Solution brief AWS Backup for Ransomware PoC
Key takeaways
- Insight AWS Backup for Ransomware PoC protects data from ransomware with secure backups. It uses air-gapped vaults and AWS Backup to safeguard recovery points.
- The solution delivers a structured engagement to design and deploy secure backup architecture. It follows AWS best practices and Insight methodologies in a four-phase approach.
- Monitoring, auditing, and training strengthen long-term resilience and recovery readiness. Teams gain compliance visibility and hands-on knowledge transfer for backup operations.
Introduction/Business Challenges
Backup is critical, not only for regional outages or localized data corruption events but also for recovering from ransomware attacks. Having a reliable plan in place makes a key difference for mitigating risks associated with such a disruption. As part of the process of implementing disaster recovery solutions, an organization needs a strong understanding of potential scenarios, solution architecture and capabilities, and access and provisioning, as well as an informed approach for reporting, testing, knowledge transfer, and more.
Our solution
Insight’s AWS Backup for Ransomware Proof of Concept (PoC) is a packaged service solution meant to help you mitigate the impact of a ransomware event using AWS® Backup logically air-gapped vault capability for securing backup data in a separate, dedicated account from Workload accounts. This three-week engagement is conducted in four phases based on AWS best practices and Insight standard methodologies. Taking your goals and needs into account, our team will help design and deliver a strategic backup solution using a Data Bunker account to host third-party malware/ransomware SaaS solutions such as Elastio® or others to scan restore points created by AWS Backup service in Workload accounts.
Features & Benefits
With Insight architects to guide your four-phased AWS Backup for Ransomware PoC engagement, you’ll quickly see the benefits of this solution as part of your overall ransomware response and recovery strategy. From expert support for setup and configuration, to reliable performance for peace of mind in the event of an incident, we are here to help.
Expertly configure your AWS Backup policies.
Up to four backup policies are included in this engagement.
Gain reliable monitoring, auditing, and compliance.
Provided via AWS Backup Audit Manager in the Backup account.
Share backups securely across accounts and organizations.
A logically air-gapped vault allows secure sharing via AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM).
Quickly train your teams on backup procedures.
Insight will conduct up to two hours of training and review the build-as document and environment and discuss operational considerations.
Outcomes
This engagement includes several deliverables to be provided from Insight throughout the duration and at the end of the services execution time frame. These include:
- All deployed accounts as needed for malware/ransomware protection operations
- AWS Backup policies and AWS Backup restore testing plans
- Solution architecture design drawing document (e.g., PDF, Visio®)
- One 2-hour Q&A knowledge transfer session
- Signed project completion form
Why Insight?
Insight Public Sector, a division of Insight Enterprises, a Fortune 500 Solutions Integrator, helps federal, state, and local government agencies and educational institutions solve complex technology challenges. With 35+ years of deep technical expertise and robust industry partnerships, we combine the right hardware, software, and services to drive real transformation.
By Insight Editor / 14 Jan 2026 / Topics: Backup & recovery , Disaster Recovery (DR) , Cybersecurity
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