01 Disaster Recovery Assurance

Can your organisation actually recover?

An independent review of critical services, recovery dependencies, runbooks and previous test results.

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Independent support for internal infrastructure, cloud and resilience teams.

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01Clear technical basisFindings tied to records, observations and test results
02Engineering depthWork directly with infrastructure and cloud teams
03Practical outputsReports, runbooks and actions teams can use

Disaster Recovery Assurance

Backups protect data. Recovery must restore a working service.

The Cygnus DR Assurance Review examines whether critical services can be recovered, including the people, dependencies, procedures and previous test results behind the process.

  • Are recovery targets supported by recent tests?
  • Are identity, network, DNS and application dependencies understood?
  • Can the runbook be followed under incident conditions?
  • Do previous tests prove a usable service was recovered?
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First page of the published Cygnus DR Assurance Sample Report.

Services

Specialist infrastructure services

Recover

Disaster Recovery Assurance

Services · Recovery · Action

Independent technical assessment of whether critical services can recover, covering dependencies, runbooks, recovery targets and previous test results.

Focused reviews typically £7,500–£11,000 plus VAT

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Modernise

VMware Modernisation

Assess · Decide · Plan

Independent VMware estate assessment, renewal and upgrade decision support, target-platform comparison and migration planning for UK organisations.

Focused assessments from £4,950 plus VAT

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Azure inventory and insights service

Cygnus CloudState

Inventory · Coverage · Insights

Customer-side Azure inventory and reporting, with collection health, prioritised insights and optional Cygnus advisory support.

Azure pilots from £2,500 plus VAT

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What the review examines

Recovery readiness across the service

01

Scope & priorities

Critical services, ownership, recovery scope and agreed targets.

02

Recoverability

Backup coverage, restore paths, retention, immutability and access.

03

Dependencies

Identity, DNS, network, data, applications and third parties.

04

Runbooks & roles

Usable procedures, decisions, escalation and validation steps.

05

Testing & results

What has been exercised, what worked and what remains untested.

06

Prioritised action

Clear findings and a practical sequence for improvement.

Insights and resources

Practical guidance and resources

Article8 minute read

Backups are not Disaster Recovery

Why successful backup jobs do not prove that a critical service can recover, and what infrastructure teams should validate instead.

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ChecklistPractical self-assessment

DR Readiness Checklist

A practical self-assessment for teams that want to test whether recovery plans, dependencies, runbooks and evidence are ready for scrutiny.

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How Cygnus works

Experienced engineers focused on the work that matters

Start with the technical facts

Findings are tied to records, observations and test results from the environment.

Work with your team

Cygnus adds engineering depth while keeping knowledge and ownership with the people who run the service.

Produce useful outputs

Reports, plans and runbooks are written for decisions, delivery and reliable handover.

Technology context

Experience across the platforms recovery depends on

Platforms commonly present in the environments we assess and support.

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