Elastio Quarantine Feature for AWS Backups
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Elastio’s Quarantine for AWS Backup automatically isolates infected or suspicious recovery points, ensuring ransomware-free recoverability.
Summary
The Quarantine feature adds an essential layer of data integrity to AWS Backup. By automatically validating, isolating, and managing recovery points based on real scan results, Elastio helps ensure that your last known clean copy is always ready—safe, provable, and recoverable.
Why Quarantine Matters More Now
In today’s threat landscape, malware detection alone is no longer enough. Attackers increasingly bypass EDR and malware scanners and corrupt backups stealthily. To confidently recover, organizations need provable recovery, a security control that shows not just “we have backups,” but “we can safely restore from them.”
Elastio delivers exactly that: an agentless, recovery-proofing control that continuously validates your backups, identifies the last known clean point, and converts recovery integrity into evidence you can rely on.
What Is Quarantine for AWS Backup?
Elastio’s Quarantine for AWS Backup is a critical extension of provable recovery. It automates the isolation of backup points flagged as infected or suspicious—so your clean vaults stay pristine, and your forensic process stays intact.
How It Works
- Backup Created
AWS Backup writes the recovery point to your default vault. - Automated Scan
Elastio scans it using detection engines that look for signs of encryption, corruption, and malicious behavior—not just malware signatures. - Clean Backups Promoted
If the scan finds nothing malicious, the point is copied to your Safe Vault (e.g. LAG/Bunker). These points become part of your provable recovery set. - Infected Backups Quarantined
If Elastio detects anomalies or encryption, the recovery point is diverted to a Forensics Vault and tagged “Quarantined.” It’s isolated from restores and replication. - Forensic Analysis
Your IR or Security team can safely access quarantined data to trace root cause, timeline, and attacker behavior—without risk to production.
By combining Quarantine with continuous validation and provable recovery, Elastio transforms recovery from a weak link into a security control you can count on.
Key Benefits of Quarantine + Provable Recovery
Benefit | Description |
|---|---|
Safe, Trustworthy Recovery | Only backups that pass validation are eligible to restore. |
Clean Data Protection | Infected snapshots cannot cross into clean vaults. |
Faster IR Investigations | Quarantined data is preserved and ready for forensic review. |
No Manual Intervention | Fully automated—no scripting, no human gating. |
Security Control, Not Just Detection | Quarantine turns recovery validation into an enforceable control. |
How to Configure Quarantine (Best Practices)
- Designate your Clean Vault (e.g. AWS LAG Vault or Bunker) for validated data only.
- Configure your Forensics Vault with strict access control (IR/SecOps only).
- Monitor Elastio alerts or integrate with your SIEM for quarantine events.
- Pair Quarantine with Elastio’s recovery dashboards to trace clean vs. dirty points over time.
Available Now & Next Steps
The Quarantine feature is available immediately to all Elastio users. You don’t need to wait—just configure it and start benefiting from clean-vs-infected recovery point isolation.
Review Configuration Instructions
The setup and configuration details are fully documented in the Elastio support portal. Users with access can find step-by-step guidance there.
— Elastio’s Help Center is available to users. support.elastio.com
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