ControlMonkey adds backup correlation to cloud resilience

ControlMonkey has launched Data Backup Correlation, extending its Cyber Resilience Platform.

The feature links data backup posture with cloud configuration recovery and is initially available for AWS Backup and Azure Backup. It is intended to give Chief Information Security Officers and cloud teams a single view of backup coverage, recovery points and recovery risk across cloud data sources.

Many organisations already use backup software and cloud-native backup services, but often monitor backup posture separately from infrastructure configuration, identity settings, DNS records, networking rules, security policies and application dependencies. That separation can leave teams unsure which assets are protected, which recovery points exist and what should be restored first during an incident.

Data Backup Correlation is designed to flag changes to backup coverage, retention policy breaches, missing recovery points and risks to recovery point objective targets. It also identifies unprotected assets, checks compliance with backup and recovery policies, and highlights cross-region or cross-account gaps.

Visibility gap

A lack of visibility can become a problem when backups are disabled, retention settings are changed or recovery arrangements are altered without the right teams noticing. In those situations, organisations may discover the issue only during a live incident, when delays to recovery can increase operational and compliance risks.

The product adds data backup posture to ControlMonkey's existing platform, which already covers cloud and software-as-a-service configuration recovery. According to the company, that scope includes cloud resources, networking, DNS, identity, security policies, observability dashboards, repositories and third-party configurations.

By bringing backup data into the same system, ControlMonkey aims to give users a broader view of resilience across both data protection and cloud configuration. The platform also correlates backups with the infrastructure and services that data assets depend on, helping teams assess recovery order and business impact.

Aharon Twizer, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ControlMonkey, said the launch is meant to address a common blind spot.

"Most organizations assume their critical data is protected, but few have a clear view of backup coverage, available recovery points, and how that posture connects to the wider cloud environment," Twizer said.

"With Data Backup Correlation, ControlMonkey gives CISOs and cloud teams the context they need to understand what is protected, what is exposed, and what to recover first when every minute matters," he added.

Platform scope

The launch reflects a wider concern among security and cloud operations teams about recovery readiness in complex cloud environments. Enterprises often spread workloads across multiple services and accounts while relying on a mix of native and third-party backup products, which can make recovery planning difficult when systems, configurations and data are managed in separate tools.

The new feature is intended to show backup coverage across databases, storage accounts and cloud data services, while surfacing available recovery points and any breaches of defined recovery targets. It also ranks what teams should address first based on recovery risk, dependencies and business impact.

The release expands ControlMonkey's Cyber Resilience Platform by adding a backup posture view to what it describes as a unified resilience control layer. Support at launch is limited to AWS Backup and Azure Backup.

The feature is designed to help teams identify missing backups, review available recovery points for key cloud data sources and monitor whether backup policies are being followed. It also examines whether protection extends across regions and accounts, an issue that can affect resilience if a single environment is disrupted.

Twizer said many organisations still lack a full operational picture of their data protection status and its connection to the wider cloud estate.