Backup restore testing: how to prove a backup works before the day you need it
Four levels of restore test, how often to run each, what to write down, and the failures a test finds before ransomware does.
10 min read
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Resilience & recovery
Recovery objectives, disaster-recovery testing, and the dated evidence that proves your site stays up and comes back.
9 articles
DNS is the single point of failure nobody monitors: lessons from SkyBell, Marketo, Facebook and Dyn
Four outages, one cause. How DNS fails, from a lapsed renewal to a lost provider, and the six controls that keep your name resolving.
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Synology NAS ransomware (C3RB3R): patch, close the door, and check what the box was protecting
The fixed DSM builds, a ten-minute exposure check, the recovery steps, and the backup design lesson behind the wave.
10 min read
How often should uptime monitoring check your site? One minute, five minutes, and what each one misses
The check interval decides how long you are down before you know. The maths, what each interval misses, and how to pick yours.
9 min read
Cyber insurance requirements in 2026: the security and recovery controls businesses should have before they apply
The seven controls insurers ask about, what proves each one, and the claims data behind the questions.
11 min read
Chaos engineering for small teams: how to start testing failure without breaking production
What it is, which tools fit a small team, and a 30-day plan with ten starter experiments.
17 min read
Ransomware now goes after your backups first: how to make recovery survive an attack
Attackers destroy backups before they encrypt. The controls that keep recovery alive.
18 min read
SOC 2 disaster recovery evidence: what auditors ask for and how to produce it
The availability criteria, the evidence list, and a drill report that passes.
13 min read
RTO vs RPO: what they mean, how to set them, and how to prove you can meet them
The two numbers behind every recovery plan, and how to measure the real ones.
14 min read