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recovering-from-ransomware-attack
Executes structured ransomware incident recovery following NIST/CISA frameworks: environment isolation, forensic evidence preservation, clean infrastructure rebuild, prioritized restoration from verified backups, credential reset, and Active Directory/database recovery in dependency order. Use when recovering from a ransomware attack, performing post-encryption restoration, or executing disaster recovery after ransomware encryption.
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# Recovering from Ransomware Attack
## When to Use
- After ransomware has encrypted production systems and the decision has been made to recover from backups
- When building or validating a ransomware recovery runbook before an actual incident
- After receiving a decryption key (paid ransom or law enforcement provided) and needing to safely decrypt
- When partial recovery is needed alongside decryption of remaining systems
- Conducting a recovery drill to validate RTO commitments
**Do not use** before completing containment and forensic scoping. Premature recovery without understanding the attacker's access and persistence mechanisms risks re-infection.
## Prerequisites
- Incident declared and containment phase completed (all attacker access severed)