Backups that survive the attack, restores that actually work.
Immutable backups, tested restore procedures, and disaster recovery as a service for California businesses. Built to actually work when ransomware hits, not just on paper.
From kickoff to running, step by step.
Every AdVran engagement follows the same documented sequence so nothing slips between handoffs. Most clients reach steady-state operation in four to six weeks.
Risk and recovery objectives
We document the actual cost of downtime to your business and set RPO and RTO targets per system. A clinic might need RPO under 1 hour; a small office might tolerate 24.
Architecture deployment
Three layers: immutable storage, air-gapped offsite copy, and DRaaS for critical systems. Built to the 3-2-1-1-0 standard, not legacy 3-2-1.
Restore testing
Restore tests and recovery exercises, scoped and scheduled in your service agreement.
Continuous monitoring
Backup health monitoring and escalation depend on the services and coverage selected in your agreement.
Why Backups Are the Story Now
Attackers may target backups as well as production systems. CISA recommends offline, encrypted backups of critical data and regular testing of backup procedures.
What AdVran's Backup and DR Service Actually Looks Like
Three layers, designed to work together:
Layer 1: Immutable backups. Immutability controls are designed to restrict changes and deletions during the configured retention window. This can limit changes during the configured retention window, subject to the product and access controls.
Layer 2: Air-gapped copies. A separate offsite copy that shares no credentials, network paths, or management plane with production. Separating backup access and management can reduce the risk that a production compromise also affects backup copies.
Layer 3: Tested disaster recovery. Documented procedures and, where selected, recovery infrastructure support a planned restoration. Testing helps evaluate the recovery objective; actual recovery times vary.
What's Included in the Service
- Backup design and deployment for endpoints, servers, virtual machines, databases, and SaaS applications including Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace
- Immutability and air gap built into the architecture from day one, not bolted on later
- RPO and RTO definition based on the real cost of downtime to your business, with targets documented in your runbook
- DRaaS deployment for critical systems, with a cloud failover environment designed around agreed recovery objectives
- Restore testing with documented results and follow-up on gaps, as scoped in the agreement
- Annual disaster recovery exercise: a tabletop walkthrough of a worst-case scenario, scoped to your actual business
- Backup health monitoring with coverage and escalation defined in your agreement
The 3-2-1-1-0 Rule, Updated for Ransomware
The traditional 3-2-1 backup rule (3 copies, 2 different media, 1 offsite) isn't enough anymore. The modern standard most security teams follow is 3-2-1-1-0:
| Number | Means |
|---|---|
| 3 copies of your data | |
| 2 different storage media | |
| 1 offsite copy | |
| 1 immutable or air-gapped copy | |
| 0 errors after restore verification |
AdVran's backup architecture is built to this standard from day one. Not as an upsell. As the baseline.
Why California Businesses Care
Two angles, both serious:
Regulatory. California SB 446 took effect January 1, 2026, shortening the breach notification window to 30 days. HIPAA's contingency plan requirements (45 CFR § 164.308(a)(7)) require documented backup procedures and disaster recovery plans for healthcare clients. PCI DSS Requirement 12.10 mandates incident response plans that include data recovery. CMMC 2.0 Level 2 includes specific backup controls. Failing to recover quickly, and failing to document the recovery, creates compounding compliance liability on top of the breach itself.
Operational. Southern California's industry mix runs on always-on systems. A Newport Beach RIA firm can't stop trading during an outage. An Anaheim hospitality vendor processes credit cards live during a convention. An Irvine biotech tracks production batches in real time for FDA audit trails. Downtime isn't an inconvenience for these businesses. It's a financial event measured per hour.
Sound familiar? If you've ever done the mental math on what one day of downtime would actually cost your business, you already know why this matters.
Who This Service Fits
- Any California business that holds customer data with compliance exposure under HIPAA, CCPA, PCI DSS, or CMMC
- Healthcare and life sciences organizations with PHI or FDA-regulated records
- Defense contractors managing CUI under CMMC where backup of regulated data is a control requirement
- Manufacturing and logistics operations where production downtime has a per-hour dollar cost
- Financial services and law firms where loss of client records is an existential business event
- Any organization without a tested restore in the last 90 days, because untested backups are worse than no backups
What Recovery Looks Like in Practice
Recovery planning should identify critical systems, dependencies, restoration priorities, and the people responsible for each decision.
With AdVran's service, recovery objectives and testing are scoped to your systems and service agreement. Actual recovery time depends on the incident, backup integrity, and the availability of the required infrastructure.
The program is delivered as a flat per-month fee that covers monitoring, immutable storage, DRaaS infrastructure for critical systems, restore testing, and the annual DR exercise. Pricing depends on the services, data volume, recovery objectives, and written proposal.
BCP and DR planning work together: disaster recovery brings your systems back online, while business continuity planning defines how your organization operates during recovery, covering workforce communication, customer commitments, and operational workarounds. AdVran covers all three components (backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning) under one program, because each layer only works when the others are in place.
AdVran was founded by Adrian Monges Rodriguez, a computer engineer who, at Boeing, built avionics simulation software, managed network infrastructure, and led NASA projects, including winning NASA contracts.
The numbers behind Data Backup & Disaster Recovery.
Sources: 2026 Ransomware Recovery Playbook for SMBs (Infrascale); Q2 2025 Ransomware Payouts Report; IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025; Industry RPO/RTO documentation benchmarks
One team manages your IT and secures it.
Most providers either manage your infrastructure or monitor your security. Never both. We do both under one roof, which means when we detect a threat, we remediate it immediately.
Security-first foundation
Every infrastructure decision is filtered through a hardened security lens. Security is a foundational constraint, not an afterthought or an upsell.
Immediate remediation
We don't send you a ticket when something breaks. We fix it directly, because we own the infrastructure you run on.
Two teams, one price
A full Enterprise Operations Center and Security Operations Center, combined into a single, predictable monthly cost.
Proven track record.
Healthcare, defense, finance and education teams trust us with environments where an outage delays patient care and a compliance gap costs a contract.
- Founder's engineering at Boeing, incl. NASA projects
- 4+ yrs
- Endpoints managed
- 3.5k+
- SOC monitoring
- 24/7
“We switched over to AdVran's services after having issues with a previous MSP. Adrian and his team have been incredibly fast in supporting our business operations. If you are looking for an honest and reliable IT partner, I wouldn't look anywhere else.”
Gutierrez ManufacturingManufacturing & OperationsGoogle review 
“The best thing about AdVran is their proactive approach, they anticipate our needs before they become issues. They are incredibly easy to work with and provide quick responses that keep our operations running smoothly.”
Pro Compact Estates LLCReal Estate & DevelopmentGoogle review 
“AdVran has become an invaluable extension of our foundation. They have removed all the IT hurdles we faced before and help guide us forward towards our mission.”
James and Teresa Keller FoundationNon-Profit & PhilanthropyGoogle review “Their support has been dependable from day one. Adrian and his team check in regularly and usually flag issues before we notice them.”
Owner, Brea Electric CompanyElectrical Contracting “The biggest thing that separates AdVran from our last vendor is how much they actually talk to us. Once a month we sit down and they walk us through what's in flight and what's already shipped.”
Founder & Principal, HB FacadeFacade Consulting “The communication was second-to-none. These guys took the time to really understand our business structure and its needs, and made sure we knew what was going on.”
CEO, MQ AwningsAwnings Manufacturing
About Data Backup & Disaster Recovery.
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Modern ransomware specifically targets backup systems. Traditional backup tools that share credentials with the production environment, store backups on the same network, or skip immutability are vulnerable. A recovery strategy can use immutable storage, offline copies, restricted access, and tested restore procedures to reduce risk.
Backup is the copy of your data. Disaster recovery is the documented process and infrastructure to bring systems back online from that backup, with measured Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) targets. Business continuity is the broader plan covering how the business keeps operating during recovery: workforce, communications, customer commitments. AdVran covers all three under one program because they only work together.
RPO measures how much data you can afford to lose, expressed as time. RTO measures how long systems can be down. A small accounting firm might tolerate a 24-hour RPO and 8-hour RTO. A healthcare clinic processing claims live needs RPO under 1 hour and RTO under 4 hours. A manufacturing plant on JIT can lose tens of thousands per hour of downtime. AdVran sets your targets based on the actual business cost of downtime, not industry averages, then designs the backup and DR architecture to hit them.
Restore testing can include restoring a backup to a clean environment, checking integrity, timing the process, and documenting results. Confirm the schedule and scope in your service agreement. Restore tests help reveal gaps before an incident, although a successful test cannot guarantee recovery in every scenario.
Disaster Recovery as a Service is a cloud-based replica of your critical systems that can be activated when production goes down. Costs and recovery capabilities depend on the workloads, architecture, testing arrangements, and service agreement.
Yes, and this matters more than most people realize. Microsoft 365 retention, recovery, and backup options vary by workload, licensing, and configuration. An independent backup can add another recovery layer. Discuss which Microsoft 365 data is covered, retention, access, and recovery testing in your service agreement.
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