Context
Many ransomware scenarios fail recovery not because backups are missing, but because identities are compromised and recovery processes are unclear. If domain admins, backup admins and hypervisor access are not separated, recovery becomes unnecessarily risky.
A useful readiness check therefore treats identity, backup, network segmentation and recovery as one connected system.
Practical focus
- Separate privileged accounts and backup rights
- Verify offline or immutable backups
- Test realistic restore times
- Separate management access paths
- Prepare communication channels for the incident