---
id: 6031
title: "Cyber Scenarios Expose Shortcomings of BMR"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/cyber-scenarios-expose-shortcomings-of-bmr/"
published_at: "2019-10-31T18:46:39Z"
tags: ["cloud", "active-directory", "ransomware", "disaster-recovery", "wiper-attack", "bare-metal-recovery", "reinfection"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6031"
lang: en
---

# Cyber Scenarios Expose Shortcomings of BMR

## Summary

Bare-metal recovery (BMR) falls short for AD under attack: restoring the whole OS can reintroduce rootkits and malware, and BMR predates virtualization and cloud—Darren Mar-Elia weighs alternatives.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2019-10-31T18:46:39Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/cyber-scenarios-expose-shortcomings-of-bmr/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6031