BRAQaR TM Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report
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BRAQaR - Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report software is a self assessment questionnaire style Internet based computer disk data backup risk audit software tool. BRAQaR is designed to be used by managers or owners of small to medium sized enterprises to assess their computer disk data backup risk situation and recovery capability.

BRAQaR questionnaire is very easy to use. You do not have to download software. BRAQaR is a 'self-audit' tool that uses your Microsoft Internet Explorer Internet browser. For more details see About BRAQaR software on menu at top of page.

BRAQaR will assist you in determining if your business or organisation, (or your personal / home office PC), can survive encountering a major computer disk data problem. Computer disk data integrity problems can and will happen at any time due to any of a number of computer system incidents happening. When a computer disk data recovery / restore using backup details is necessary, can you confidently rely on restoring all your disk data totally up-to-date?

BRAQaR data backup and recovery/restore assessment is for conventional data backups, 'point in time' archive backup of data. This is the usual situation for most small businesses and organisations, and for personal PC users. It does not cover situations where data is being duplicated or replicated to a different computer system or server at another location, or where disk mirroring on systems at different locations is used.
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The very low cost to use Personal User version of BRAQaR is designed to help personal or home office PC users identify potential backup recovery and restore risks to their valuable computer disk data.


WHY USE BRAQaR software?

It is very likely that some time, possibly soon, due to any of a number of causes, your computer disk information will become corrupted and unusable. Recovery of computer disk data from backup media must be undertaken to get your computer running again up-to-date.

When a disk data backup recovery and restore is necessary:
gX Will all disk data be recovered, or some details will be missing?
Is ALL your important data included in backups? XIs your operating system and all application software and utility software included?
g Will your recovered disk data be totally up-to-date?
You will more than likely have added or amended disk information since your last backup was actioned. Have you retained these details and are able to reprocess this information if necessary to your recovered disk data?
g Have you been saving data backups as often as you should?
How regularly do you actually action a disk data backup?
g Is backup media kept physically separate from your computer?
Are disks / tapes kept remote from your computer in secure and fireproof storage?

Use BRAQaR software to assess and evaluate your computer disk data backup risk situation. BRAQaR Backup Risk Assessment report, is based on your questionnaire responses. The report indicates your disk data backup risk status.

BRAQaR Backup Risk Assessment report also indicates if your data backup recovery / restore capability is adequate. When you need to use your disk data backup media to recover your computer disk data the report indicates if all your disk data will be recovered and restored totally up-to-date.

View the pdf format examples of BRAQaR Backup Risk Assessment Reports
Click About BRAQaR Software on blue menu bar at top of page, then Examples of BRAQaR Report - pdf


BRAQaR software actions an assessment of your computer disk data backup risk and data recovery/restore capability in two stages:

The first stage is the BRAQaR Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire, which has a number of questions that you respond to. These are questions about your disk data backup activities, including your disk data recovery and restore capability. Most questions are answered by clicking on the answer that applies to your situation. Some responses require input of your specific backup activity details.

The second stage is a Backup Risk Assessment Report that displays your disk data backup risk status, and your disk data recover/restore capability. This is based on responses to the questionnaire. BRAQaR assesses if your computer disk data is being adequately backed-up and can be fully recovered and restored from backup media. The Backup Risk Assessment Report will show your assessment details.

Try out the free demonstration of BRAQaR questionnaire and Backup Risk Report examples. Click the About BRAQaR Software on menu bar at top of page, then click FREE demonstration of BRAQaR

Using BRAQaR may be your 'wake up' call that identifies potential risks and disruption that would be encountered when a computer system problem is encountered and a disk recovery using backup details is necessary.

There are two versions of BRAQaR:

1 - Business version of BRAQaR

Designed for use by managers or owners of small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and organisations to assess if their computer data backup, recover and restore capability is adequate. BRAQaR is specifically designed to assist owners or managers of SMEs identify potential data backup and recovery risks that could disrupt business or organisation activities.

If you are a manager or owner of a small to medium sized enterprise, can you rely on the computer information essential for your business to continue being fully recovered from backup media when a disk recovery and restore is necessary? What data backup risks is your business exposed to? Can you be sure that your business will not encounter disruption because you can not recover and restore your disk totally restored up-to-date? How quickly can you recover and restore your computer system and resume normal operations? What time, resources and cost will be involved in fully restoring your computer system totally up-to-date?

The Backup Risk Assessment Report includes an estimate of the time, resources and cost required to get the disk data fully up-to-date when a backup recovery and restore is necessary.

Purchase either a one month or one year user access code. Use your BRAQaR access code to assess and review the data backup risk for all the computers for your business or enterprise. Your BRAQaR access code can be distributed to personnel within your company or enterprise, so that the data backup risk can be assessed for all the computers you have.

see additional information about Business version under About BRAQaR Software on blue menu bar at top of page

To purchase your Business version user access authorisation code,
make your fast free and secure payment using PayPal. Click the
Purchase Business user access authorisation code
on blue menu bar for details and payment options



2 - Personal User version of BRAQaR
If you use your computer for personal or home use, use this version to assess your computer backup and restore activities. Cost to use Personal User version of BRAQaR is very low, only USD 99 cents On payment through PayPal, you will be immediately directed to use the Personal User version to review your backup risk situation. More than one computer can be assessed for backup risk by clicking on the link displayed at the end of a report to reset the questionnaire for the next PC or computer, after viewing and/or printing the report. However, if you wish to use the Personal User version of BRAQaR at another date, a USD 99 cents payment is required to use BRAQaR again for another 'one BRAQaR Internet session'. BRAQaR will identify how appropriate your backup activities are, and assess if all your disk data can be recovered/restored when a disk data recovery is necessary.

see additional information about Personal User version under About BRAQaR Software on menu bar at top of page

To use the Personal User version make your fast free and secure payment using PayPal.
Click the To use Personal User version on blue menu bar



revised September 2008