Rackspace Technology, an end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI solutions company, has partnered with Rubrik, a security and AI operations company, to launch a ransomware cyber recovery solution focused on protecting and restoring UK public sector and regulated workloads “within hours of attack”.
UK Sovereign Cyber Recovery Cloud is designed to support alignment with the National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and mandatory 24-hour reporting requirements, helping to ensure business continuity and meeting the requirements set out in new legislation that mandate higher standards for resilience and recovery.
The solution offers an automated “clean room” recovery environment housed entirely within UK borders, keeping all sensitive data and critical metadata firmly on UK soil. The isolated cyber recovery cloud is activated only in the event of a specific ransomware recovery event.
Advanced automation reduces recovery times from days or weeks, to hours, Rackspace and Rubrik state, whilst the Rackspace security operations centre uses Rubrik’s tech to monitor SaaS cloud and on-premises applications “around the clock”.
“2026 is the year where control becomes the new foundation of trust and truly having control over where our data is accessed and located,” said Rick Martire, general manager, sovereign services at Rackspace UK. “By partnering with Rubrik, we are providing UK enterprises with the autonomy they need to recover from cyber threats while meeting the highest standards of digital sovereignty.”
“Our joint solution isn’t just about where data is stored – it’s about who has the authority to protect and restore it,” added David Kosman, VP, global managed service providers at Rubrik.
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Wider trend: Cyber resilience
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion, we explored cyber resilience within the NHS, focusing on some of the strategic challenges in this area around preparedness and recovery. Our panellists also discussed how to embed resilience into clinical, technical, and governance frameworks and make cyber security a priority across the healthcare sector. We were joined by Hubert Ametefe, CISO at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS FT; Mike Fell, director of national cyber operations at NHS England; Julian Wiggins, healthcare solution director at Rackspace Technology; and Nasser Arif, cyber security manager for London NW University Healthcare and The Hillingdon Hospitals.
NHS England has shared an open letter to current suppliers across the health and care system, outlining the shared responsibility to strengthen cyber security, and plans for direct supplier engagement. From January 2026, NHS England will be looking to contact suppliers directly to discuss current cyber security controls, requesting supporting information or evidence “where appropriate”, such as in instances where suppliers deliver services deemed to be critical to patient care or operational continuity. “This is not an audit, and it is not a pass or fail exercise,” NHS England explains. “This programme is about identifying risk and working in partnership to agree proportionate remediation activity, that strengthens resilience for everyone.”
The UK Government has updated its Cyber Action Plan, to tackle “critically high” cyber risk as part of the Roadmap for Modern Digital Government, looking to move toward proactive action, clear accountability, mandatory requirements, and comprehensive central support. £210 million has been invested in forming a new Government Cyber Unit, to provide direction and expert support. A target of making all government organisations resilient to known vulnerabilities and attack methods by 2030, set out in the Government Cyber Security Strategy in 2022, is now considered “not achievable”, according to the government. The plan presents a “new way forward” to set clear expectations, measurable objectives, and outcomes, following consultation with different departments, public sector organisations, industry partners, and the Government Cyber Advisory Board.
