🔐 Cyber-resilience Insights: Prework & Recovery are the linchpin. Organizations are ramping up their cyber-resilience efforts by investing in automation, to help facilitate their modern backup infrastructure. I’ve seen firsthand that prioritized recovery planning and understanding application architecture are game-changers. Verification and analysis of recovered data are critical; collaboration between IT ops and security is non-negotiable.

Here’s what I’ve learned: Automation when utilized and not mired with maintenance, or mismanagement is a game-changer. Automating core systems for recovery, selecting the right destination, restoring services, and even verification can assist or at times fully mitigate risks.

💪 Recovering critical business functions to designated locations is a rising trend.🌐

👨‍💻 Paying ransoms isn’t the answer, so let’s be prepared! Let’s embrace a structured approach for a cyber-resilient future!🛠

Gartner has a fantastic write-up on this minus the Automation perspective that will talk you through their Ransomware Recovery Guidance Framework.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀:
Prework. This stage includes everything necessary to begin recovery. Prework consists of two separate phases. The first is a planning phase that takes place before an attack. In this phase, you develop and establish the plan for ransomware recovery. The second phase starts when an attack is underway and continues until it has been contained. Recovery cannot begin until the attack has been contained.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 1: Recovery type and destination. Analyze backup data to determine the type of recovery method that will be used and where data will be restored to.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 2: Recovery of data and services. Prioritize mission-critical applications and dependencies while using all available advanced options and adhering to the best practices of the backup platform.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 3: Recovery verification. Confirm that recovery of data and services has been completed and ensure the environment is ready to be brought back online.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 4: Production integration. Outline the process of reintegrating recovered data and services into production environments, so that business as usual can resume.

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