Ransomware, compromised IAM credentials, or an AI agent with unchecked permissions can change your AWS environment faster than teams can track. Restore the data without knowing what changed around it, and you can bring back the same open port or loosened access rule that let the attacker in.

Join AWS and Druva solutions architects to apply the Security and Reliability pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework to configuration, not just data:

Answer “what changed?” first: Find drift between nightly AWS configuration backups and a known-good baseline, including manual console changes your IaC missed.

• Keep your recovery record out of the blast radius: Back up identity, network, and infrastructure configuration to an air-gapped, immutable vault outside your AWS accounts.

• See what a change touches before you recover: Map resource dependencies so one restore doesn’t break its neighbors.

• Plan the path back: Use a known-good baseline, including service quotas, to drive recovery into an isolated AWS account or remediation of the original.

• Protect data and configuration together: See Druva Cloud Configuration Protection, shown at AWS re:Invent 2026, alongside the AWS workloads Druva already protects. 

Key Takeaways:

1. Identify configuration drift immediately by comparing nightly backups against a known-good baseline to catch manual or unauthorized changes.

2. Secure your recovery records in an air-gapped, immutable vault completely outside your AWS accounts to protect critical infrastructure data.

3. Map resource dependencies and rely on baseline configurations to safely plan recovery paths into isolated environments or remediate original accounts.