Work through restore gates before bringing a service back
Define restore gates that protect against premature recovery and repeat compromise.
A customer portal can be restored from last night’s backup, but the team still suspects the original compromise path involved a privileged SSO session. Backup integrity -> access-path closure -> post-restore monitoring The trap is treating a valid backup as sufficient proof that recovery is safe. It proves recoverability of data, not trustworthiness of the rebuilt operating state. Step 1 Gate 1: Validate the backup Confirm timestamp and integrity Confirm it predates the suspected attacker activity Confirm restore procedure has been tested recently A backup is only useful if you can trust both its age and its restore path. Step…
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