BRAQaR disk data backup risk audit questionnaire and report

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	CAN YOU RELY ON RECOVERING ALL YOUR COMPUTER DISK DATA WHEN A DISK RECOVERY IS NECESSARY, USING THE MOST RECENT BACKUP? xxxxCAN THE RECOVERED DISK BE RESTORED TO INCLUDE ALL THE DISK DETAILS MODIFIED SINCE THE LAST BACKUP?

Audit your disk data backup and recovery risk using BRAQaR software. x Very easy to use.

Introduction to BRAQaR software

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Data stored in your computer disk is valuable and important information. Your computer disk typically has a very large number of programs, files, folders and documents.

Data stored includes the computer operating system software, control directories and various settings. Also stored are software applications that came with the computer, plus all the software you have subsequently purchased.

For personal or home users the computer disk contains all your personal information data files, including emails, photos, music, videos, financial records, and other personal records. All these need to be fully backed up so they are not lost if a computer malfunction is experienced. The very low cost Personal User version of BRAQaR will assess your data backup recover/restore risk. If high risk it is recommended that you take steps to improve your data backup activities. You must minimise any inconvenience and potential loss of data when a recover and restore of computer data using saved backup details is needed.

For small to medium sized enterprises and organisations the computer disk records all the data files necessary for operating your business or organisation. It is essential that your computer disk data is being regularly and fully backed up. You must avoid any potential business disruption and loss of vital information when a computer malfunction is experienced. Regular internal audit of your backup risk using BRAQaR is highly recommended, to ensure that backup and recover/restore risks are minimised. If your BRAQaR assessed backup risk level is unacceptable, then you must take steps to improve your backup activities. You need to be confident that there is no business disruption when a backup recover/restore is necessary.

It is inevitable that sometime, possibly soon, something will happen that causes a computer problem. When this happens the computer usually can no longer be used. Data may even have been corrupted and can not be relied on.

Click here for list of incidents that have been found to be the most likely causes of a disruption to a computer or computer site, or a disk data integrity problem.

Click here for information about the chance of a computer or disk data problem happening to you.

When a computer or disk data problem is encountered it is often necessary to repair or replace your computer. Before you can get your computer system running again, however, you will need to recover the disk data using the saved disk data backups.

When a disk data backup recovery is necessary you must be confident that all your computer disk data details can be recovered.

In addition, after having actioned a backup recovery, you also must be able to restore the recovered disk to ensure that it is fully up-to-date and includes the data modifications that have been actioned after the disk data backup was saved.

Use BRAQaR to assess your backup risk situation, and determine whether or not your computer disk data backup and recovery methodology and activities are appropriate and satisfactory.

Will your computer user's dependence and reliance on data being accurate and totally up-to-date still be met after a disk data backup recovery and restore is necessary?

There are two versions of BRAQaR software:

The Personal User version of BRAQaR should be used to assess your backup risk situation if you only use your computer only for personal or home use. It costs a very low price of only USD 99 cents for 'one BRAQaR Internet session' using the Personal User version of BRAQaR. x Click here for definition of 'one BRAQaR Internet session'

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the Personal User version and the Business version of BRAQaR software

The Business version of BRAQaR should be used to assess the backup risk status for a small to medium sized business or organisation. A one month or one year user access authorisation code must be purchased. The business version can be used as many times as required for up to 31 days (or for a year) to action an internal audit review of the backup risk for all your computers.

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BRAQaR assessment is applicable to conventional data backups, 'point in time' archive backup of data. This is the typical situation for personal and home users, and for most small businesses and organisations. It does not cover situations where data is being duplicated or replicated to a completely different computer system or server at another location, or where disk mirroring on different systems at different locations is used.

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BRAQaR is a very easy to use questionnaire style Internet based computer disk data backup risk audit software tool.

BRAQaR identifies if disk data is being adequately backed up and can be fully recovered and restored when needed from backup media.

BRAQaR requires responses to the Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire about disk data backup activities, including disk data recovery and restore capability.

Based on your responses to the questionnaire, a Backup Risk Assessment Report details your disk data backup risk status, and your disk data recover/restore capability.

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.

The Personal User version of BRAQaR is for personal or home computer users. The 'one BRAQaR Internet session', immediate access cost 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.

The Business version of BRAQaR is 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. 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.

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

When a disk data backup recovery and restore is necessary:

xx	g	Will your recovered disk data be complete, or will some data or software be missing? is ALL your important data included in backups?
	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. Can you restore this information 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 in a safe place, physically separate from your computer? are disks / tapes kept remote from your computer in secure and fireproof storage?

BRAQaR - Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report will help identify potential risks to your valuable computer disk data, including backup recovery/restore capability.

If you are a personal or home computer user, do you know if your backup activity is adequate? Are you sure, if you have to recover your disk, that you are not exposed to data backup risks and will not lose data that you need?

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?

BRAQaR - Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report is based on your responses to a number of questions about how your data backups and disk data recovery activities are being actioned.

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The Personal User version users are automatically directed to the questionnaire immediately after their very low cost USD 99 cents access payment is made through PayPal.

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How to access and use the Personal or home computer users version of BRAQaR - Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report software.

1 -	click on the link in the box below - this will take you to the PayPal payment processing page for the Personal User version. Instructions on how to make your PayPal payment to use this software is explained on this page. This page also explains details about the 'one BRAQaR Internet session' to use the Personal User version of BRAQaR software. You can use BRAQaR Personal User version to action a backup risk assessment for all the PCs and computers you have, but this must be completed without exiting from BRAQaR software.

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4 -	BRAQaR questionnaire runs at our web site using your Internet Explorer browser. Note: No download of software is needed.

5 -	Complete the ten questions about your disk backup activities and your backup recovery/restore situation, then your personalised Backup Risk Assessment Report will display. You can print a copy of your report.

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Table of questions that are included in the Personal User version questionnaire, and in the Business version questionnaire
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Personal
user
version

Business
version

Backup activity or recovery/restore activity question

YES

What important information is kept on your computer?
details of the type of business or organisation information

YES

How dependent is your business or personal activities on reliability and accuracy of the information in your computer system, and that it is totally up-to-date?
no dependence, through to critical importance and totally dependent

YES

Are backups of the disk data being actioned?xxYes or No

YES

How regularly are backups being actioned?
regularity and frequency of actioning backups

YES

Are database transactions being written to a transaction log file? a feature of database management systems that enables a disk after having been recovered using backup media to be restored totally up-to-date

YES

What disk details are being saved in the backups?
everything on disk - selected files only (all application software, all application data files, only key software, only data files for key software) - operating system - security software and protection software

YES

What application software could be re-installed from source media (CDs or disks)? xxall applications : only some applications
Where is the source media held?
media held 'on site', or 'on site' and secure location, or at a secure remote site

YES

Could the operating system be re-installed from source media (CDs or disks)? xxYes or No
If Yes, where is the source media held?
media held 'on site', or 'on site' and secure location, or at a secure remote site

YES

Could the data protection and security software be re-installed from source media (CDs or disks)? xxYes or No
If Yes, where is the source media held?
media held 'on site', or 'on site' and secure location, or at a secure remote site

YES

Where are backups written to when they are created?
to disk or tape on same computer : to another computer at same site : transmitted to a remote site computer

YES

How long after being created is backup media held 'on site' ?
stored 'on site' : removed as soon as possible to another location for storage

YES

In what type of storage is the backup media held?
unprotected : standard filing cabinet : fireproof data media safe

YES

Who initiates and actions backup activity?xxclerical activity : automatically by backup software : by control software at pre-determined time

YES

Are backup details being verified xxYes or No

YES

How likely is it that your computer site or system will encounter any of 11 common causes of computer and/or data problems?
risk by incident, ranked from remote to very high risk

YES

If no database transaction log is being kept, what disk modification details (or transaction records) are retained?xxnone - all - only some

YES

If no database transaction log is being kept, if any modification details (or transaction records) are retained, what percentage have been kept since the last backup was actioned?

YES

If no database transaction log is being kept, and, if any modification records or any transaction records are retained, then details are required for :

1 -	what is the average cost per person per hour for personnel needed to re-enter and reprocess transactions?
2 -	how many hours are there in a normal working day?
3 -	how many people are needed to process a typical hour of transaction activity?
4 -	how many people would be available to re-enter transactions to update the recovered disk details?
5 -	what is the cost to the business having the computer unavailable for a business day?

YES

Has a recovery of disk data using backup media been actioned?xxYes or No

YES

If a recovery using backup media has been actioned:
1 - when was this actioned?xxrecently, or some time ago
2 - how successful?xxall files recovered, or not 100% successful

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What is the definition of 'one BRAQaR Internet session' to use BRAQaR Personal User version?

To use the Personal User version of BRAQaR software, first make a payment of USD 99 cents by PayPal, and then you are automatically directed to the BRAQaR questionnaire to respond to the backup risk questionnaire.

This is the start of your 'one BRAQaR Internet session' to use BRAQaR Personal User version software.

Enter your responses to the questionnaire, and when you have completed them all, click on the button to generate and display your personal Backup Risk Assessment Report.

You can continue to use BRAQaR Personal User version to assess the backup risk for another PC by clicking on the link that displays at the end of the Backup Risk Assessment Report. This can be repeated for as many PCs as you have.

The instructions displayed at the end of the Backup Risak Assessment Report to use BRAQaR Personal User version again to assess another PC includes a link to click to reset BRAQaR Personal User verion for another PC. The instruction panel displayed on the report includes a warning about the 'one Internet session as follows:

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xAuditing another PC for backup risk assessment
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DO NOT USE YOUR BROWSER 'BACK' BUTTON IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISPLAY AND USE THE QUESTIONNAIRE AGAIN. USING YOUR BROWSER 'BACK' BUTTON WILL TERMINATE YOUR 'ONE INTERNET SESSION' ACCESS TO USE BRAQaR. YOU MUST USE THE LINK DISPLAYED ABOVE TO ACTION ANOTHER BACKUP RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ANOTHER PC OR COMPUTER SYSTEM.

Also, note that you can not save the address to re-use BRAQaR again at another date.

If you wish to use BRAQaR Personal User version again at another time, simply visit www.braqar.com and purchase another USD 99 cents 'one Internet session' access to be re-directed again to use BRAQaR Personal User version software.

You can use your 'one BRAQaR Internet session' to action as many audits of your PCs as required, one after another without exiting from BRAQaR, provided that you use the special link as in the example above to reset the questionnaire between each PC backup risk assessment and report display.

Note that the 'one BRAQaR Internet session' access to use BRAQaR Personal User version questionnaire terminates if you use the browser 'back' key, or when any other Internet web site data is displayed.

Note, also, that the 'one BRAQaR Internet session' access to use BRAQaR software terminates if you disconnect from the Internet network. You can not save the Internet address and re-use BRAQaR questionnaire again at a later time or date. When you wish to use BRAQaR Personal User Version again, you must make another very low cost USD 99 cents PayPal payment to be automatically directed to use the BRAQaR Personal User questionnaire again.

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What are the incidents have been found to be the most likely causes of a disruption to a computer or computer site, or a disk data integrity problem?

The following incidents have been found to be the most likely causes of a disruption to a computer or computer site, or a disk data integrity problem.

Encountering any incidents such as these usually requires the recovery and restore of the computer disk data using backup media before normal use of the computer system is available again.

a)	Computer is stolen ( a likely risk if a laptop ) or computer hard disk is stolen

b)	Intruders ( burglars ) access computer site and equipment is stolen or damaged

c)	An undetected computer virus 'infects' system, causing problems or corrupts data

d)	Computer site has a fire, or computer burns out ( e.g. caused by an electrical fault )

e)	Disk data is corrupted by software programming malfunction

f)	Intentional damage to equipment or software by person with a 'grudge'

g)	A major power surge, or 'brown-out' causes computer system damage to electrical components

h)	Damage due to earthquake or vibration ( e.g. from nearby construction work or highway)

i)	Disk device malfunction causes damage to disk surface and data is lost because it is unreadable

j)	Flooding or water damage to building and computer site ( e.g. in a high-rise building fire sprinklers can operate unexpectedly)

k)	Unintentional data corruption due to personnel not being fully aware of the action they have taken

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What is the probability or chance of encountering a computer or disk data problem that requires recovery and restore of the disk data using data backup media?

This is indicated in the tables below. In most cases where an incident is encountered, the recovery of computer disk data using backup media will be necessary.

These tables are the result of an international survey (with more than 300 respondents in 7 countries) that asked participants how often each of a number of computer incidents have happened to them over a 3-year period.

The overall survey result indicated that only 2% of all respondents did not experience any problems. Unless you are one of the fortunate 2% who had no problems, you will encounter, more likely sooner rather than later, a computer or disk data problem that requires you to recover and restore your disk data using data backup media.

The results of this survey are detailed in the seven tables below.


	Having to replace a lost or stolen computer or hard disk
	28%	chance it could happen to you over a 3-year period
	19%	chance it could happen to you once in a year
	2%	chance it could happen to you 3 times in a year
	2%	chance it could happen to you 5 times in a year
	0%	chance it could happen to you 10 times or more in a year

	Damaged or broken Computer - electrical or physical damage experienced
	64%	chance it could happen to you over a 3-year period
	35%	chance it could happen to you once in a year
	5%	chance it could happen to you 3 times in a year
	5%	chance it could happen to you 5 times in a year
	5%	chance it could happen to you 10 times in a year
	3%	chance it could happen to you 10 times or more in a year

	Corruption of Operating System - key components damaged and fail to function correctly
	65%	chance it could happen to you over a 3-year period
	26%	chance it could happen to you once in a year
	10%	chance it could happen to you 3 times in a year
	5%	chance it could happen to you 5 times in a year
	8%	chance it could happen to you 10 times in a year
	4%	chance it could happen to you 10 times or more in a year

	Corruption of Data Files - loss of integrity, no longer correct, or could not be read at all
	84%	chance it could happen to you over a 3-year period
	30%	chance it could happen to you once in a year
	15%	chance it could happen to you 3 times in a year
	12%	chance it could happen to you 5 times in a year
	8%	chance it could happen to you 10 times in a year
	6%	chance it could happen to you 10 times or more in a year

	Corruption of Software Applications - software damaged and failed to work correctly
	55%	chance it could happen to you over a 3-year period
	26%	chance it could happen to you once in a year
	7%	chance it could happen to you 3 times in a year
	6%	chance it could happen to you 5 times in a year
	4%	chance it could happen to you 10 times in a year
	3%	chance it could happen to you 10 times or more in a year

	Loss of trashed or deleted files - files could not be recovered from recycle bin when needed
	90%	chance it could happen to you over a 3-year period
	21%	chance it could happen to you once in a year
	18%	chance it could happen to you 3 times in a year
	12%	chance it could happen to you 5 times in a year
	10%	chance it could happen to you 10 times in a year
	11%	chance it could happen to you 10 times or more in a year

	Data files were unintentionally overwritten and previous data now lost
	77%	chance it could happen to you over a 3-year period
	24	chance it could happen to you once in a year
	12%	chance it could happen to you 3 times in a year
	9%	chance it could happen to you 5 times in a year
	5%	chance it could happen to you 10 times in a year
	9%	chance it could happen to you 10 times or more in a year

The tables of 'chance it could happen to you' above are extracts from the publication: The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center

To view the full article in pdf format, copy and use the following link:
www.creativetechs.com/tips/SVC-backup/excerpt.pdf

BRAQaR Software is neither affiliated with the authors of this information, nor responsible for the accuracy of these tables of 'chance it could happen to you'.

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About this questionnaire

What is this Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire designed to do?

This is a self assessment questionnaire to assist you in determining if your business or personal PC can survive a recovery of your disk data from backup media due to encountering a major problem to information recorded in your computer.

The Personal User version is intended to be used for PCs used for personal or home computing use.

The Business user version questionnaire is intended to be used by managers or owners of a small to medium sized business or organisation, that does not have Information Technology and computer administration activities audited.

BRAQaR assessment is applicable to conventional 'point in time' data backups. This is the normal disk data backup activity. When a disk data backup is actioned the backup details are written to a data storage device for use if a disk recovery is required.

BRAQaR does not attempt to address the assessment of backup and recovery situations designed for very quick recovery by duplication or mirroring of data. Duplication or replication involves copying data immediately any changes are actioned to a completely different computer system typically located at a physically different building. Mirroring requires dual mirrored computer systems, typically located in physically different buildings. These backup and recovery methodologies are used by major businesses or organisations for rapid data recovery of critical business systems.

The purpose of the Backup Risk Assessment Report is to identify whether a personal PC user or a business or organisation can rely on the data backup and recovery activities currently being actioned. If it is necessary to action a backup recover and restore using backup media, how successful and reliable is the recovery and restore in ensuring all data is restored fully up-to-date.

BRAQaR assessment is very useful to companies and organisations where computer backup activities are not audited, and in this situation the Backup Risk Assessment report provides managers or owners of businesses a high level assessment of the overall disk data backup and recovery capability.

The Backup Risk Assessment Report may be the wakeup call that highlights potential risks to the continuity of your business or organisation.

Home users of PCs will find this software useful, as they may not be aware of the inconvenience and problems they will experience if their computer crashes, and a recovery and restore of the system from backups is needed.

Are you aware that a restore and recovery of disk data consists of two steps?

Step 1	recovery of disk data from backup of the disk details, using the latest available backup media
and
Step 2	restore of the recovered disk data, in order to bring disk details up-to-date for all disk data transactions that have been actioned after the date and time of the backup used in the recovery activity.

BRAQaR deals with the issues involved in achieving computer disk data being able to be recovered and restored fully up-to-date with reliability and confidence when a recovery of disk data is necessary.

Data problems can occur due to any one of a number of risks to the integrity of the computer data being encountered. ( examples are: a disk failure, encountering a virus that corrupts disk content, or incorrect computer user activity. )

BRAQaR questionnaire requires your response to questions about your data backup housekeeping activities and related factors. Assessment of the backup risk you may be exposed to is based on your responses.

The Backup Risk Assessment Report generated by BRAQaR provides an evaluation of your backup and data recovery and restore capability to fully recover and restore ALL your disk information completely up-to-date.

The Backup Risk Assessment Report identifies potential risks you may be exposed to if you need to restore your disk from your backup media. This indicates, in general terms, either how well placed or at risk is the integrity of the information in your computer, and an evaluation of your data recovery and restore capability.

If a re-key from source records or documents of transactions since the backup was made is necessary, in order to ensure that your recovered disk data is totally up-to-date and fully restored, then an estimate of total time involved and likely cost to do this is calculated and reported.

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About
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About BRAQaR Software - developer of this software

This software has been developed in JavaScript by BRAQaR Software, a division of Don Jefferies and Associates Limited.

BRAQaR^TM - Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report
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BRAQaR software is a redeveloped and enhanced version of our Microsoft Excel based business tool we developed and marketed from 1998 onwards until late in 2005. This was initially called BREW (Backup Risk Evaluation Worksheet), and later called Backup Risk Analysis and Report. This Excel based software is now withdrawn and discontinued. This software is now a Web based Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report, developed using JavaScript, so that it can easily be accessed and used through the Internet with an Internet browser.

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User
Access
Authorisation
Code

About the user access authorisation code

There are two versions of BRAQaR software:

1 - Personal User version

Purchasers of the very low cost access to use the Personal User version, after they make a Paypal payment, are automatically and immediately directed to the questionnaire. Access, however, is limited to 'one BRAQaR Internet session" use. ( if you would like to see what this is, click here, then click on the definition of 'one Internet BRAQaR session link ) During the session a user can undertake a number of backup risk assessments for the PCs or computers they have. After the Backup Risk Assessment Report for a PC or computer has been displayed and/or printed, the user can press the back key on their browser to run another assessment for another PC or computer.

2 - Business version

For Business version users there are two classes of user access authorisation code, supplied on-line when the user makes a fast and secure Paypal payment to purchase their user access authorisation code.

1 - a 31 day user access authorisation code.

The user access authorisation code is valid only for a one month time period of 31 days.

The cost of the 31 day user access authorisation code is very low, for 31 days access use from date of purchase. This low cost is intended to make cost involved an insignificant amount compared to the benefit of an easy to use self-audit tool. You could use BRAQaR to possibly save your business considerable potential business disruption and costs that you may not be aware of. Personal computer users could find that they are not actioning backups in a way that ensures that they minimise loss of any disk details if they need to recover their computer disk from backup media.

2 - a 1 year (12 month) user access authorisation code

Use BRAQaR software as many times as needed for a whole year.

The cost of the 1 year (12 month) user authorisation code is a very reasonable payment. Purchasers are allocated a unique user access code. Purchasers are required to register their details with us (in case they forget their access code). The 1 year user access code option is often used as an "internal audit" facility, typically used by a company or organisation to regularly use the Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report software as part of their internal audit activities, to review the current backup risk for their computer(s).

In addition a "free demonstration user" code allows an enquirer to run a demonstration version of the software. Click here for more details

The Backup Risk Assessment Report generated by BRAQaR could provide your company or organisation significant benefits by highlighting potential risks to your computer data because backup activities are not being adequately addressed.

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Cost
for
Business user
access
code

Cost to purchase user access authorisation code for the Business version of BRAQaR

The cost of the 31 day user access authorisation code is very affordable, only USD $30.00 for 31 days access use. This low cost (of only about $1 a day) is intended to make cost involved an insignificant amount compared to the benefit of an easy to use self-audit tool, and possibly also save your business considerable potential business disruption and costs that you may not be aware of.

Click here to be directed to the web page for user access code purchase details

The cost of the 1 year (12 month) user access authorisation code is USD $210.00 for 1 year access use. Purchasers are allocated a unique user access code. Purchasers are required to register their details with us (in case they forget their access code). The 1 year user access code option is often used as an "internal audit" facility, typically by a company or organisation that wishes to regularly use BRAQaR - Backup Risk Assessment Questionnaire and Report software as part of their internal audit activities, to review the current backup risk for their computer(s).

Click here to be directed to the web page for user access code purchase details

Demonstration
version

Demonstration versions of Questionnaire and Report

A demonstration version can be actioned by clicking on the "continue in demonstration mode" button that displays in the Free Demonstration panel. click here to go to this panel

The demonstration of the Business version can also be actioned by using a user access code of the four letters demo (i.e. key in demo to the yellow input box for the user access code ). This activates the demonstration of the Backup Risk Assessment Report.

Note that the demonstration version has the following characteristics:

a) - questionnaire responses operate the same way that the "pay to use" software operates. The demonstration user can enter responses and these will be validated in the normal manner. This enables the demonstration user to evaluate the way that the questionnaire functions.

b) - user "HELP" (click on the green information icon) will display help details about the questions, and assist users to understand the way that the Backup Risk Assessment report operates.

c) - however, note that the demonstration version of the report does not use or display any of the responses entered for questions in the demonstration report, or action any pre-report generation cross-checks of responses.

d) - The Personal User version has a standard personal demonstration example backup risk assessment report.

e) - The Business version has several sample backup risk assessment of business situations for the demonstration report to be displayed that can be selected by the user. This is actioned when the "view Backup Risk Assessment Report" is clicked. Each demonstration report is an example of a typical report that could apply to many small or medium sized businesses. The examples highlight if disk data backups are being actioned in a manner that protects the valuable business data in the computer system. The potential cost and business disruption that may happen when a restore of disk data from backup media is needed is identified in the report.

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