Case studyFinancial Services

Proving recovery readiness for a $2 trillion payment network

How Elastio delivered board-level recovery evidence for a global payment technology company processing 40 billion transactions annually.

"In every board meeting, I'm constantly being asked for assurance on what we're doing for cybersecurity, ransomware in particular. Elastio provides me with critical protection and insights to demonstrate."

CISO
Customer profile
Industry
Payment technology
Transactions
40 billion+ annually
Annual transaction volume
~$2 trillion
Global reach
146 countries, 135 currencies
The challenge

No way to prove backups were clean

Processing over $2 trillion in transactions annually, the company faced immense pressure to minimize downtime during a cyberattack. Following a ransomware attack on its parent company, the board demanded evidence that recovery would be swift and disruption minimal.

A gap analysis revealed the core vulnerability: the inability to validate whether backups were clean. Without that verification, the company could not prove recovery readiness, lacked visibility into backup coverage and RPO compliance, and could not demonstrate a defensible resilience posture to the board.

The solution

Deep File Inspection across the backup estate

Elastio closed the gap between backup and provable recovery. The Hunt Engine performs Deep File Inspection across the company's backup estate, delivering continuous verification that replaces assumptions with evidence.

  • Continuous backup verification. Every backup is verified clean and recoverable.
  • Last-known clean recovery points. Timestamped evidence of the most recent provably clean recovery point for each workload.
  • RPO compliance visibility. Backup coverage and RPO adherence tracked and reportable.
  • Board-ready reporting. Ransomware resilience posture presented as evidence, not assertions.
The outcome

Board-level evidence of recovery readiness

The CISO now presents concrete evidence of recovery readiness at every board meeting. The gap between "we have backups" and "we can prove recovery" is closed. Compliance with financial resilience mandates is demonstrated with evidence, not policy documents.

Board-level evidence
CISO delivers provable recovery posture at every board meeting
RPO compliance
Backup coverage and recovery objectives verified continuously
Post-incident readiness
Recovery posture proved after parent company ransomware event
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