Ransomware encrypts a county’s primary data center and an always-connected hot site that mirrors the same network path in real time. What independence issue does this expose?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
If your hot site drinks from the same infected straw as production, ransomware gets a two-for-one special. Separation is not paranoia—it is why you paid for a second site. Isolate recovery paths so one blast radius cannot wipe both.
Full Explanation
Hot-site value depends on surviving the same event that takes down the primary environment. Continuous connectivity without segmentation, access controls, or delayed replication can propagate malware and ransomware into the recovery environment. Planners should design independence appropriate to the threat—network isolation, credential separation, and recovery procedures that do not share the compromised path.