Episode 50: Disaster Recovery Explained: The 3-2-1-0 Rule Every Business Needs to Know | Tom May

This week on Tech Break by Friday, I sit down with Tom May — nearly 20 years in disaster recovery, Veeam Vanguard, Object First ACE, and founder of DifferentDev. Tom has helped everyone from small dental offices to multinational manufacturers build resilience into their infrastructure — and he pulls no punches about what most businesses are getting catastrophically wrong.#ai #techbreakbyfriday #podcast #systemrecovery This episode of Tech Break by Friday was recorded and transcribed using wiserwork, which helped me capture the full conversation and repurpose it into this article and other episode assets. Link to a 14-day free trial of wiserwork: https://bit.ly/4cX919dIn this episode:• The difference between user-centric and engineering-first disaster recovery — and why it matters when the crisis actually hits• The "3-2-1-0 zip code" — the simple framework every business needs, explained clearly• Why immutability is the single most important investment in your resilience stack• The "Clark Kent" problem — the invisible single point of failure hiding in your org chart• A real story: a salesperson found their lost laptop, plugged it back in, and triggered a company-wide ransomware attack — on a business that had been delaying its backup setup for months• How AI is turbocharging both the attacks and the defenses — and what that means for compliance• The exact minimum viable DR plan for a small business, step by stepTom's message is clear: this is not an "if it happens" conversation. It's a "when it happens." And the best time to start was yesterday.Find Tom at: differentdev.com | [email protected]📌 Tech Break by Friday:- Website: https://www.techbreakbyfriday.com- Substack: https://kivroglouparaskevi.substack.com- Instagram: @tech.break.by.friday- Podcast : Search "Tech Break by Friday" in all podcasting platforms- Business: AureliaEdge – AI audits, OpenClaw & automations for founders and teams: https://theaureliaedge.com Get full access to Tech Break by Friday at kivroglouparaskevi.substack.com/subscribe