ControlMonkey Links Backup Visibility to Cloud Recovery Readiness

ControlMonkey has introduced Data Backup Correlation, a new feature designed to strengthen its Cyber Resilience Platform by linking data backup posture directly with cloud configuration recovery. The initial rollout supports AWS Backup and Azure Backup, aiming to close critical visibility gaps that often hinder effective disaster response.

CISOs and cloud operations teams frequently operate without a complete picture of backup coverage or the availability of recovery points across vital data sources like databases, storage accounts, and cloud data services. This lack of clarity makes it difficult to determine which data assets are genuinely recoverable during a crisis. When a backup is disabled, a retention policy shifts, or a recovery setup is altered, the relevant teams may remain unaware until an incident strikes. That visibility gap can delay recovery timelines, expand exposure to recovery point objective (RPO) risks, trigger revenue losses, and introduce compliance vulnerabilities.

Recovery readiness today is often siloed. Most enterprises already invest in data backup tools and cloud-native services from providers such as AWS, Azure, Rubrik, Veeam, Commvault, and Cohesity. Yet backup posture is typically monitored in isolation from infrastructure configuration, identity settings, DNS records, networking rules, security policies, application dependencies, and SaaS configuration. Teams require a unified operational view of what existed before an incident, what is protected, what is missing, which recovery points are available, and what should be restored first.

With ControlMonkey’s new capability, teams receive alerts when backup coverage changes, retention policies are violated, recovery points go missing, or expected RPO targets become at risk. The system helps prioritize remediation efforts based on recovery risk and business impact. It also identifies missing backups, monitors RPO compliance, reviews available recovery points, and detects gaps in cross-region or cross-account protection.

“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,” said Aharon Twizer, CEO of ControlMonkey. “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.”

ControlMonkey’s platform already helps organizations protect and recover cloud and SaaS configuration, including cloud resources, networking, DNS, identity, security policies, observability dashboards, repositories, and third-party configurations. By adding data backup posture into the same resilience view, the platform now connects data protection status with the infrastructure, configuration, and services those assets rely on.

Data Backup Correlation enables teams to see backup coverage across critical cloud data sources, review available recovery points for databases and storage accounts, identify unprotected data assets and backup gaps, and detect data sources breaching defined RPO targets. It also facilitates monitoring of backup SLA and recovery policy compliance, identifies missing cross-region and cross-account protection, correlates existing data backups with cloud infrastructure and configuration, and prioritizes recovery planning based on dependencies, business impact, and recovery risk.

This expansion reinforces ControlMonkey’s Cyber Resilience Platform, which helps organizations discover, govern, back up, and recover cloud and SaaS configuration. By integrating visibility into data backup posture, ControlMonkey delivers a Unified Control Plane for Resilience, offering a broader recovery picture that spans both configuration and data protection systems.