Backup and Disaster Recovery for Incident Response

Assisted in restoring affected virtual machines after a security incident by creating backup plans, adding Compute Engine instances to the Backup and DR console, and performing cross-project VM restoration.

Step 1

Connected to the Backup and Disaster Recovery management console.

Step 2

Created and validated a backup plan template for VM recovery.

Step 2

Created and validated a backup plan template for VM recovery.

Step 3

Discovered and added a Compute Engine instance to the Backup and DR management console.

Step 4

Restored a Compute Engine instance in two different Google Cloud projects to ensure recovery capability.

Steps

Step 1: Connected to the Backup and Disaster Recovery management console.

Step 2: Created and validated a backup plan template for VM recovery.

Step 3: Discovered and added a Compute Engine instance to the Backup and DR management console.

Step 4: Discovered and added a Compute Engine instance to the Backup and DR management console.

Tools

Google Cloud Backup and DR, Compute Engine, Cloud Console

Frameworks

Disaster Recovery Planning, Incident Response Support

Standards

ISO 27001, NIST CSF (PR.IP – Information Protection Processes), Best Practices for Cloud Backup and Recovery