Cloud based dead drop for isolated recovery systems
A method and system for implementing a cloud-based dead drop for isolated recovery systems. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail the interjection of an object store as an intermediate storage relay between a production system and an isolated recovery system. The object store minimizes, if not eliminates, the exposure of data secured in the isolated recovery system from external cyber threats and attacks, as well as launches the deployment of the isolated recovery system as a service that may support any system.
1. A method for storing data, comprising:
allocating, by an isolated recovery system (IRS), storage space in the IRS, wherein the IRS comprises a replicated data retriever operatively connected to an object repository of an intermediate object store (IOS);
reading an object from the object repository of the IOS for a production computing system (PCS) operatively connected to the IOS; and
writing object contents extracted from the object in the storage space,
wherein the IRS restricts the initiation of incoming connections from the IOS and the PCS to minimize exposure to cyber threats.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
prior to reading the object from the IOS:
generating a hyper text transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) GET request comprising an object ID associated with the object; and
transmitting the HTTPS GET request to the IOS.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IRS and the PCS are co-located in a data center.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IRS is located in a public cloud computing environment.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object contents comprises a replicated data instance and replicated metadata describing the replicated data instance.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IRS is deployed as a service.
7. A system, comprising:
a production computing system (PCS);
an intermediate object store (IOS) comprising an object repository operatively connected to the PCS; and
an isolated recovery system (IRS) comprising a replicated data retriever operatively connected to the object repository, and programmed to:
allocate storage space in a persistent storage of the IRS;
read an object from the object repository; and
write object contents extracted from the object in the persistent storage,
wherein the IRS restricts the initiation of incoming connections from the IOS and the PCS to minimize exposure to cyber threats.
8. The system of claim 7 ,
wherein the IOS is programmed to:
receive a hyper text transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) GET request from the replicated data retriever;
identify the object of a plurality of objects stored in the object repository using the object ID;
extract the object contents from within the object; and
transmit the object contents to the replicated data retriever.
9. A non-transitory computer readable medium (CRM) comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor, enables the computer processor to:
allocate, by an isolated recovery system (IRS), storage space in the IRS, wherein the IRS comprises a replicated data retriever operatively connected to an object repository of an intermediate object store (IOS);
read an object from the object repository of the IOS for a production computing system (PCS) operatively connected to the IOS; and
write object contents extracted from the object in the storage space,
wherein the IRS restricts the initiation of incoming connections from the IOS and the PCS to minimize exposure to cyber threats.
10. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , further comprising additional computer readable program code, which when executed by the computer processor, enables the computer processor to:
prior to reading the object from the IOS:
generate a hyper text transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) GET request comprising an object ID associated with the object; and
transmit the HTTPS GET request to the IOS.
11. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the IRS and the PCS are co-located in a data center.
12. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the IRS is located in a public cloud computing environment.
13. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the object contents comprises a replicated data instance and replicated metadata describing the replicated data instance.
14. The non-transitory CRM of claim 9 , wherein the IRS is deployed as a service.