# Disaster Recovery **Domain:** Information Technology / Resilience / Continuity **Doc Type:** Canonical Practice Node **Maturity:** Foundational ## Definition **Disaster recovery** restores information systems, data and operational capability after destructive failure or compromise. ## Recovery Context Recovery depends on trusted backups, credentials, infrastructure, personnel and procedures. If the attacker remains inside those foundations, restoration can reproduce the compromise. ## See Also [[wiki/Recovery Topology|Recovery Topology]], [[wiki/Operational Continuity|Operational Continuity]], [[wiki/Incident Response|Incident Response]], [[wiki/Ransomware|Ransomware]]