Davita (2025) Double-explosion curtains faced-1.5 TB patient data theft and system encrypted. The interlock group demanded ransom for both dangers. A comprehensive zero-Trust architecture directly enumerates this: periphery control data makes exfIs to obtain excessively, while irreversible backups remove the leverage from the encryption-based demands.
Watching through governance lenses
When I present these principles in executive teams, I focus on three clear results for leaders: risk decrease, flexibility and compliance. Officers should ensure that the surface of the data on the data layer is shrinking, that the recovery points will survive when the upstream defense fails, and that retention and access policies are mapped for major rules, such as the seconda-4 (f) or hipaa.
The policy in the form of code is a game-shining here-so it is not that it is “devops-cool”, but because it provides a audible and reviewable change history to the leaders for every significant control. For the board, this means that we can answer questions, “How do you know that backups are off?” Performing transparency and accountability, pointing directly to the policy committe log.
