Datadog

The Elastio + Datadog integration bridges the gap between cloud storage integrity and backup recoverability, and the SOC. By ingesting Elastio’s deep inspection telemetry (including AI-driven ransomware encryption detection and corruption analysis), Datadog becomes the system of record for the integrity of your recovery data. Security operations teams can now correlate backup compromise events with other threat signals, automate incident response playbooks based on data integrity status, and prove recoverability to auditors without leaving their SIEM.

Integration Benefits

• Centralized ransomware recovery assurance:View real-time signals regarding the health and integrity of your backups and cloud storage directly within Datadog dashboards.
• Accelerated incident response:Eliminate guesswork during attacks by instantly surfacing Elastio’s “last known clean” recovery point in Datadog, allowing responders to restore operations confidently and quickly.
• Proactive threat hunting:correlate Elastio’s ransomware encryption findings (which often bypass traditional EDR) with network and identity logs in Datadog to catch stealthy attacks earlier.
• Audit-ready compliance evidence:Automatically log proof of recoverability and data integrity validation scans into Datadog to satisfy auditors and cyber-insurance requirements.

Elastio provides the unique capability to inspect data at rest, deep inside backups, snapshots, and cloud storage, identifying ransomware encryption and data corruption that standard security tools miss. It establishes a dynamic “Ransomware RPO” (R-RPO), distinguishing between clean and compromised recovery points.

Datadog serves as the centralized brain for security operations, ingesting massive amounts of telemetry to detect patterns, trigger alerts, and orchestrate responses.

Together, they transform backups from a passive IT asset into an active security control. Instead of waiting for a restore failure during a crisis, the integration ensures that Datadog is continuously fed with “recovery intelligence.” When Elastio detects a compromised backup, Datadog instantly alerts the SOC, triggers an investigation, and guides the team to the precise point in time required for a clean recovery.

Proving Clean Recovery in the SOC

Security teams often lack visibility into the integrity of their backups until they try to restore. This integration gives the SOC immediate visibility into which recovery points are clean and which are infected.

Challenge

• Blind spots in backup data:SIEMs see endpoint alerts but have no visibility into whether the backups themselves have been encrypted or corrupted by ransomware.
• Slow, risky recovery:During an incident, responders waste critical hours manually scanning backups to find a clean version, often risking re-infection by restoring compromised data.
• Lack of evidence:Auditors and cyber-insurers increasingly demand proof that an organization can recover, but this data is siloed in backup software logs that the SOC doesn’t monitor.

Solution

• Automated integrity streaming:Elastio automatically pushes findings (such as detected ransomware encryption or corrupted files) into Datadog the moment they are found.
• Guided recovery workflows:Datadog dashboards display a timeline of “clean” vs. “dirty” recovery points, allowing IR teams to pinpoint the exact moment of compromise and select a safe restore point immediately.
• Continuous compliance monitoring:Reports generated in Datadog provide a historical record of all successful integrity scans and recovery tests, delivering instant evidence for NYDFS, DORA, and NIST compliance.