Cyber Resilience in the Nordics Starts with Recovery

Organisations across the Nordics face a growing range of cyberthreats. As technology advances, so do the tactics of those who exploit it. For IT leaders, the focus has shifted from prevention alone to how quickly and effectively recovery can begin when disruptions occur.

Why recovery must be part of the strategy

For years, cybersecurity strategies have focused on prevention. Yet attackers only need to succeed once, while IT teams must be perfect every time. That imbalance is driving a shift from pure defense to integrated resilience.

Cyber recovery differs from disaster recovery. Disaster recovery restores operations after a hardware failure or outage. Cyber recovery restores systems after a malicious attack, validating that systems are clean before they return online. It’s not just about restarting systems; it’s about restoring trust in them.

The hidden risk in backups

Many organisations treat backups as their safety net, but traditional systems were never built to counter today’s threats. Attackers often plant malicious code inside backup copies, but that’s just one way they exploit weaknesses in traditional recovery systems. They also target backup metadata, compromise credentials to gain access to recovery infrastructure and corrupt snapshots to prevent clean restoration. As a result, even well-intentioned recovery efforts can inadvertently spread malware or reintroduce vulnerabilities across the environment.

To recover securely from an attack, you need:

• Isolated recovery environments
• Verified clean data copies
• Automated, rapid restoration processes

This approach to backups enables confident recovery without risking reinfection or extended downtime.

A new standard for cyber recovery

Rackspace Cyber Recovery Cloud powered by Rubrik, addresses these modern challenges head-on. The solution combines Rubrik’s advanced data protection and cyber recovery technology with Rackspace private cloud expertise and around-the-clock support.

Delivered as a fully managed service, it offers:

• A subscription-based, isolated recovery environment
• Rapid provisioning with pre-built recovery templates
• Clean, verified data restoration
• Flexible deployment for on-demand or dedicated infrastructure
• Support for strict recovery time and recovery point objectives

With this model, you can recover mission-critical workloads in hours instead of days or weeks, reducing downtime and maintaining business continuity after a cyber event.

Building resilience, not just defense

True cyber resilience demands a mindset shift. You need to understand where vulnerabilities exist, invest in the right recovery capabilities and prepare teams to respond fast.

For IT leaders in the Nordics, that means embedding recovery into every digital strategy, testing those processes regularly and protecting continuity no matter what the threat landscape brings next.

Learn more about how Rackspace Technology and Rubrik can help you strengthen your cyber resilience:
Rackspace Cyber Recovery Cloud powered by Rubrik