US 12,462,039 B2
System and method for evaluating active backups using penetration testing
Candid Wuest, Bassersdorf (CH); Philipp Gysel, Bern (CH); Serg Bell, Singapore (SG); and Stanislav Protasov, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Acronis International GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,229.
Prior Publication US 2024/0330477 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/577 (2013.01) [G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for evaluating a production system by testing a live mirror image of the production system on a testing computer, the method comprising:
creating a live mirror system as a copy of the production system on a testing computer;
obtaining a mirror update comprising one or more changes to the production system since the generation of a previous mirror update;
replicating a set of files or other data units associated with the mirror update on the testing computer to apply to the live mirror system;
running a set of automatic dynamic tests on the testing computer to evaluate the live mirror system;
generating a list of results of execution of each of the tests on the testing computer, wherein the list of results is indicative of at least one vulnerability or defect; and
saving the list of results to a computer memory or communicating it to a user, wherein at least one of:
obtaining the mirror update is stopped before the running the set of dynamic automatic tests on the live mirror system on the testing computer starts,
replicating the set of files is stopped before the running the set of dynamic automatic tests on the live mirror system on the testing computer starts, or
applying the set of files to the live mirror system is stopped before the running the set of dynamic automatic tests on the live mirror system on the testing computer starts.