August 10, 2026
Mike Tyson once said, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
In business, that punch usually comes in the form of a disruption you assumed you were ready for.
It might be a failed backup, an unexpected outage or a security incident that exposes a weakness nobody knew existed.
That's the thing about assumptions. They feel like facts right up until they're tested.
Here are four assumptions we regularly see businesses make at The Computer Guy, Inc. that can become very expensive.
Assumption #1: 'We're backed up'
Having an untested backup is like carrying a spare tire in your trunk and finding out it's flat when you're stranded on the side of the road.
Most businesses know backups exist. They've seen the reports, the notifications and the green checkmarks. However, only a few can confidently say when they last tested a restore, how long recovery would take, or whether every critical application and file is included.
A backup proves its value only when it helps you recover. The most dangerous backup is the one you've never tested.
Assumption #2: ‘Someone would tell us if there was a problem’
You can spend big bucks on the latest monitoring tool that's really good at catching problems fast and alerting you immediately. Confusing detection with protection is an assumption that costs businesses money.
A weather alert can tell you a hurricane is coming. It doesn’t board up your windows or move your family to safety. The alert is useful only if you know what to do next.
At The Computer Guy, Inc., monitoring is only the first step. Our team responds quickly, investigates the issue, and works to resolve it before it becomes a business interruption.
Assumption #3: ‘Our team knows what to do’
Every team looks prepared until game day.
Late one Friday afternoon, a critical system goes offline and suddenly nobody can agree on who's in charge, what to fix first or how long it's going to take.
When there's no documented plan and no practice run, even a good team is starting from zero.
You don't run a fire drill because you expect the building to burn down tomorrow. You do it so that if there ever is a fire, nobody is standing around asking which way to run.
A recovery plan works the same way. When something goes wrong, you don't want your team figuring things out on the fly. You want them to follow a plan they already know.
Chaos rarely comes from the disruption itself. More often, it comes from not knowing what to do next.
Assumption #4: 'It won't happen to us'
Nobody thinks they'll be the one. Until they are.
When you're focused on growth, customers and keeping things moving, disruption feels like something that happens to other companies. Not yours.
But most disruptions are ordinary. An employee clicks a bad link in a phishing email, a power outage hits or a piece of hardware finally gives out.
The question isn't whether something unexpected will happen. It's whether you'll be ready when it does.
The businesses that recover fastest aren't the ones that avoided the disruption. They're the ones that expected it.
You can't block a punch you didn't prepare for
After more than 27 years serving businesses throughout Northeast Oklahoma, we've learned that most disasters aren't caused by one catastrophic event.
They're caused by small assumptions that were never tested.
Fortunately, most of these risks can be identified long before they become expensive business problems.
That's exactly what we help our clients do.
We offer a complimentary 10-minute discovery call to review your backup strategy, disaster recovery process, and business continuity planning so you know exactly where you stand.
Call The Computer Guy, Inc. at 918-241-2225 or visit www.comp-guy.net to schedule your discovery call today.
