Microsoft Active Directory (AD) es la piedra angular de la mayoría de las redes informáticas empresariales, ya que proporciona funciones esenciales de autenticación y autorización para aplicaciones y recursos críticos para el negocio. Su papel central lo convierte también en un objetivo principal para los atacantes que pretenden comprometer a las empresas o, en algunos casos, colapsar toda la red. Cuando AD deja de funcionar, la actividad empresarial se paraliza. ¿Estás preparado para el peor de los casos?
Today, we’re thrilled to announce the general availability of Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery for Active Directory Enterprise Edition, offering full, automated forest recovery for AD that enables rapid restoration of the AD forest to help maintain continuous business.
AD Recovery is Foundational to Continuous Business
AD es el núcleo de la autenticación y los servicios seguros, y su capacidad de recuperación es fundamental ante interrupciones del servicio o ataques de ransomware. Las aplicaciones, los sistemas de archivos, los servicios de correo electrónico y las bases de datos dependen de AD para una autenticación adecuada y un control seguro del acceso de los usuarios, por lo que, cuando AD se daña o queda completamente fuera de servicio, las aplicaciones y servicios críticos que soporta quedan inaccesibles.
Consider the impact: Bank staff can’t access customer accounts. Doctors and nurses can’t access medical records. Coders and developers can’t publish code. Teams can’t collaborate or chat to get work done.
Sin AD, la empresa no puede seguir funcionando. Los ciberdelincuentes lo saben, y por esoconvierten a AD en su objetivo principal en 9 de cada 10 ciberataques. Cuando se produce un desastre, la recuperación de AD es fundamental, aunque tradicionalmente ha resultado muy difícil de llevar a cabo, ya que requiere procesos manuales complejos y que consumen mucho tiempo.
With ransomware increasingly targeting critical identity infrastructure, having a well-documented and frequently tested recovery plan to restore and rebuild your entire AD environment to a pre-attack state is essential.
The Complexities of AD Forest Recovery
Microsoft ofrece instrucciones detalladas sobre cómo reconstruir un bosque completo de Active Directory tras un desastre catastrófico en su«Guía de Recovery de bosques de Active Directory». Debido a la complejidad de Active Directory, los pasos necesarios para una recuperación completa del bosque son rígidos, estrictos, requieren mucho tiempo y son muy propensos a errores humanos. Dependiendo de la complejidad de tu arquitectura de Active Directory, el proceso puede implicar entre 50 y 100 tareas, o incluso más.
Due to the distributed nature and multi-master architecture of AD, restoring it demands meticulous coordination. It’s not possible to simply restore domain controllers from backup and call it a day. There are dozens of intricate hygiene steps that need to be performed on the recovered domain controllers and within AD itself at very specific points throughout the forest recovery. If these steps are not followed correctly, you risk introducing new corruption or inconsistencies in the recovered environment, which can be very difficult, if not impossible, to resolve.
Confiar en un plan manual de Recovery ante desastres o ciberataques y en herramientas listas para usar podría suponer que se tardara días en restaurar todo un bosque de Active Directory. Ante un desastre, el tiempo es fundamental, y cuanto más se tarde en restaurar los componentes de Active Directory a un estado operativo, mayor será la interrupción en la actividad de la empresa.
Automate and Accelerate AD recovery with Commvault Cloud
Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery for AD Enterprise Edition brings a new level of resilience to AD by enabling automated, rapid recovery of the Active Directory forest to a pre-attack state. This automation eliminates slow and error-prone manual processes, reducing the risk of errors and accelerating recovery times. Here’s how it works:
- Make AD recovery a snap via automated runbooks: Automated forest recovery runbooks orchestrate the multi-step process required for AD forest recovery, including the critical AD hygiene tasks required to verify consistency in the recovered directory, such as seizing FSMO roles and adjusting the RID pool. These runbooks also can be used for regular testing in non-production environments to enhance cyber readiness.
- Enable fast recovery of the most important AD infrastructure: Visual topology views of your AD environment enable simple and rapid identification of which domain controllers to restore first and how they should be recovered to accelerate the availability of AD services.
- Track recovery progress with step-by-step runbook views: Prescriptive runbook views of the recovery process provide total transparency and fine-grained control, allowing you to easily tailor the workflow to your environment. During recovery, you have total visibility into where you are in the process and how long until your AD is back online.
- Accelerate recovery times and advance resilience: Manually recovering an AD forest can take days or even weeks to complete, but with Commvault, you can recover it in a fraction of the time. Commvault Cloud integrates AD forest recovery with granular recovery of both AD and Entra ID, providing comprehensive protection.
Take your AD protection to the next level
Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery for AD Enterprise Edition is now available, providing protection, recovery, and cyber resilience for your AD environment. Visit the página de la solución para AD to learn more or experience the solution firsthand through our interactive walk-through demo . See for yourself how Commvault can elevate your AD protection strategy.
