Windsurf
Use Windsurf as a natural-language interface to your Elastio ransomware telemetry. With the Elastio MCP Server powering Windsurf’s Model Context Protocol integration, you can ask Windsurf plain-English questions about ransomware exposure, clean recovery points, insider threats, and backup integrity, with answers grounded entirely in your actual Elastio scan data.
Why This Matters
Engineering teams are expected to ship quickly while maintaining resilience against ransomware and insider threats. Developers usually do not have direct visibility into backup integrity, threat findings, or recovery readiness. These insights typically live in SOC consoles, backup systems, or compliance reports, which slows decision-making.
Windsurf changes this.
With Elastio’s MCP integration, Windsurf becomes a security-aware development environment that provides real-time ransomware readiness information using simple natural language prompts. There is no need to leave the IDE or search multiple dashboards.
Through the Elastio MCP Server, Windsurf can now provide:
- Instant explanations of active ransomware risks across EC2, EBS, S3, and Kubernetes workloads
- Immediate identification of clean, validated recovery points for any cloud resource
- Natural-language summaries of infected files, threat severity, or compromised backups
- Rapid validation of recovery readiness across your infrastructure
You can ask Windsurf questions like:
- "Do I have any infected systems in AWS right now?"
- "Which backups failed ransomware scans this week?"
- "Show me all assets that do not have a clean recovery point."
Windsurf responds with contextual answers sourced directly from Elastio’s deterministic scan results. There is no guessing or hallucination because the data is pulled directly from your environment.
Key Capabilities
Native MCP Integration with Windsurf
- Windsurf communicates directly with your Elastio MCP Server using the Model Context Protocol.
- No plugins or agents are required. Just a secure connection to your environment.
Security-Aware Development Environment
- Ask Windsurf about ransomware findings, compromised assets, or recovery gaps at any time.
- Developers gain real security context without switching tools.
Natural-Language Threat Exploration
- Query ransomware variants, infected file paths, severity scores, or insider threat indicators.
- Ideal for developers, SREs, and platform engineering teams supporting incident response.
Clean Recovery Point Identification
- Retrieve the most recent validated recovery point for any EC2 instance, EBS volume, or Kubernetes workload.
- Essential for outage recovery, ransomware drills, or resilience testing.
Backup Integrity and Compliance Visibility
- Determine which backups are clean, compromised, missing, or overdue for scanning.
- Perfect for organizations preparing for SOC 2, PCI, or cyber insurance assessments.
Incident Response Assistance
- Windsurf can summarize findings, highlight critical threats, and outline remediation actions.
- Reduces time spent searching logs or switching between consoles.
Automated Reporting
- Generate short or detailed summaries of ransomware posture, recovery gaps, or incident impact directly inside Windsurf.
How It Works (High-Level Architecture)
- The Elastio MCP Server runs securely inside your environment and connects to your Elastio SaaS tenant.
- Windsurf uses the MCP interface to request ransomware scan results, clean recovery points, and threat metadata.
- Elastio returns deterministic, real-time data that matches the Elastio console exactly.
- Windsurf interprets the metadata and provides readable summaries, explanations, or remediation guidance.
- Engineering, cloud, or security teams take action based on Windsurf’s insights.
Important: Elastio never sends your data to Windsurf or any AI provider.
The MCP Server remains inside your environment and only transmits sanitized metadata for analysis.
Deployment Scenarios and Use Cases
Security Operations and SOC Analysts
Explore real-time threats, failed scans, and ransomware exposure without opening dashboards.
Incident Response and Forensics
Ask Windsurf to summarize variants, infected files, blast radius, or available recovery points as part of your IR workflow.
Backup and Recovery Engineering
Validate backup integrity and recoverability, including the last clean recovery point for any asset.
Compliance and Executive Reporting
Generate plain-language summaries suitable for audits, cyber insurance reviews, or executive briefings.
Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps
Identify unmanaged assets, scanning gaps, or workloads not covered by recovery assurance.
Developer Productivity and Security Awareness
Give developers real-time threat visibility while they work in the IDE.
Setup and Prerequisites
Windsurf Clients Supported
✓ Windsurf IDE
✓ MCP-enabled Windsurf environments
✓ Any environment where Windsurf can communicate with the Elastio MCP Server
Elastio Requirements
- Active Elastio SaaS tenant
- API credentials or MCP service account
- Elastio ransomware scanning enabled
MCP Server Deployment
- Deploy the Elastio MCP Server inside your environment.
- Configure secure connectivity to Elastio SaaS.
- Register the MCP Server from within Windsurf.
- Follow the step-by-step MCP deployment guide to finalize production readiness.
Once configured, Windsurf becomes an interactive window into your security and recovery posture.
Why Elastio + Windsurf Instead of a Generic AI Assistant
Generic AI tools guess or rely on public knowledge.
Elastio plus Windsurf uses your real data, retrieved directly from your environment.
You get:
- Deterministic scan results with zero hallucination risk
- Real-time ransomware posture instead of stale reports
- Guaranteed clean recovery point validation
- Developer-friendly security insights without switching tools
Windsurf becomes a trustworthy, context-aware ransomware advisor for your engineering team.