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World Backup Day 2026
VeryPC Backup Readiness Challenge
Five Real-World Threats. Five Backup Solutions. Are you Recovery Ready?
VeryPC Backup Readiness Challenge
Think your backups are Recovery Ready?
Face five real-world threats and choose the correct backup solution to keep your organisation running.
Get it wrong...and it could be game over.
World Backup Day is an annual awareness campaign held on March 31st to promote better backup habits and data protection. Started in 2011 by a group of volunteers, the campaign encourages individuals and organisations to take the time to backup their data, test their recovery processes.
Learn more at www.worldbackupday.com
This is an independent campaign by VeryPC. Not affiliated with, supported by, or endorsed by World Backup Day — but we’re big fans of what they do (and of backing things up in general).
Would your backups survive the latest cyberthreats?
What type of organisation are you?
Select your organisation type and we'll tailor the challenge to fit your organisation.
5 rounds · Takes ~2 minutes · Instant results
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Choose the best response to this threat before the damage spreads.
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Backup Features and Solutions
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Make sure your backup strategy covers the systems your business relies on most, with the right retention, recovery testing, and recovery paths in place before an incident forces the issue.
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VeryPC Backup benefits
Complete workload coverage
Protect physical, virtual, and cloud environments including Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace from a single platform.
Protection built for modern threats
Immutable backups and air-gapped storage with long-term retention — designed to stop ransomware, not just store data.
Recovery you can rely on
Backups are automatically booted in a secure environment and tested, with clear, auditable proof they will work — no manual effort required.
Flexible cloud recovery
When disaster strikes, recover full systems to the cloud with fast, reliable backup that keeps your organisation running.
Expert support
Get help from our team of experts whenever you need it, ensuring your backup and recovery processes run smoothly.
Request a backup health check
Not sure if your business is recovery ready? Leave your details and we'll help you review your options for backup and disaster recovery. (plus socks!)*