{"id":158,"date":"2017-05-25T00:33:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T00:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xamai.com\/respaldando-las-bases-de-datos-con-db-protector\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:33:46","slug":"respaldando-las-bases-de-datos-con-db-protector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/blog\/respaldando-las-bases-de-datos-con-db-protector","title":{"rendered":"Backing up databases with DB Protector"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #544492;\"><strong>What is a data contingency plan?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><em>\"60% of companies that lose information go bankrupt within 6 months\"<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hs_156_Administracion_de_Base_de_Datos.png\" alt=\"Administracio\u0301n de Base de Datos\" width=\"600\" style=\"width: 600px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">A contingency plan is the analysis of potential risks and eventual disasters to which computing equipment, programs, files, and databases may be exposed. <strong>Databases. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">The purpose of a contingency plan is to maintain the continuity of a company's operations in the event that an incident could cause a failure in the systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">A contingency plan should be comprised of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #544492;\">Backup Plan.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Which will aim to perform recurring copies of information (databases) protecting business information.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #544492;\">Recovery Plan.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Which will aim to restore the services of the information systems quickly and efficiently.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Before proceeding, it must be established that the contingency plan must take into account the security of information and the systems that access it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">This topic is of utmost importance for all types of companies, it involves a complicated and perpetual process, involving various technological controls. Currently, not all companies are prepared to face this challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #544492;\">Information can be classified as follows:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Criticism: It is essential for the operation of the company.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Valuable: It is a company asset and very valuable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Sensitive: It should be known by authorized personnel.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">To properly perform Information Security Management, certain security controls and policies must be established and maintained that have the obligation to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the company's data. It is a continuous process that must be coordinated by knowing the vulnerabilities and threats that may exist, always taking into account the causes of risk and the probability of occurrence, as well as the impact it may have.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #544492;\">Some of the different contingencies that information may have are:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Environmental or Physical<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Natural disasters (fires, floods, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Radar signals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Electrical installations<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Process handling<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Scarcity or mismanagement of resources by personnel<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Threats caused by humans (theft, sabotage, fraud, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Viruses<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">The contingency plan should also contain the responsibilities and expected behavior of all individuals who handle information in the event of a catastrophe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Some companies back up their data using software such as DB Protector, which provides them with regular copies of the latest updates that their business information may undergo, helping to guarantee information security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\">At Xamai we are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/nosotros\" style=\"color: #666666;\" rel=\"noopener\">partners of SAP<\/a> and we have internally designed software called DB Protector that automatically and securely (encrypted) backs up databases (business information) to the cloud.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #544492;\"><strong>What is a data contingency plan?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><em>\"60% of companies that lose information go bankrupt within 6 months\"<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hs_156_Administracion_de_Base_de_Datos.png\" alt=\"Administracio\u0301n de Base de Datos\" width=\"600\" style=\"width: 600px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":349769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inventarios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353888,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/353888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}