• The endpoint RTO gap: Why your disaster recovery plan is incomplete Endpoints are the hidden gap in most disaster recovery plans, and the cost can be catastrophic. • See how to close the gap at IGEL Now & Next 2026, March 30 - April 2, 2026, in Miami. • Disaster recovery professionals have made incredible progress when it comes to recovering data centers and cloud infrastructure, with many organizations achieving recovery time objectives (RTOs) as short as 20 minutes for mission-critical workloads. • But these impressive numbers mask a dangerous weakness. • Endpoint recovery times can stretch into weeks or months, creating a business continuity gap that undermines even the most robust back-end recovery systems. • “We find that disaster recovery frameworks rarely, if ever, mention the endpoints.

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  • IGEL Technology is highlighting a critical flaw in many disaster‑recovery (DR) strategies: endpoints often lag far behind data‑center recovery time objectives (RTOs). While some firms achieve 20‑minute RTOs for mission‑critical workloads, endpoint recovery can take weeks or months, especially with remote work and device shortages. IGEL’s field CTO, Jason Mafera, warns that restoring devices to previous states can re‑introduce vulnerabilities, creating a “reset‑the‑clock” cycle. The company proposes an architecture that eliminates local data, uses immutable operating systems, and relies on temporary tokens to reduce risk. IGEL will showcase these solutions at its Now & Next 2026 conference in Miami, March 30-April 2.

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