Managed recovery. Not a backup job you hope runs correctly.

Automated backups, verified restores, immutable storage, managed end to end by one accountable team.

100%Immutable

Immutable backup

Immutable backups are written once and stored independently of your live environment, so ransomware or a compromised admin account has nothing to reach. Your clean recovery point is always there.

Protected by
WORM storage Air-gapped copies Immutable retention End-to-end encryption
24/7/365Monitored

Continuous verification

Every backup job is monitored around the clock and restores are tested on a schedule. You hear about a failed backup from us, not from a failed recovery in the middle of a real outage.

Includes
Job monitoring Scheduled restore tests Real-time failure alerts
MinutesNot days

Instant recovery

Standby images spin up locally or in the cloud and bring critical systems back in minutes, not days. Recover exactly what you need, from a single file to a full site, at the speed the situation demands.

Recover any of
File Folder System-state Bare-metal Virtual machine Cloud failover
8Certifications

Audit-ready compliance

Geo-locked storage in ISO-certified data centers with customizable retention. The backup logs and recovery records that auditors, PCI assessors, and cyber-insurance underwriters ask for are built into the service, not assembled after the fact.

Certified to
SOC 1 SOC 2 HIPAA PCI ISO 27001 GDPR CCPA CMMC 2.0

Having a backup isn't the same as being able to recover.

Most backup problems stay invisible until the day you need the backup. These are the questions worth answering before that day arrives.

Most businesses find out during the outage.

Aureon tests restores on a schedule and monitors every job, so you find out about a failure from us, weeks before you would have needed the file.

If it can be encrypted, it can't save you.

Immutable storage locks the backup once it is written. A compromised admin account has the same access to it as the ransomware does: none.

Three days offline is still a business interruption.

Standby images bring critical systems back in minutes. You get the recovery time in writing when we scope the environment, so nobody is estimating it mid-outage.

Download & Learn More

Resources to evaluate Managed Backup, build the business case, and understand what a tested recovery plan looks like.

Managed Backup Overview

One-page summary of Aureon's managed backup service: what's included, certifications, and recovery options.

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Backup vs. Business Continuity

The difference between backup, continuity and disaster recovery, what RTO and RPO mean, and how to test your restore before disaster strikes.

Read the Guide

Backup Readiness Checklist

8 questions covering restore testing, ransomware protection, retention policies, compliance certifications, and recovery time objectives.

View the Checklist

Customer Success Story

How Iowa State Savings Bank turned a Federal Reserve finding into a recovery plan tested live in under two hours.

Read the Story

What changes when backup is actually managed.

Unmanaged backup feels like protection until you need to recover. The difference is whether anyone is verifying, testing, and ensuring recovery works before you're depending on it.

Click any row to see why it matters.

Aureon Managed Backup Unmanaged / DIY Backup
Backup verification ✓ Proactive monitoring, failure alerts Assumed complete, rarely confirmed
Restore testing ✓ Regular restore verification Rarely or never tested
Ransomware protection ✓ Immutable storage, unalterable Backup often reachable & encrypted
Recovery options ✓ File, folder, system-state, bare-metal, VM Full restore only, slow
Recovery time ✓ Near-instant via standby image / cloud Hours to days, undetermined
Geographic redundancy ✓ 30 ISO-certified data centers, 17 countries Single location, single point of failure
Compliance certifications ✓ SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, ISO 27001 None or unknown
Retention policy management ✓ Customizable schedules, managed by Aureon Manual, often default settings
Who manages it ✓ Dedicated Aureon team, 24/7/365 NOC You, or it runs unattended

* Unmanaged backup characteristics represent typical SMB environments running automated backup tools without active management or restore verification.

A Partner Built for Your Business

Backups are only as good as the restore, and an Iowa-based team tests both so you can trust yours.

Iowa-Based Team

Reach real people in West Des Moines who know your name.

Tested, Not Assumed

Every backup verified and every restore tested, proactively.

Immutable Storage

Backups ransomware can't alter, encrypt, or delete.

Fast Recovery

Standby images bring critical systems back in minutes.

Audit-Ready Compliance

Backup logs and retention records ready when auditors ask.

One Team, 40+ Years

Backup, endpoint, and network under one Iowa team.

Contact Us

Have a question or ready to get started? Reach out and an Iowa-based expert will get back to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Backup is the process of creating copies of your data. Recovery is what actually happens when those copies need to be used to restore files or systems. A backup that's never had its restore tested is just stored data; it doesn't tell you how fast you'll recover, which systems come back first, or whether the restore will work. Aureon manages both the backup process and restore testing, so recovery is proven before you ever need it.

Immutable backup means the backup data is written once and cannot be modified, encrypted, or deleted after it's created, not by ransomware, not by an administrator, not by anyone. Modern ransomware is specifically designed to find and destroy backup repositories before triggering the main attack. Immutable storage removes that leverage entirely: even if ransomware reaches your network, your backup is untouched and recovery proceeds from a clean point.

Recovery speed depends on what needs to be restored and the recovery option configured. For critical systems, Aureon's standby image capability enables near-instant failover locally or in the cloud, bringing systems back online in minutes rather than hours. File and folder restores can often be completed in minutes. Full bare-metal recoveries take longer, and Aureon defines recovery time objectives during deployment so expectations are set before an incident occurs.

Aureon's Managed Backup covers Windows servers, SQL databases, Exchange environments, virtual machines, and workstations. Recovery options include file and folder, full system-state, bare-metal physical, and virtual machine recovery. Cloud-native SaaS or local appliance deployment options are available depending on your environment. Aureon's assessment identifies your full data landscape and recommends the right coverage for each system.

Aureon monitors every backup job continuously and alerts on failures in real time, so a failed backup is caught immediately rather than discovered during a recovery attempt. Beyond job completion monitoring, Aureon conducts proactive restore verification to confirm that backup data is actually recoverable. The cadence of restore testing is established during onboarding based on your recovery time objectives and the criticality of each system.

Backup data is stored in Aureon's network of 30 ISO-certified data centers across 17 countries with geo-locked storage, ensuring your data stays within required geographic boundaries. All data centers are SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, and ISO 27001 compliant. Optional geographic redundancy stores data in a second data center simultaneously for additional protection against regional disasters.

Yes. Aureon's data centers are SOC 1, SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI, and ISO 27001 certified, with end-to-end encryption and customizable retention schedules that match your specific compliance requirements. The backup logs, retention records, and recovery documentation Aureon maintains are what HIPAA auditors, PCI assessors, and cyber insurance underwriters ask for directly.

Cyber insurance applications increasingly ask about backup practices in detail, specifically whether backups are immutable, stored separately from the primary environment, tested, and whether recovery time objectives have been defined. Organizations that experience ransomware and discover their backups were compromised or untested have had claims complicated or denied. Aureon's managed backup directly addresses what underwriters look for.

Most Managed Backup deployments are fully operational within one to two weeks, depending on environment size and whether local appliance or cloud-native deployment is selected. Aureon manages the full process: system inventory, backup configuration, initial seed backup, and monitoring setup, through to go-live. Recovery time objectives are validated before deployment is considered complete.