--- title: "How to Get Your Minimum Viable Company Back Online | Blog" type: "BlogPosting" language: "en" url: "https://www.commvault.com/blogs/thrive-in-chaos-how-to-get-your-minimum-viable-company-back-online" date: "2025-05-29T13:00:00-04:00" modified: "2025-09-08T17:44:40-04:00" description: "VP of Product Experience Michael Stempf offers valuable insights and strategies to help organizations thrive in the face of cyber threats." image: "https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Blog_MV-Webinar_Thumbnail.png" authors: - name: "Jason Meserve" jobTitle: "Director of Social Marketing, Commvault" breadcrumbs: - name: "Commvault Home" url: "https://www.commvault.com/" - name: "Blogs" url: "https://www.commvault.com/blogs" - name: "Thrive in chaos how to get your minimum viable company back online" --- # Thrive in Chaos: How to Get Your Minimum Viable Company Back Online In our recent webinar [Thrive in Chaos: How to Get Your Minimum Viable Company Back Online](https://discover.commvault.com/webinar-thrive-in-chaos-registration.html), Commvault Vice President of Product Experience Michael Stempf offered valuable insights and strategies to help organizations not only survive but thrive in the face of cyber threats. --- Here’s a sneak peak of the key takeaways: --- ### 1. Define your minimum viable company. --- MVC focuses on the core operations necessary to resume business quickly after a cyberattack. Unlike traditional disaster recovery plans, which prioritize speed and minimal data loss, the MVC approach means that only the essential data and systems are restored first. As an example, a priority list of business systems that need to be restored first could include: --- - **Active Directory services** for secure and scalable access. - **Secure communication systems** like email and messaging. - **Essential data** to keep operations running and serve customers. - **Operational infrastructure** needed to run mission-critical applications. --- This strategy helps organizations minimize downtime and maintain critical operations. You can learn more about [minimum viability here](https://www.commvault.com/minimum-viability/minimum-viability-guide). --- ### 2. Integrate data protection and anomaly detection. --- Integrating anomaly and threat detection with data protection is crucial for maintaining the cleanliness of data during recovery. This involves analyzing data for unusual patterns and integrating with third-party security tools to detect indicators of compromise and indicators of attack. By doing so, organizations can help prevent the restoration of infected data and reduce the risk of reinfection. --- ### 3. Set up isolated recovery environments. --- Cloud-based IREs, such as Commvault® Cloud Cleanroom™ Recovery, are essential for effective cyber recovery. These environments are dynamically built, elastic, and secure, reducing the risk of reinfection and minimizing costs compared to traditional on-premises IREs. Cloud-based IREs can be set up quickly, typically within 30 minutes, and can scale as needed, so the data is solid and secure. --- ### 4. Test regularly. --- Regular testing and chaos exercises are vital for building muscle memory and testing that the cyber recovery plan works effectively. Cross-functional collaboration during these tests is crucial, as it helps identify and resolve issues before a real cyberattack occurs. --- As Michael noted, the lack of muscle memory is a significant reason it takes organizations an average of 24 days to restore minimum operations. Regular testing and cross-functional collaboration can help reduce this downtime and minimize costs. --- ### Challenges of Cyber Recovery --- The webinar discusses the significant costs associated with cyberattacks, including the average cost of a breach and the cost of downtime (spoiler, it’s expensive). But it isn’t just the cost that’s a challenge; Michael outlines why cyber recovery is specifically more complicated than traditional disaster recovery. --- Have a disaster recovery plan? Great. But you need a cyber recovery plan, too, for a myriad of reasons he explains. Check out [this report](https://www.commvault.com/resources/ebook/cyber-recovery-demands-a-different-approach-from-disaster-recovery), read this [ebook](https://www.commvault.com/resources/ebook/beyond-disaster-recovery), and [**watch the webinar on demand**](https://discover.commvault.com/webinar-thrive-in-chaos-registration.html) to learn more about the differences and gain a deeper understanding of how to thrive in the chaos.