MConnect
Technology Solutions · 02 · Data Protection

Resilience is engineered — not assumed.

Backup, replication, immutability, and disaster recovery frameworks that protect operational continuity. Patch governance and recovery validation are treated as preventative cybersecurity controls — not afterthoughts.

Backup · Immutable · Validated · Recovered Everything Counts.
The discipline

Most data protection environments aren’t tested until they’re needed — which is the wrong time to find out.

A backup that’s never been restored is not a backup — it’s a hope.

We design data protection as an engineered discipline, not a procurement line item. Every framework we build starts with the recovery objective: how fast, how much data, how clean, and under what adversary conditions. Those answers drive the architecture — not the platform brochure.

Ransomware has changed what “data protection” means. Immutability, air-gapped recovery, segmented restoration, and validated RTO/RPO aren’t best practices anymore. They’re the minimum standard. We design to that standard — and we validate against it before we sign off on go-live.

Patch governance and recovery testing sit inside the data protection practice, not outside it. If we can’t recover it, we haven’t protected it.

What we architect

Six data protection disciplines — designed to survive the worst day.

01

Backup & Replication Design

Workload-aligned backup topology, replication strategy, and retention policy. Designed around the actual recovery objective, not a vendor template.

02

Immutable & Air-Gapped Storage

Ransomware-resilient immutable snapshots, air-gapped vaults, and segmented recovery infrastructure. The backup adversaries can’t touch.

03

Disaster Recovery Architecture

Multi-site DR topology, failover orchestration, and recovery site integration. Designed against real business continuity targets.

04

RTO / RPO Validation

Measured recovery objectives — validated through structured testing, not assumed from platform specifications.

05

Patch & Firmware Governance

Lifecycle management of firmware, patches, and platform versions. Preventative cybersecurity built into the protection layer.

06

Ransomware-Ready Recovery

Forensic-grade recovery workflow, clean-room restoration, and incident-response integration. Tested against realistic attack scenarios.

Bank vault door — engineered protection at scale
Protection where it matters

Immutable by design. Recoverable under pressure.

Data protection isn’t a tape library. It’s architecture that assumes compromise and survives it — immutable snapshots, tested recovery, validated RTOs, and controls that hold when the ransom note lands.

How we engage

Architect first. Validate before go-live. Test, don’t trust.

Phase 01

Architected

Recovery objectives modeled. Adversary conditions mapped. Topology designed before the platform is chosen.

Phase 02

Sourced

Platforms procured against the design — Commvault, Veeam, NetApp, and the broader ecosystem. Vendor follows architecture.

Phase 03

Deployed

Structured rollout with full recovery validation. Every backup tested. Every restore timed. Go-live confirmed, not assumed.

Phase 04

Governed

Recurring recovery tests. Patch governance. Firmware lifecycle. Protection stays current — and stays validated.

Data protection partners — chosen for resilience architecture.

Our data protection practice is built on platforms that take recovery seriously. Commvault anchors our enterprise data-protection work — cyber-resilience across on-prem, cloud, and SaaS. NetApp provides native immutability and integrated snapshots at the storage layer. Veeam rounds out the portfolio across broader mid-market workloads.

The platform follows the architecture — we don’t lead with a vendor.

Explore our partner ecosystem →
Commvault
Cyber-Resilient
NetApp
Storage-Native
NetBackup
Enterprise-Scale
Veeam
Virtualized Workloads
Related capabilities

Data protection doesn’t stand alone. It’s part of the stack.

Schedule a Data Protection Assessment

Bring us the recovery plan that hasn’t been tested in years.

A 30-minute consultation with a senior practitioner. We’ll walk through the recovery objectives, the gaps, and where we’d start the engineering.

Schedule an Assessment