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Security Operations · Foundational

Recovery

The incident response phase that restores systems and operations to normal and verifies they are functioning securely.

Definition

Recovery includes restoring from clean backups, rebuilding systems, gradually returning them to production and enhanced monitoring for signs of reinfection. Business owners validate functionality. Recovery may take weeks for major incidents.

Example

Restoring file servers from immutable backups and monitoring them closely for 30 days.

Exam tip

Increased monitoring after recovery is a common exam detail.

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