Penetration Testing Isn't About Finding Vulnerabilities—It's About Reducing Business Risk
Penetration Testing Isn’t About Finding Vulnerabilities—It’s About Reducing Business Risk The most valuable penetration ...
Customer Story
RKON has partnered with this regional auto insurance provider for several years, serving as a trusted advisor in,architecting robust backup and recovery strategies, as well as implementing disaster recovery and business continuity solutions. With ransomware threats increasing in sophistication, the insurer recognized that preventing attacks was no longer enough. They needed assurance that, in the event of a breach, they could recover cleanly and quickly.
Regional auto insurance provider
Insurance
AI-powered ransomware detection & recovery assurance
The Challenge
The IT Director understood that true cyber resilience requires more than perimeter defense. He prioritized the recoverability and integrity of backup data as a key strategic defense. Despite having a mature backup infrastructure with Veeam and a strong disaster recovery (DR) posture, the insurer lacked confidence that its backups were free from ransomware or corruption. In short, they could back up data, but couldn’t verify it
Our Solution
The insurance company needed to ensure its Veeam backups were not silently harboring ransomware. With Elastio deployed, backups are continuously scanned for ransomware signatures, giving the IT team early warning and the ability to isolate or remediate threats before initiating a restore.
Given the business-critical nature of their virtualized workloads, Elastio was used to validate that backup data within VMware environments is not only present but also intact. This proactive check ensures data can be reliably restored, reducing the risk of discovering corruption during a crisis.
In the event of a suspected breach or ransomware attack, Elastio identifies the most recent clean backup, enabling faster, more confident recovery while avoiding reinfection.
RKON deployed Elastio to support the insurer’s regulatory requirements by providing automated, auditable proof that backups are clean and recoverable.
RKON and Elastio helped automate the validation of golden images, ensuring that OS builds used for deployment cycles are ransomware free and secure before being put on the network.
“We are now also using Elastio for our GoldEdge image processing, which was a huge headache previously. We now know that all of our images are clean when we put them on the network.”“RKON, as our trusted advisor for security, has brought this game-changing technology to us, which allows us to have peace of mind that, in a worst-case scenario, we know that our backups are clean and we are able to restore operations to our business. This is just one of many tools in our arsenal. And with today’s security landscape, it’s imperative that we use every tool available to us. Thanks to RKON and Elastio, we are able to have this peace of mind.”
Provable Recovery Assurance Layer
Verified data integrity
Faster, Cleaner Recovery
Strengthened Compliance & Audit Posture
Reduced Operational Risk
Around golden image deployment
RKON integrated Elastio into the insurer’s data protection strategy to deliver not just backup—but verifiable recovery assurance. This case highlights how RKON’s strategic guidance and Elastio’s advanced validation capabilities are helping regulated industries build resilience from the inside out.
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