Regulators and carriers no longer accept "we have backups" as a recovery control. They want proof: tested recovery, verified data integrity, documented results. Most organizations answer with policies. Elastio lets you answer with evidence.
Why now
Annual DR tests satisfy the minimum. Auditors are now asking for frequency, scope, and documentation. If your recovery testing is manual and annual, you have an audit finding waiting to happen.
DORA went into effect January 2025. NYDFS 500.16 is enforced. SEC disclosure rules are active. NIS2 applies to essential entities. Each framework has a deadline, and each requires evidence you may not have today.
Cyber insurance applications now ask whether you test backup integrity, verify recovery points, and can identify compromised data before restoring. These are the same questions your regulator asks. The evidence gap is the same.
What changes
Elastio replaces manual, periodic compliance activities with automated, continuous evidence production. No new tools to learn. No agents to deploy. It connects to your existing backup and data environment and starts producing auditable records.
Today
With Elastio
What this means
Annual DR test
Weekly automated restore verification
Automated boot tests with screenshot evidence replace one-time fire drills. Every test is date-stamped and archived.
Manual documentation
Continuous inspection records
Every recovery point inspected across six threat surfaces. What was checked, when, and what was found. Generated automatically.
Backup completion logs
R-RPO per asset
A measured, timestamped metric showing your last verified clean recovery point. Not backup frequency. Recovery confidence.
No data integrity verification
Deep file inspection across all data surfaces
Live data, replicated data, and backups are inspected for ransomware, malware, encryption anomalies, and persistence mechanisms.
Manual framework mapping
Evidence organized by control
Pull the records your auditor needs for DORA, NYDFS, PCI DSS, SEC, or HIPAA. Already mapped to the specific controls they reference.
Frameworks covered
The recovery evidence Elastio produces maps to the controls each framework specifies. You do not configure per-framework reporting. The evidence is the same. The mapping is automatic.
EU financial entities
Key controls: ICT recovery testing, data integrity verification
Covered entities in New York
Key controls: Incident response and business continuity testing
Payment processors and merchants
Key controls: Recovery testing, data protection controls
US public companies
Key controls: Cybersecurity risk management and disclosure
Healthcare entities
Key controls: Data backup, disaster recovery, contingency testing
EU essential and important entities
Key controls: Business continuity, backup management, crisis response
Cyber insurance
Carrier questionnaires ask about backup integrity, recovery testing, and data integrity controls. These are the same requirements your regulator enforces. One evidence set serves both.
Do you regularly test your ability to restore from backups?
Weekly automated restore verification with screenshot evidence. Continuous, documented, date-stamped.
Can you confirm your backups are free from ransomware?
Every recovery point inspected across six threat surfaces. Verified clean with timestamps and inspection records.
What is your recovery time objective and have you validated it?
RTO validated through automated restore testing. R-RPO measured per asset. Both numbers are observed, not estimated.
Do you have a process to identify compromised data before restoring?
Blast radius identified pre-incident. Clean boundary mapped. Recovery points classified as clean, quarantined, or infected.
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Compliance is one trigger for ransomware readiness. The board question is another. Both require the same evidence.
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