Practical notes
Articles · backups
Articles on data platforms, applications, AI and cloud, explaining technical mechanisms and architecture decisions.

Five attack scenarios and the controls that limit their consequences
Exposed services, accounts, payments, suppliers and recovery need different protections. Priority follows the activities the organisation must preserve.

Testing whether backups can restore the business service
A complete restore checks the data, applications and dependencies. Its measured result shows how recovery capacity compares with the organisation’s needs.