Ransomware Recovery

Ransomware Recovery is the targeted recovery of data and systems after a ransomware attack. Unlike general recovery, the focus is on the question of how compromised environments can be put back into operation securely, cleanly and in a controlled manner.

The challenge: after an attack, not only data is missing – there is uncertainty about integrity, hidden malicious code and trustworthy recovery points. Ransomware recovery therefore needs more than backups: immutable, isolated backups as a clean basis, a sealed-off recovery environment for verification and rebuilding, scans and integrity checks before data is returned, and clear prioritization. Which systems come back first, which data states are considered clean, and how is it prevented that the damage is activated again?

For classification: Ransomware Protection aims at preventing and containing the attack – ransomware recovery at the restart afterwards. Methodologically, it is the ransomware-specific form of Cyber Recovery: recovery under attack conditions, in which trustworthiness counts just as much as speed.