Sovereign Backup & Disaster Recovery
Stay operational through an attack, outage, or access dispute: immutable backups and a failover environment deliberately kept outside your primary platform and governed by European law, without exposure to the U.S. CLOUD Act. That means fast, demonstrable recovery, built around what NIS2 and BIO require.
Why Sovereign Backup & Disaster Recovery?
Sovereign backup and disaster recovery combines data recovery and business continuity, with both storage and the failover environment deliberately kept outside the primary platform and, where relevant, outside non-European jurisdictions. Think of backups on a European platform such as Scaleway or StackIT, combined with a failover environment that can be made operational quickly.
The backups are immutable: technically unchangeable for a fixed period, even for an attacker with full access to the environment. That provides real independence, because sovereignty isn't only about where data is stored, but also about which legal regime it falls under and who can claim access to it.
Our Sovereign Backup & Disaster Recovery approach
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Risk and recovery analysis as the starting point
We start with an analysis of the critical systems, the acceptable recovery time (RTO), and the maximum data loss (RPO) per system, so the design aligns with the organization's actual continuity requirements.
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Platform choice for backup and failover
We advise on the most suitable combination of platforms for backup and failover, including European alternatives such as Scaleway and StackIT for organizations with strict sovereignty requirements.
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Designing immutable backups
We design immutable backups that sit outside the primary environment and cannot be encrypted or deleted by an attacker with access to the production environment.
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Setting up the failover environment
We design a failover environment that can be made operational quickly in the event of an incident, with predefined recovery steps and responsibilities.
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Testing, documentation and compliance alignment
A backup that hasn't been tested isn't a backup. We design a test protocol, ensure recovery scenarios are documented and validated periodically, and make sure the whole aligns with the compliance requirements and evidence that regulators expect.
What does Sovereign Backup and Disaster Recovery deliver?
Protection
Protection against ransomware because backups are immutable and sit outside the primary environment.
Fast failover and control over recovery
Fast failover to an independent environment during a serious incident, with pre-tested recovery times. This provides control over recovery scenarios.
Sector-specific standards
Compliance with regulatory requirements and sector-specific standards that call for demonstrable continuity measures.
Data
Data that falls exclusively under European law, without exposure to the U.S. CLOUD Act.
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Digital Survival Company designs backup and disaster recovery solutions for enterprise organizations in healthcare, government, financial services, and critical infrastructure, with experience on both the major cloud platforms and European alternatives such as Scaleway and StackIT. Get in touch and discuss together how we design a sovereign backup and disaster recovery solution that fits your organization's risk profile and continuity requirements.
FAQ
Why back up outside Microsoft or AWS if we already work there?
A backup on the same platform provides no independence if that platform is affected by an outage, a security incident, or legal seizure. A backup outside the primary platform, preferably on a European alternative, provides real continuity assurance.
Does this fall under NIS2 or BIO?
Yes. Both NIS2 and BIO set requirements for continuity measures, backup, and the ability to recover in a timely manner after an incident. A documented and tested backup and disaster recovery design is a direct contribution to the compliance evidence for both frameworks.
Can you also take care of the implementation and ongoing management?
Yes. After the Design phase, we guide the Build phase, where we implement the design, and the Run phase, where we monitor and test the backups and keep the failover scenario up to date.