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Technical Blog Hub

Dive into real-world resilience stories, tutorials, and recovery strategies from our practitioner community. Bridge the gap between theory and proven execution on the front lines of cyber resilience.

A Practitioner’s View: Evolving Backup and Recovery at a Leading Law Firm
Tutorial
Apr 01, 2026

A Practitioner’s View: Evolving Backup and Recovery at a Leading Law Firm

This blog details the digital transformation of a large law firm’s data protection strategy, documenting the transition from a legacy tape-based system to a modern hybrid architecture. It covers the firm's specific focus on protecting PII and sensitive legal documents, the implementation of regular recovery drills using Live Mount, and the use of APIs to automate protection policies, which successfully reduced full backup cycles from 36 hours to a predictable window of just a few hours

4 min read

Nikita Bhuma

Nikita Bhuma

Chief Strategy Officer

Operational Services

Rubrik Community Blog2
Technical Case Study
Apr 01, 2026

Test only -Rubrik 1 Apr Extends Cyber Resilience to Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager.w

A step-by-step guide to modernizing your virtualization backup strategy to the cloud.

4 min read

Ravi Ramaraj

Test Ravi2

CIO

Microsoft

From Legacy Complexity to Modern Cyber Resilience in Fashion Retail
Technical Blog
Mar 30, 2026

From Legacy Complexity to Modern Cyber Resilience in Fashion Retail

Contributed by Marcel Keil of SVA, this case study details the digital transformation of a global fashion retailer's data protection strategy. It explores the shift from a complex, manual legacy backup environment to an automated, Rubrik-powered architecture. The post highlights the use of Ansible for automated host onboarding, the simplification of global policies through a streamlined SLA model, and the integration of Rubrik Cloud Vault to ensure cyber resilience for critical retail and ecommerce platforms.

4 min read

Marcel Keil

Marcel Keil

Chief Datacenter Architect

SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH

Finally Snapshots Can Be Considered Backups
Technical Blog
Mar 30, 2026

Finally… Snapshots Can Be Considered Backups

In this reflective technical piece, the author revisits the decades-old industry rule that "snapshots are not backups." By examining the historical technical limitations of snapshots, such as metadata coupling and lack of isolation, the blog explains how modern integrations between Rubrik and Pure Storage have finally unified snapshot speed with backup resilience, effectively ending the debate for modern enterprise environments.

3 min read

Fredrik Ranelöv

lee apps

Architect

University of Reading

Identity Is the New Perimeter: Can You Actually Recover Your Active Directory?
Technical Blog
Mar 29, 2026

Identity Is the New Perimeter: Can You Actually Recover Your Active Directory?

This article addresses the critical vulnerabilities in modern identity infrastructure, specifically focusing on Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID. It breaks down the mechanics of a "Golden Ticket" attack and outlines the "Identity Resilience" run-book: containing the blast radius, identifying clean restore points, and rebuilding trusted identity planes. The post highlights how moving from manual 150-page recovery manuals to Rubrik’s automated, orchestrated blueprints can turn a catastrophic identity blackout into a manageable recovery event.

6 min read

Nikita Bhuma

Nikita Bhuma

Chief Strategy Officer

Operational Services

ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware: When Your Backups Become the Target, Not the Safety Net
Technical Case Study
Mar 29, 2026

ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware: When Your Backups Become the Target, Not the Safety Net

This technical deep dive by Ruby Garg explores the industrialized nature of ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware, specifically its tactics for sabotaging recovery by targeting identity systems and backup infrastructure. The post outlines a five-phase recovery runbook using Rubrik to maintain immutable survival, restore compromised Active Directory environments, and utilize machine learning for clean point validation and malware hunting to break the ransomware kill chain.

5 min read

Fredrik Ranelöv

lee apps

Architect

University of Reading

From Wildfire to Failover: A Higher Ed Practitioner’s DR Story
Technical Blog
Mar 29, 2026

From Wildfire to Failover: A Higher Ed Practitioner’s DR Story

This practitioner-led blog post features Julio Lau-Cheng, Infrastructure Administrator at Mount St. Mary’s University, detailing a real-world disaster recovery execution during the Los Angeles wildfires. It explores the transition from complex legacy backups to a simplified Rubrik environment, the importance of site-independent DR design, and strategies for managing granular Microsoft 365 governance within a university setting.

3 min read

Fredrik Ranelöv

lee apps

Architect

University of Reading

GraphQL 101 for Rubrik Security Cloud
Tutorial
Mar 29, 2026

GraphQL 101 for Rubrik Security Cloud

This technical blog provides a foundational overview of using GraphQL with Rubrik Security Cloud (RSC). It explains the shift from REST to a unified GraphQL endpoint, detailing the functional differences between queries and mutations, the use of variables, and the "Connection-Node" pattern for consistent data retrieval. The page also offers practitioner tips for using the RSC API Playground and Chrome DevTools to accelerate automation workflows.

5 min read

Frederic Lhoest

Frederic Lhoest

CIO, Health Systems

CrowdStrike

Reviving the Rubrik PHP Framework: The GraphQL Rebirth
Tutorial
Mar 29, 2026

Reviving the Rubrik PHP Framework: The GraphQL Rebirth

This page introduces the "GraphQL Rebirth" series, documenting the transition of the Rubrik PHP automation framework from REST to the Rubrik Security Cloud (RSC) GraphQL API. It outlines a 12-week development roadmap covering GraphQL foundations, data querying, and the creation of real-world tools including a compliance dashboard and a snapshot recovery portal.

4 min read

Frederic Lhoest

Frederic Lhoest

CIO, Health Systems

CrowdStrike

Background

Technical Blog Hub

Dive into real-world resilience stories, tutorials, and recovery strategies from our practitioner community. Bridge the gap between theory and proven execution on the front lines of cyber resilience.

A Practitioner’s View: Evolving Backup and Recovery at a Leading Law Firm
Tutorial
Apr 01, 2026

A Practitioner’s View: Evolving Backup and Recovery at a Leading Law Firm

This blog details the digital transformation of a large law firm’s data protection strategy, documenting the transition from a legacy tape-based system to a modern hybrid architecture. It covers the firm's specific focus on protecting PII and sensitive legal documents, the implementation of regular recovery drills using Live Mount, and the use of APIs to automate protection policies, which successfully reduced full backup cycles from 36 hours to a predictable window of just a few hours

4 min read

Nikita Bhuma

Nikita Bhuma

Chief Strategy Officer

Operational Services

Rubrik Community Blog2
Technical Case Study
Apr 01, 2026

Test only -Rubrik 1 Apr Extends Cyber Resilience to Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager.w

A step-by-step guide to modernizing your virtualization backup strategy to the cloud.

4 min read

Ravi Ramaraj

Test Ravi2

CIO

Microsoft

From Legacy Complexity to Modern Cyber Resilience in Fashion Retail
Technical Blog
Mar 30, 2026

From Legacy Complexity to Modern Cyber Resilience in Fashion Retail

Contributed by Marcel Keil of SVA, this case study details the digital transformation of a global fashion retailer's data protection strategy. It explores the shift from a complex, manual legacy backup environment to an automated, Rubrik-powered architecture. The post highlights the use of Ansible for automated host onboarding, the simplification of global policies through a streamlined SLA model, and the integration of Rubrik Cloud Vault to ensure cyber resilience for critical retail and ecommerce platforms.

4 min read

Marcel Keil

Marcel Keil

Chief Datacenter Architect

SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH

Finally Snapshots Can Be Considered Backups
Technical Blog
Mar 30, 2026

Finally… Snapshots Can Be Considered Backups

In this reflective technical piece, the author revisits the decades-old industry rule that "snapshots are not backups." By examining the historical technical limitations of snapshots, such as metadata coupling and lack of isolation, the blog explains how modern integrations between Rubrik and Pure Storage have finally unified snapshot speed with backup resilience, effectively ending the debate for modern enterprise environments.

3 min read

Fredrik Ranelöv

lee apps

Architect

University of Reading

Identity Is the New Perimeter: Can You Actually Recover Your Active Directory?
Technical Blog
Mar 29, 2026

Identity Is the New Perimeter: Can You Actually Recover Your Active Directory?

This article addresses the critical vulnerabilities in modern identity infrastructure, specifically focusing on Active Directory (AD) and Entra ID. It breaks down the mechanics of a "Golden Ticket" attack and outlines the "Identity Resilience" run-book: containing the blast radius, identifying clean restore points, and rebuilding trusted identity planes. The post highlights how moving from manual 150-page recovery manuals to Rubrik’s automated, orchestrated blueprints can turn a catastrophic identity blackout into a manageable recovery event.

6 min read

Nikita Bhuma

Nikita Bhuma

Chief Strategy Officer

Operational Services

ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware: When Your Backups Become the Target, Not the Safety Net
Technical Case Study
Mar 29, 2026

ALPHV/BlackCat Ransomware: When Your Backups Become the Target, Not the Safety Net

This technical deep dive by Ruby Garg explores the industrialized nature of ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware, specifically its tactics for sabotaging recovery by targeting identity systems and backup infrastructure. The post outlines a five-phase recovery runbook using Rubrik to maintain immutable survival, restore compromised Active Directory environments, and utilize machine learning for clean point validation and malware hunting to break the ransomware kill chain.

5 min read

Fredrik Ranelöv

lee apps

Architect

University of Reading

From Wildfire to Failover: A Higher Ed Practitioner’s DR Story
Technical Blog
Mar 29, 2026

From Wildfire to Failover: A Higher Ed Practitioner’s DR Story

This practitioner-led blog post features Julio Lau-Cheng, Infrastructure Administrator at Mount St. Mary’s University, detailing a real-world disaster recovery execution during the Los Angeles wildfires. It explores the transition from complex legacy backups to a simplified Rubrik environment, the importance of site-independent DR design, and strategies for managing granular Microsoft 365 governance within a university setting.

3 min read

Fredrik Ranelöv

lee apps

Architect

University of Reading

GraphQL 101 for Rubrik Security Cloud
Tutorial
Mar 29, 2026

GraphQL 101 for Rubrik Security Cloud

This technical blog provides a foundational overview of using GraphQL with Rubrik Security Cloud (RSC). It explains the shift from REST to a unified GraphQL endpoint, detailing the functional differences between queries and mutations, the use of variables, and the "Connection-Node" pattern for consistent data retrieval. The page also offers practitioner tips for using the RSC API Playground and Chrome DevTools to accelerate automation workflows.

5 min read

Frederic Lhoest

Frederic Lhoest

CIO, Health Systems

CrowdStrike

Reviving the Rubrik PHP Framework: The GraphQL Rebirth
Tutorial
Mar 29, 2026

Reviving the Rubrik PHP Framework: The GraphQL Rebirth

This page introduces the "GraphQL Rebirth" series, documenting the transition of the Rubrik PHP automation framework from REST to the Rubrik Security Cloud (RSC) GraphQL API. It outlines a 12-week development roadmap covering GraphQL foundations, data querying, and the creation of real-world tools including a compliance dashboard and a snapshot recovery portal.

4 min read

Frederic Lhoest

Frederic Lhoest

CIO, Health Systems

CrowdStrike