The 5 Pillars of a Cyber Resilience Framework

Backup copies that cannot be altered or encrypted by attackers.

Helps preserve trusted recovery data after ransomware attacks.

Continuously verify users, devices, and access before granting permissions.

Reduces unauthorized access and limits attack spread.

Prioritize protection based on data criticality and business risk.

Focuses resources on the systems that matter most.

Defend data consistently across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS environments.

Helps eliminate protection gaps across distributed infrastructure.

Identify, classify, and manage sensitive data throughout its lifecycle.

Reduces compliance risk and strengthens data security.

Detect unusual activity that may indicate compromise or ransomware.

Helps identify threats before widespread damage occurs.

Recognize ransomware behavior and malware embedded in files as early as possible.

Shortens attacker dwell time and enables faster clean response.

Combine external threat intelligence with internal security monitoring.

Helps improve detection accuracy and threat awareness.

Backup Environment systems for suspicious activity.

Protects recovery data from compromise.

Provide centralized visibility into security events and recovery readiness.

Enables faster, more informed incident response.

Verified backup copies free from malware or corruption.

Helps prevent companies from restoring compromised data.

Automate coordinated recovery across applications and infrastructure.

Reduces downtime and manual effort.

Execute predefined recovery tasks with minimal manual intervention.

Accelerates consistent recovery at scale.

Restore workloads across cloud and on-premises environments.

Provides flexibility during major disruptions.

Recover the most business-critical systems first.

Enables restoration of essential operations sooner.

Regularly test recovery processes without disrupting production.

Helps validate recovery plans before an incident.

Verify backups are complete, recoverable, and uncompromised.

Builds confidence in recovery readiness.

Practice cyber recovery scenarios in a controlled environment.

Helps identify gaps before real attacks occur.

Document recovery readiness and control effectiveness.

Demonstrates compliance and supports audits.

Evaluate cyber recovery capabilities against business requirements.

Prioritizes improvements and helps strengthen resilience.

Restore critical business functions (minimum viability) before lower-priority systems.

Minimizes operational disruption.

Prepare people, processes, and technology for disruption.

Helps keep essential services running during recovery.

Align IT, security, operations, and business leaders during incidents.

Improves decision-making and recovery execution.

Design operations to withstand and adapt to cyber disruptions.

Strengthens long-term business resilience.

Refine recovery strategies using testing and incident lessons learned.

Helps improve preparedness for future threats.