup check prices both for your setup before you decide.
Does this cover Microsoft 365 or laptops?
Not yet; this service covers your AWS and Azure servers, databases and storage. Ask us about Microsoft 365 email and files backup.
Can you guarantee we'll recover from ransomware?
No honest provider can guarantee that. What we can do is design backups that survive the ways attacks actually go after them, and prove every quarter that a restore works.
Get your free backup check
Find out if your backups would survive ransomware, and what locked, cross-region backups would cost.