E-book:
Identity-first recovery: Close the gap in modern cyber recovery
Recovery fails when identity can't be trusted. Learn how to restore access, control and operations faster than traditional approaches.
Restore trust. Restore access. Restore operations.
Learn how to restore identity, trust and operations faster than traditional backup-based recovery with insights based on real-world recovery scenarios across enterprise environments.
Why recovery fails:
Recovery efforts often stall when identity can’t be trusted — even when data is intact. The average cost of a breach has reached $5.13 million, and even short recovery delays can expose organizations to hundreds of thousands of dollars in downtime-related impact.
Identity systems control access across users, applications and infrastructure in cloud and SaaS environments. When identity is compromised, teams lose the ability to restore access, validate users and coordinate response. Recovery slows, risk compounds and operations remain disrupted.
In practice:
- Users cannot access critical systems
- Applications cannot authenticate
- Recovery decisions require manual validation
- Operations remain stalled despite system availability
Recovery now depends on restoring trust across identity, not just systems.
Identity is the critical layer
Identity determines whether the rest of the environment can function. In modern enterprises, identity now governs a rapidly expanding set of dependencies. Organizations rely on 1,000+ SaaS applications on average.
Modern attacks are designed to disrupt that control layer.
- 93% of attacks attempt to compromise backup systems
- Many organizations recover only a portion of their data, even after paying ransom
- Identity disruption can halt operations even when systems are still running
Even when systems are available, the business can’t operate without trusted access.
Identity-first recovery
Identity-first recovery changes how recovery is executed. Instead of starting with systems or data, organizations restore identity first, creating a trusted foundation for recovery.
This approach delivers measurable impact:
- 10-15x faster incident resolution
- 60-80% of recovery actions automated
- Up to 30% reduction in recovery time
This enables:
- Faster recovery after ransomware
- Restoration of access across systems
- Coordinated recovery across environments
- Reduced manual validation and delays
- Greater confidence in recovery decisions
What you’ll learn
This e-book examines why recovery breaks down in modern environments and how identity-first recovery changes the path forward. You’ll learn:
- Why recovery fails in modern environments
- How identity became the dependency layer
- Why recovery slows under real-world conditions
- How to recover from ransomware more effectively
- What changes with an identity-first recovery model
Built for identity-first recovery
This e-book reflects real-world recovery challenges addressed through Rackspace Identity Vault, powered by Rubrik.
This approach supports:
- Identity recovery across Active Directory and Entra ID
- Restoration of trusted access from immutable identity data
- Coordinated recovery of identity as the foundation for broader operations
Organizations adopting this approach can reduce recovery timelines from days to hours and restore operations with greater confidence.
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