Validated Restore from Ransomware

We isolate recovery data, validate integrity, and coordinate clean restore so you recover safely from ransomware and malware attacks.

Part of Recovery Confidence. One of four outcomes you get with Adaptive Cloud.

The Challenge

Cyber Recovery provides:

• Network-isolated recovery infrastructure

• Pre-restore integrity validation

• Validated clean restore procedures

• Annual cyber recovery testing

• Evidence for boards and insurers

How It Works

1. Isolate recovery data (network-isolated from production)

2. Make backup protected (deletion safeguards, minimum 7-day retention lock)

3. Scan before restore (automated integrity validation where Cyber Sense is deployed)

4. Coordinate clean recovery (workload priority order)

5. Test annually (simulate ransomware scenario)

• Recovery from known-clean state

• Protected storage for recovery data

• Documented recovery procedures

• Evidence for cyber insurance

• Board-ready reporting

Who Is This For?

• Board questions about ransomware readiness

• Cyber insurance requiring recovery validation

• Regulated environments demanding resilience proof

• Critical infrastructure that can't tolerate extended downtime

• Ransomware attack (reactive)

• Board mandate (proactive)

• Insurance renewal requiring evidence

• Regulator questioning recovery capability

Cyber recovery is where organisations often start when board or insurance pressure is highest.

Organisations typically need:

All three are part of Recovery Confidence. one of four outcomes you get with Adaptive Cloud.

  • Validated recovery tested in line with compliance needs
  • Network-isolated infrastructure with protected storage
  • Annual cyber recovery simulations
  • Evidence generation for boards and insurers

Trusted by:

  • Critical national infrastructure
  • Healthcare organisations
  • Regulated financial services

Things you need to know

What's the difference between backup and cyber recovery?

Backup creates copies. Cyber recovery ensures those copies are clean and restorable after an attack, with isolated storage that cannot be compromised.

How do you validate clean restore?

Automated scanning where Cyber Sense is available. Integrity checks. Malware detection. Only validated-clean data restored from protected storage.

How long does cyber recovery take?

Recovery time depends on data volume and workload complexity.

Typical timelines:

• Critical data restore: 4-8 hours

• Business-critical applications: 8-24 hours

• Full environment: 24-48 hours

Recovery from backup takes longer than DR failover (which uses replicas). Clean restore procedures prioritise data integrity over speed.

Important: Cyber recovery is fundamentally different from disaster recovery. We're restoring from backup storage, not failing over to replicas, which takes more time but ensures clean recovery.

See Recovery Confidence for complete recovery capability explanation.

What makes backup storage protected?

Protection mechanisms:

• Retention locks preventing deletion (minimum 7 days)

• Network isolation preventing compromise

• Backup validation before restore

Technology used:

• Dell Cyber Vault retention locks

• Druva backup protection (cannot delete most recent backup)

Not true WORM (Write Once Read Many) but protected through retention policies and isolation in dedicated storage infrastructure.

How often is cyber recovery tested?

Annual cyber recovery testing including:

• Ransomware scenario simulation

• Clean restore procedures validation

• Recovery timing documentation

• Evidence generation for stakeholders

Regular testing proves capability when attack occurs.