Episode 701 Why You Need a Backup Plan For Your Online Business With Rob Cairns

The Story

In this episode, Rob Cairns dives into recent major tech disruptions—including the European Google Cloud outage and the widespread PHP vulnerability fallout ("PHP Armageddon")—to highlight a critical vulnerability facing businesses today: the absence of a proactive backup and contingency plan. Rob explains the real business costs when websites are taken offline or crash, how customer experience is immediately impacted, and why relying on ad-hoc reactions rather than established policies and procedures puts small and medium businesses at serious risk.