Cyber Resilience · Three anonymous customer incidents
When Recovery Matters, A Backup Alone Is Not Enough.
Three different failures. The same painful outcome: the business could not recover what it needed. These experiences led the customers to choose T Strategy’s Cyber Resilience solution for stronger backup protection and regular recovery testing.
The incidents
Three Ways Recovery Broke Down.
The Storage Failed.
The business could not restore its data. No administrator was managing the data backup arrangements.
The gap: backup responsibility and oversight.
Ransomware Struck.
The business could not restore its data after an attack. Its backup arrangements did not include immutable and air-gapped backup protection.
The gap: protection of the recovery copy.
The Image Restored. Windows Would Not Start.
A full image was restored, but a Windows error prevented the system from booting. Regular recovery tests had not been carried out.
The gap: testing through to a working system.
The business consequence
The Impact Reached Beyond IT.
The incidents affected business revenue and goodwill. T Strategy could not recover the lost data or return the affected systems to a working state from the available recovery arrangements.
For these customers, stronger protection became a business priority after recovery had already failed.
Industry research · Veeam 2026
Recovery Outcomes Deserve More Than Confidence.
Among respondents who experienced ransomware in the previous 12 months:
Reported Full Recovery
Said they recovered all affected data.
Recovered Less Than Three Quarters
Said they recovered less than 75% of the affected data.
Faced Encryption Or Data Theft
Reported that attackers encrypted or exfiltrated data.
Source: Veeam Data Trust & Resilience Report 2026, published 14 April 2026. Overall research included more than 900 security leaders. Industry survey findings; not T Strategy customer results.
What the customers chose next
A Stronger Recovery Foundation With Cyber Resilience.
Following these incidents, the customers purchased T Strategy’s Cyber Resilience solution, combining immutable backup protection, air-gapped backup copies and regular recovery testing.
Protect Against Unwanted Changes
Immutable backup protection helps prevent a protected backup copy from being changed or deleted during its configured retention period.
Separate The Recovery Copy
Air-gapped backup copies provide separation from everyday systems, helping reduce exposure to an incident affecting those systems.
Test Whether Recovery Works
Regular recovery testing helps reveal problems with restoring data and starting systems before an emergency.
Start With Business Priorities
Discuss the information and systems your business depends on, who manages the backup and what needs to be restored first.
Protection depends on the agreed design, configuration and ongoing operation. Recovery testing helps identify gaps; it does not guarantee recovery from every incident.
Your business
Could Your Business Recover With The Arrangements You Have Today?
Before the next storage failure, ransomware incident or system error, review three questions:
- Who manages and checks your backups?
- Is a recovery copy protected and separated from everyday systems?
- Have you tested recovery through to usable data and a working system?
Take the next step
Strengthen Your Recovery Plan Before You Need It.
Talk to T Strategy about Cyber Resilience, immutable and air-gapped backups, and regular recovery testing.
Further reading: CISA’s guidance on protected backups and recovery testing.