Your Network is Down.
Your Business is Not.
When ransomware encrypts your systems, traditional enterprise disaster recovery fails–and backups become evidence. Ironclad® Pulse is an active-active clean room that keeps your critical business operations running while your primary environment is compromised or rebuilt.
The False Security Trap
Why Traditional Enterprise Disaster Recovery Fails When You Need It Most
Modern ransomware doesn’t just encrypt your production systems—it targets your backups first. Traditional enterprise disaster recovery assumes your backups are safe. By the time you discover the breach, your recovery options are already compromised.
The Traditional Backup Problem:
- Backups are infected or corrupted by the same attack
- Cloud backups are accessible to attackers (not air-gapped)
- Snapshots contain the malware that infected your systems
- Recovery time: 21+ days (industry average)
- No way to validate backup integritywithuot risking production
The Business Reality:
- Average cost of downtime: $200K-$500K per day
- Average recovery time without clean failover: 21 days
- Total exposure: $4.2M-$10.5M
- Customer churn during extended outages
- Regulatory fines for data breach
- Reputational damage that lasts years
What 21 Days of Downtime Actually Means
Week 1:
Crisis Mode
- Customers can’t access your services
- Employees can’t work (payroll systems down)
- Revenue stops completely
- Emergency response costs escalate
- Media and social media attention
- Forensics team brought in ($50K-$200K)
Week 2:
Cascading Failures
- Key customers switch to competitors
- Contracts canceled due to SLA violations
- Regulatory notifications required
- Legal exposure increases
- Investor/board confidence shaken
- Employee morale collapses
Week 3+:
Long-Term Damage
- Market share permanently lost
- Credit rating downgraded
- Cyber insurance premiums skyrocket
- Lawsuit preparations begin
- M&A plans derailed
- Some businesses never recover
The Ironclad Pulse Solution
Enterprise Disaster Recovery Built for Business Survival
Ironclad Pulse isn’t disaster recovery—it’s business survival infrastructure. While your primary systems operate normally, we maintain a parallel, continuously validated clean environment ready to take over instantly.
How It Works:
Your Business Systems Operate Normally
- ERP, CRM, financial systems run production
- Email and collaboration tools function
- Customer databases serve applications
- Employee access and productivity maintained
- Revenue-generating operations continue
While IronClad Pulse Maintains Your Safety Net
- Real-time replication to air-gapped vault
- Continuous threat scanning and sanitization
- DoD-level AI hunting for hidden malware
- Geographic separation from primary data center
- Validation that your failover is clean
When Ransomware Strikes: <60 Second Failover
- Activate your clean environment
- Resume business operations
- Serve customers without interruption
- Maintain revenue flow
- Rebuild primary systems at your pace (no ransom deadline pressure)
How Ironclad Pulse Works
Layer 1
The Vault
Your critical business systems live in a dedicated, Tier-4 secure facility:
- Air-Gapped 5-Server Cluster: Physical and logical isolation from your production network
- Geographic Redundancy: Located away from your primary data center
- Tier-4 Physical Security: 24/7 monitoring, biometric access, hardened perimeter
- SOC 2 Type II Certified: Independently validated security controls
- Private US Infrastructure: Your data stays in our US-based facility—never on public cloud platforms
- Encrypted Data Transmission: All data flows use military-grade encryption
What this means for you: When ransomware or disaster hits your primary site, the Vault is untouched, operational, and ready to take over your business operations.
Layer 2
The Hunt
Continuous threat hunting ensures your failover environment stays clean:
- DoD-Level AI (CrunchAtlas): Defense-grade behavioral analysis detects dormant threats
- Automated Malware Scanning: Trend Micro Vision One XDR/NDR enterprise-grade detection
- Military-Grade Analysts: Former federal cyber operations experts review patterns
- Real-Time Monitoring: Every packet entering the vault is analyzed
- Quarterly Intelligence Briefings: Know what threats we’re seeing in your sector
What this means for you: You’re not just recovering data—you’re failing over to a validated, threat-free environment. No “recovering into a breach” scenarios.
Add-On Layer
Layer 3
Extended Application Coverage
Protect more of your business ecosystem:
- Additional SaaS Applications: Beyond core ERP/CRM (Salesforce, Workday, etc.)
- Development Environments: Source code repositories and CI/CD pipelines
- Customer Portals: External-facing applications and databases
- Analytics Platforms: Business intelligence and data warehouses
- Extended Retention: Longer backup history for compliance and forensics
What this means for you: More of your business can continue operating during a disaster, not just core systems.
What's Included
Complete Business Continuity
Unlike traditional enterprise disaster recovery solutions that leave you exposed for weeks, Ironclad Pulse provides continuous protection with quarterly validation testing.
Secure Infrastructure
- Dedicated 5-server air-gapped cluster
- Tier-4 secure facility with SOC 2 compliance
- Geographic redundancy
- 24/7 monitoring and security
- Encrypted data transmission
Continuous Protection
- Real-time replication of critical applications
- DoD-level AI threat detection (CrunchAtlas)
- Automated malware scanning (Trend Micro)
- Military-grade analyst review
- Quarterly threat intelligence briefings
Business Continuity Services
- Documented failover procedures
- Quarterly testing and validation
- Technical support during activation
- Post-incident forensics support
- Executive briefings and board reporting
Compliance Support
- SOC 2 Type II availability controls
- HIPAA business continuity requirements
- GLBA safeguards rule alignment
- PCI DSS continuity planning
- Cyber insurance documentation
Ironclad Pulse vs. Traditional Enterprise Disaster Recovery
| Traditional Backup | Cloud Disaster Recovery | Hot Site | Ironclad Pulse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protection Model | Periodic snapshots | Cloud-connected replica | Duplicate infrastructure | Air-gapped active twin |
| Backup Integrity | Unknown until restore | Vulnerable to attack | Expensive, rarely tested | Continuously validated |
| Threat Detection | None | Cloud provider only | None | DoD-level AI + hunters |
| Failover Time | 7-21+ days | 24-72 hours | 4-24 hours | <60 seconds |
| During Disaster | Business halted | Degraded operations | Manual switchover | Full operations continue |
| Rasomware Resillience | Backups often encrypted | Cloud access compromised | Can be compromised | Vault isolated and clean |
| Cost | Low (until disaster) | Medium (monthly fees) | Very high (duplication infra) | Medium (protective value) |
| Compliance | Difficult to prove | Cloud audit reports | Expensive to maintain | Quarterly validation |
| Business Impact | Weeks of lost revenue | Days of reduced capacity | Hours but expensive | Hours of brief transition |
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from our current backup strategy?
Traditional backups are for data recovery. IronClad Pulse is for business continuity—a complete operational environment that keeps your business running while primary systems are down or compromised.
What if you don't find threats during continuous hunting?
That’s good news! But we’re still providing value: (1) Validated clean failover ready instantly, (2) Continuous monitoring catching threats early, (3) Quarterly documentation for compliance/insurance.
How do you ensure the vault stays clean?
Triple defense: (1) Air-gap prevents direct attack, (2) Automated scanning catches known threats, (3) DoD-level AI + human hunters find sophisticated/dormant malware.
Do we need to build our primary systems before switching back?
Yes. The vault is your operational environment while you investigate, clean, and harden your primary systems. This happens at your pace without ransom deadline pressure.
What is the actual failover process?
We document detailed runbooks tested quarterly. Typically: (1) Decision made to activate, (2) DNS/network routing updated, (3) Users access vault environment, (4) Validation that operations are normal.
Can employees tell they're in a failover environment?
Minimal differences. Same applications, same data (as of failover point), same user experience. We document any differences in advance.
What happens to data created during failover?
It’s captured in the vault. When you switch back to primary, we sync the delta so nothing is lost.
Do we need to pay ransom to get our data back?
No. You have a clean, operational copy in the vault. Primary systems can be rebuilt at your pace without ransom deadline pressure.
No. You have a clean, operational copy in the vault. Primary systems can be rebuilt at your pace without ransom deadline pressure.
What about our cloud and SaaS applications?
We protect cloud workloads (AWS, Azure, GCP) and critical SaaS applications (Office 365, Salesforce, etc.) as needed.
How often should we test failovers?
Quarterly testing included. High-criticality environments often test monthly. Annual is bare minimum for compliance.
Will this satisfy our SOC 2/compliance requirements?
Yes. IronClad Pulse provides validation for availability controls, business continuity requirements, and incident response capabilities across most frameworks.
How is Ironclad Pulse different from typical enterprise disaster recovery?
Most enterprise disaster recovery solutions rely on restoring from backups, which can take 21+ days and may be infected. Ironclad Pulse maintains a continuously validated, air-gapped clean environment with <60-second failover so you never restore from a potentially compromised backup.
The Next Attack Isn't a Question of If. It's When.
The only question that matters: Will your business survive it?
Traditional enterprise disaster recovery is a history lesson. Ironclad Pulse is your insurance policy. When disaster strikes, you failover to a clean, validated environment in under 60 seconds—not weeks.
Don’t just recover. Continue.