Why 010

Most Organizations Measure Security. Few Can Prove Recoverability.

010 connects protection, recovery and continuity to evidence leadership can understand.

The question we help answer

WhatCan we recover what matters most?HowThrough a practical, tested processProofWith evidence leadership can understand

Why we exist

The Important Question Is Not Whether Controls Exist

Most organizations already invest in security, backup and recovery planning. The harder question is whether those investments add up to recovery the business can rely on.

  • Which operations matter most, and in what order they must return
  • Which systems, data and providers those operations depend on
  • Who decides, who acts and who validates during a disruption
  • Which recovery steps have actually been tested
  • What evidence exists, and what remains uncertain
  • What should improve next

The recovery gap

Protection Creates Recovery Potential. Validation Creates Evidence.

Protection capabilities are essential. Recovery Assurance examines whether they support the recovery outcomes the organization requires.

Protection in place

  • Security controls
  • Backup jobs
  • Recovery plans
  • Archive systems
  • Continuity procedures
  • Service providers

Recoverability better understood

  • Critical operations identified
  • Dependencies mapped
  • Recovery activities validated
  • Findings recorded
  • Exceptions visible
  • Improvement priorities agreed

Four capabilities, one assurance discipline

Security Operations, Managed Backup, Disaster Recovery and Sovereign Archive each create recovery potential. Recovery Assurance tests how they work together for the services the business depends on, and records the evidence.

One cycle, from assumptions to evidence

1

Discover

Identify critical services, what they depend on and how fast they must return.

2

Protect

Align backup, retention, security and recovery design with what the business needs.

3

Validate

Test recovery in a controlled way and measure the results.

4

Evidence

Record what was tested, what happened and what remains uncertain.

5

Improve

Fix the gaps that matter most, then test again as things change.

What an engagement produces

FindingsEvidencePrioritiesAction ownersAn improvement roadmap

What we believe

Three Ideas Behind Everything We Do

Recovery is a business outcome

Success is measured by restoring the services people depend on, not by the number of tools deployed.

Evidence beats assumption

A backup job that completed is not the same as a recovery that was tested. We work from what has been observed.

Uncertainty should be visible

Leadership makes better decisions when gaps and exceptions are shown plainly instead of hidden in technical reports.

The 010 approach

Focused on Recovery Outcomes, Not Activity Alone

The difference is not whether activity happens. It is whether the activity produces clearer evidence for recovery decisions.

Activity aloneRecovery Assurance perspective
Backup jobs complete successfullyRestores of critical services are tested and observed
Recovery plans exist on paperPlans are exercised, and the results are recorded
Isolated, occasional exercisesValidation follows a regular, agreed cycle
Status reports written for technical teamsFindings written for the people who make decisions
Focus on individual technical issuesFocus on the services the business needs back first
Gaps discovered during an incidentExceptions recorded and owned before an incident

What makes 010 different

Six Principles We Hold Ourselves To

01

Business-first scope

Recovery work starts from critical operations and agreed recovery objectives, not from a list of IT assets.

02

Validation discipline

Recovery capabilities are tested through realistic scenarios suited to each organization.

03

Evidence orientation

Each engagement leaves a record of what was tested, what was observed and what it means.

04

Visible uncertainty

Gaps, drift and single points of failure are surfaced so they can be fixed before a disruption.

05

A clear improvement path

Findings become prioritized, owned actions linked to the recovery outcomes they support.

06

Executive context

Technical results are translated into business risk that leadership can act on.

Who we help

Different Audiences. One Recovery Question.

Organizations

“Can we recover our critical operations within the time the business needs?”

Technology partners

“How do we help clients show their recovery works, not just that backups run?”

Insurance & risk partners

“How can clients support their readiness statements with evidence?”