Geo Group UK Implements Securstore Cloud Backup

GEO Group UK Ltd, a private custodial and detention management firm,
has chosen to protect its data with Securstore Cloud Backup and Recovery.

As a wholly-owned subsidiary of GEO Group, Inc, which operates over 100 custodial facilities across
Europe, America, Australia, and South Africa, the UK group manages prisons,
Immigration Removal Centres and Escorting services for the UK government.
Supporting the public sector means the company needs a robust, flexible backup
and recovery solution.

Securstore’s Cloud Backup solution Powered by Asigra, Inc. ensures GEO Group UK’s enterprise digital footprint (storage, servers, desktops, and laptops on
the enterprise LAN, as well as remote tablets, smart phones, and laptops) is
protected. The agentless solution supports major operating systems,
service platform and network application. This scalability is critical for GEO
Group UK with its broad infrastructure and data security requirements.

Russell Sayer, IT infrastructure manager at GEO Group UK, said: "We needed a solution that could support our
multiple sites and data types whilst meeting our stringent security
requirements. We need to know that our data is safe, as well as being easily
and rapidly recoverable. Securstore’s cloud solution lets our IT department
focus its time and attention on supporting the business rather than managing
and troubleshooting a complex in-house backup system."

Sayer continued: "Security is
critical to our business, so the value of having a solution that meets all of
these requirements cannot be overstated. Securstore ticked every box and we are
more than happy for them to manage our data backup long term."

Multi-Tier Backup for Audits and
Compliance
GEO Group UK is utilising Securstore’s multi-tier solution with critical
and non-critical data predefined over 2 tiers of storage. By default, data
resides in the primary tier (online). However, retention rules can be applied
to move older non-changing data to the secondary tier (Backup Lifecycle
Management – BLM).

This protection is crucial in a disaster situation as GEO Group UK is able to
restore its critical data immediately. For data with less importance, it can be
restored at a more time-effective rate. If it was restoring all its data in a
single restore, it would be time consuming and hinder business continuity. BLM
also allows the creation of historical snapshots at weekly, monthly or yearly
intervals. These data copies are stored in the BLM vault for any predefined
period of time.

Saaher Muzafer, CSO of Securstore, said: "We are happy to have GEO Group UK as a new customer and are looking
forward to providing them a long term cloud backup solution. As the solution
supports multiple sites and can be managed centrally, this will prove to be a
great asset and help GEO Group UK save resources that can be focused on other
projects."