BACKUP AND RECOVERY

Build resilience, reduce risk, and stay audit-ready. Firethorne designs, manages, and continually improves backup and disaster recovery (BDR) across endpoints, servers, Microsoft 365, and critical workloads — with secure S3-compatible storage and ransomware-resilient immutability.

WHY BACKUP & RECOVERY MATTERS

Data loss isn’t hypothetical — it’s inevitable. Ransomware, accidental deletion, hardware failure, and misconfigurations can halt operations and put contracts at risk. Frameworks like CMMC, NIST 800-171, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001 expect tested backups, defined RPO/RTO, and documented recovery plans. We make sure your backups are secure, immutable, monitored, and tested, so recovery is fast and defensible.

Reality check: no solution makes you 100% safe. Our goal is to minimize impact and accelerate recovery, while proving due diligence to auditors.

YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY

Firethorne’s Backup & Recovery services are designed to meet customers where they are. Whether you need a ground-up solution, better management of what you already have, or simply secure, S3-compatible storage as a service, our team builds resilience into your IT environment while aligning with compliance requirements.

Design & Deploy (Greenfield or Overhaul)

For organizations without a mature backup strategy, or those looking to overhaul outdated systems, Firethorne delivers end-to-end BDR design and deployment.
- Discovery & Planning – We start with an environment assessment, mapping workloads, recovery objectives (RPO/RTO), and compliance requirements.
- Architecture Design – Solutions are built on 3-2-1(+1 immutability) principles: three copies, two media types, one off-site, plus immutable storage to defend against ransomware.
- Microsoft 365 Backup – Dedicated backups for Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams to exceed Microsoft’s native retention.
- DR Readiness – Documented runbooks, tabletop exercises, and test restores ensure you can meet both operational and compliance obligations.
Manage & Improve (Existing Backups)

If you already have a backup system in place, Firethorne provides management and optimization services to close gaps and strengthen resilience.
- Gap Analysis – We evaluate current retention, encryption, reporting, and test-restore frequency to identify risks.
- Ongoing Management – Our team monitors backup jobs, resolves failures, and provides reporting mapped to frameworks like CMMC, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001.
- Enhancements – We can extend your existing platform with immutable, S3-compatible off-site storage and introduce quarterly test restores to prove recoverability.
- Audit Support – You’ll receive executive-level reporting that auditors understand, showing retention, immutability, and successful recoveries.
Storage as a Service (S3-Compatible & Compliance-Aligned)

For customers who want scalable and compliant storage without managing infrastructure, Firethorne offers Backup Storage as a Service.
- Predictable Pricing – Flat capacity-based billing with no egress or API request fees, making restores and testing cost-effective.
- Ransomware-Resilient Immutability – Object Lock ensures backups are write-once, read-many (WORM) and cannot be modified or deleted during the retention period.
- High Durability & Availability – Backed by storage with 11×9s durability and 99.99% availability, ensuring long-term reliability.
- Certified Data Centers – Hosted in facilities audited for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS, with HIPAA support available.
- Seamless Integration – Fully S3-compatible, it integrates with leading backup platforms for simple adoption and long-term resilience.

CORE FEATURES OF BACKUP & RECOVERY

IMMUTABLE BACKUPS

Our backup solutions leverage write-once, read-many (WORM) immutability, preventing stored data from being altered or deleted during a retention period. This protects your business from ransomware that targets backups, ensuring there is always a clean, untampered copy to recover from. Immutable backups are especially valuable for compliance frameworks that require proof of data integrity.

MICROSOFT 365 BACKUP

Native Microsoft 365 retention policies are limited and not designed to meet most compliance standards. Firethorne provides independent, automated backups for Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams, preserving communication records and shared content beyond default timelines. This ensures your business can recover critical M365 data quickly and demonstrate compliance with frameworks like HIPAA, CMMC, and PCI-DSS.

SERVER & ENDPOINT PROTECTION

We secure more than just cloud applications — our services cover on-premises servers, virtual machines, and endpoints. Backups are application-aware, meaning critical systems like SQL databases or domain controllers are properly captured for fast recovery. For endpoints, we provide cloud-based backups so workstations and laptops are never a single point of failure.

DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING

A backup is only valuable if it can be restored. Firethorne builds and maintains DR runbooks, conducts test restores, and designs failover plans tailored to your environment. This proactive approach ensures your recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) are realistic, documented, and ready to present during compliance audits.

RANSOMWARE RECOVERY

Modern ransomware often encrypts not only primary data but also attached backups. Firethorne counters this with off-site, immutable storage, layered backup strategies, and rapid restore capabilities. This combination reduces downtime, eliminates the leverage attackers try to gain, and provides clear evidence of business continuity planning for regulatory audits.

COMPLIANCE-READY REPORTING

We provide detailed reporting on backup success, retention schedules, and test recovery results — mapped to frameworks like CMMC, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001. These reports serve as both leadership dashboards and auditor evidence, ensuring your business can demonstrate not just that backups exist, but that they work when needed.

WHO BENEFITS FROM BACKUP & RECOVERY

Every organization depends on its data, but regulated industries face an added burden: proving resilience and recoverability to auditors, partners, and regulators. Firethorne Tech designs and manages compliance-driven backup and recovery strategies that meet the needs of businesses across defense, aerospace, healthcare, finance, critical infrastructure, and government contracting. Whether you’re seeking to safeguard intellectual property, maintain HIPAA compliance, or meet CMMC contingency requirements, we ensure your data is secure, immutable, and recovery-ready.

DEFENSE CONTRACTORS

Backup strategies aligned with CMMC.

PROVING RESILIENCE FOR DOD CONTRACTS

Firethorne designs and manages CMMC- and NIST 800-171-aligned backup strategies, including immutable storage, recovery testing, and documented contingency plans to support audit readiness and DoD contract eligibility.

AEROSPACE & MANUFACTURING

Protect designs and production systems.

SAFEGUARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

We secure CAD files, production data, and supply chain systems with application-aware backups and off-site storage, protecting against ransomware and supporting industry security standards.

HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS

HIPAA-ready backup & recovery.

ENSURING PHI RESILIENCE

Firethorne implements encrypted, immutable backups with tested recovery processes to maintain HIPAA safeguards, ensuring Protected Health Information (PHI) remains secure and recoverable.

FINANCIAL FIRMS

Compliance-driven data protection.

PCI-DSS & SOX ALIGNMENT

With reliable, immutable backups and recovery documentation, Firethorne helps financial institutions meet PCI-DSS, SOX, and GLBA requirements, ensuring sensitive data remains protected and audit-ready.

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Continuity for essential services.

OT/IT RECOVERY STRATEGIES

We design and manage segmented backup and recovery policies for IT and OT systems, delivering tested DR plans that reduce downtime and meet NIST and CIS requirements.

GOVERNMENT VENDORS

Backup solutions for contract compliance.

DEMONSTRATING DUE DILIGENCE

Firethorne provides policy-driven retention, recovery testing, and immutable storage, helping vendors prove resilience and due diligence when working under government contracts.

PROTECT YOUR DATA. PROVE YOUR RESILIENCE.

WHY CHOOSE FIRETHORNE FOR SECURITY ASSESSMENTS

Many providers sell “set it and forget it” backup tools, but compliance-heavy industries need more than that. At Firethorne Tech, we take a hands-on, compliance-driven approach to Backup & Recovery. That means we don’t just install software and walk away — we actively design, manage, and validate backup strategies that stand up to real-world events and regulatory audits. Every environment is mapped against your business requirements, recovery objectives (RPO/RTO), and the compliance frameworks you’re accountable to, whether that’s CMMC, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, or NIST 800-171.

Our services go beyond simply storing data. We build layered strategies that incorporate immutable S3-compatible storage, off-site replication, and regular recovery testing to ensure you can restore clean data quickly after ransomware, hardware failures, or accidental deletions. We also integrate reporting and documentation that auditors recognize, so you can prove resilience and due diligence instead of scrambling to justify backups at the last minute. And because everything is managed by our 100% US-based team, you avoid the risks of offshore providers and maintain clear accountability.

With Firethorne, you gain more than just backup capacity — you gain a trusted partner who helps your business stay resilient, compliant, and ready to recover no matter what happens.

COMPLIANCE-DRIVEN DESIGN

Our backup strategies map directly to frameworks like CMMC, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, and NIST 800-171, ensuring your data protection processes are aligned with regulatory requirements.

US-BASED MANAGEMENT

All monitoring and management is handled by our US-based team, never offshored. This guarantees accountability and avoids compliance concerns tied to offshore providers.

PROACTIVE RECOVERY TESTING

Backups are only as good as their recovery. We perform regular test restores, tabletop exercises, and DR plan validation, giving leadership and auditors proof that your environment can recover.

FLEXIBLE ENGAGEMENT OPTIONS

Whether you need design and deployment, management of existing backups, or storage as a service, Firethorne adapts to your environment and business requirements.

EXPERTISE IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES

We specialize in regulated industries like defense, aerospace, healthcare, finance, and critical infrastructure, tailoring BDR strategies to meet sector-specific compliance and risk requirements.

IMMUTABLE, RANSOMWARE-RESILIENT BACKUPS

We implement WORM immutability to safeguard backups from ransomware and insider threats. This ensures you always have a clean recovery point, no matter the attack.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Does Microsoft 365 automatically back up my data?firethornetdev2025-09-05T15:17:06+00:00

Does Microsoft 365 automatically back up my data?

No. Microsoft provides resiliency but not long-term backup. Deleted emails or files may only be recoverable for a limited time. Firethorne provides independent backups for Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Teams, ensuring compliance and recovery beyond Microsoft’s native retention.

How often should backups be tested?firethornetdev2025-09-05T15:17:25+00:00

How often should backups be tested?

Compliance frameworks such as CMMC, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 expect evidence of working backups, not just backup jobs. We recommend quarterly test restores at minimum, combined with documented DR runbooks and tabletop exercises to prove recoverability.

What makes Firethorne’s backup solutions different from standard cloud storage?firethornetdev2025-09-05T15:17:52+00:00

What makes Firethorne’s backup solutions different from standard cloud storage?

We provide immutable, S3-compatible storage with flat, predictable pricing and no hidden egress fees. Combined with compliance reporting and recovery testing, our backups are designed for audit readiness, not just cheap storage.

Can you manage our existing backup system?firethornetdev2025-09-05T15:18:15+00:00

Can you manage our existing backup system?

Yes. Firethorne is tool-agnostic. We can manage and improve your current platform, add immutable off-site copies, and implement compliance-aligned reporting and recovery testing.

How do backups help with compliance frameworks?firethornetdev2025-09-05T15:18:38+00:00

How do backups help with compliance frameworks?

Frameworks like CMMC, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and ISO 27001 require documented data availability, retention, and recovery capabilities. Firethorne ensures backups include encryption, immutability, retention schedules, and recovery tests, with reports mapped directly to control families.

Will immutable backups prevent me from deleting mistakes?firethornetdev2025-09-05T15:18:56+00:00

Will immutable backups prevent me from deleting mistakes?

Immutability prevents alteration or deletion only during the defined retention period. This ensures ransomware or insider threats can’t wipe your backups, while still allowing normal lifecycle management after the retention window ends.

Am I 100% protected with backups and disaster recovery?firethornetdev2025-09-05T15:19:27+00:00

Am I 100% protected with backups and disaster recovery?

No solution makes an organization completely unhackable or immune to failure. What Firethorne provides is resilience — layered backups, immutable storage, and documented recovery processes that minimize downtime, reduce risk, and prove due diligence during audits.