Cyber Survival

• Change Rates: Detecting unusual data spikes.
• Encryption Scans: Identifying files with high entropy (ransomware signature).
• Honeypot Files: Placing bait for early detection.

Architect’s Verdict: Ransomware is a noisy attacker. If you are watching the metadata, you can catch it before it finishes the crawl.

• Secure Restore: Anti-virus scanning during mount.
• YARA Integration: Scanning for custom malware patterns.
• Staged Recovery: Cleaning infected VMs in isolated VLANs.

Architect’s Verdict: Recovery is useless if it simply re-injects the malware into production. Verification is the shield.

• Identity First: MFA for all restore operations.
• Four-Eyes Approval: Requiring two admins to delete any data.
• Log Immutability: Auditing the audit log to prevent track-covering.

Architect’s Verdict: In a Zero-Trust world, we trust no one—not even the super-user—with the survival of the enterprise.