Recovery Phase – Restoring Normal Operations
The Recovery phase involves restoring systems and operations to normal. This phase focuses on ensuring that affected systems are fully operational and secure before returning them to the production environment.
Key activities during the recovery phase include:
System and Data Restoration: Rebuilding systems from clean backups or fresh installations and ensuring that all affected data is restored to its correct state.
Testing Systems: Before fully bringing systems back online, it is important to test them to ensure they are secure and fully functional. This step also includes confirming that security measures, such as firewalls and intrusion detection systems, are properly configured.
Monitoring Post-Recovery Systems: After systems are restored, ongoing monitoring is critical to ensure no residual effects from the incident remain and that no new incidents arise.
Return to Normal Operations: Once systems are fully tested and secure, normal business operations can resume. Communication with stakeholders should be updated to inform them of the recovery status.
The recovery phase ensures that the organization is fully operational after an incident, with measures in place to prevent the incident from reoccurring.