--- title: Disaster Recovery | Cloud Services | Claritas One description: Enterprise-grade disaster recovery — methodology, deliverables and outcomes from the Claritas One cloud practice. url: https://claritasone.com/services/cloud-services/disaster-recovery canonical: https://claritasone.com/services/cloud-services/disaster-recovery kind: service source: https://claritasone.com/services/cloud-services/disaster-recovery author: Claritas One datePublished: 2016-01-01 dateModified: 2026-04-18 updated: 2026-04-18 publisher: Claritas One --- # Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity *Services / Cloud Services* > We design, implement, and validate disaster recovery architectures that protect your organisation against the business-threatening scenarios — data centre failure, ransomware, accidental deletion, and regional cloud outages — with RPO and RTO commitments that your board and regulators can rely on. Our DR practice goes beyond architectural design: we execute the simulated failure exercises that reveal the gaps between your documented recovery plan and operational reality, and we remediate those gaps before they manifest in a genuine crisis. No DR programme is declared complete until recovery has been demonstrated under realistic conditions. [Home](https://claritasone.com/) › [Services](https://claritasone.com/services) › [Cloud Services](https://claritasone.com/services/cloud-services) › **Disaster Recovery** ## Overview The uncomfortable reality of disaster recovery is that most enterprise DR plans have never been tested under realistic conditions — and when they are needed, they fail in ways that were entirely predictable. Runbooks that assume manual steps that take hours rather than minutes, backup restoration procedures that have not been validated in twelve months, and cross-region failover configurations that diverged from their documented state three infrastructure changes ago. Claritas DR engagements are built around a simple principle: if you have not proved it works, it does not work. We design your recovery architecture, implement the automation, and then destroy things — deliberately, in a controlled environment — to generate the evidence your board and insurers require that your recovery capabilities are genuine. The regulatory environment increasingly demands this evidence: financial services regulators, healthcare compliance frameworks, and cyber insurance underwriters are scrutinising DR test results with an intensity that makes untested recovery plans a material liability. ## Our Approach ### 1. Business Impact Analysis & Recovery Objective Setting We facilitate a business impact analysis workshop with your operations, finance, and technology leadership to quantify the cost of downtime for each critical system and translate those numbers into defensible RPO and RTO targets. These objectives drive every subsequent architectural decision and are documented in a board-approved DR policy. ### 2. DR Architecture Design We design the recovery architecture — backup strategy, replication topology, failover orchestration, and network reconfiguration — appropriate to your RPO/RTO commitments and budget. Options range from backup-and-restore for non-critical systems to active-active multi-region architectures for revenue-critical platforms. ### 3. Implementation & Automation DR infrastructure is implemented as code and automated recovery orchestration is developed so that failover can be triggered by a single command rather than a multi-hour manual procedure. Automated backup policies, cross-region replication, and health check configurations are all validated against their documented specifications. ### 4. DR Testing Programme We conduct a structured DR testing programme that escalates in severity: tabletop exercises, component failover tests, and ultimately full simulated regional failure exercises. Each test produces a written report with measured RPO and RTO, identified gaps, and a time-bound remediation plan. ### 5. Governance, Compliance & Annual Review A DR governance framework is established with test schedules, change management procedures, and annual review cadences. Compliance mapping against your applicable regulatory framework (PCI DSS, ISO 22301, FCA DORA, HIPAA) is documented and maintained as your environment evolves. ## Capabilities - Business impact analysis, RPO/RTO definition, and DR policy documentation - Multi-region and multi-AZ failover architecture design and implementation - Automated backup policy management: AWS Backup, Azure Backup, and custom orchestration - Database replication: RDS Multi-AZ, Aurora Global Database, and Azure SQL Geo-Replication - Automated failover orchestration with runbook automation via AWS Systems Manager and Azure Automation - DR testing programme: tabletop exercises, component failovers, and full regional failure simulation - Regulatory compliance mapping: ISO 22301, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FCA DORA, and SOC 2 - Cyber recovery architecture: immutable backups, air-gapped vaults, and ransomware recovery procedures ## Outcomes | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Typical recovery time objective achieved for Tier 1 systems | **RTO <4hr** | | Typical recovery point objective achieved for critical databases | **RPO <1hr** | | Clients who identify unacceptable gaps during their first DR test with us | **100%** | | Business continuity management standard aligned on all engagements | **ISO 22301** | ## Next Step **Your DR plan is not real until it has been tested. We make it real.** Engage our disaster recovery practice to design, implement, and validate a business continuity programme that protects your organisation from the scenarios your board knows it cannot afford. → [Get a proposal](https://claritasone.com/get-a-proposal) · [Contact us](https://claritasone.com/contact) --- View the live page: About Claritas One: · Contact: · All pages: