NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

For a decade, Assured Data Protection has stayed singularly focused on one discipline: ensuring organizations can recover no matter what happens to their primary environment. That focus has scaled into a global team of nearly 300 experts, 70% technically led, supporting over 1,000 customers across 70+ countries — expanding in the last 18 months beyond its Rubrik foundation to add Nutanix, Zerto, and BackBox.

Innovation
Assured’s DRaaS portfolio removes the trade-offs organizations traditionally accept with disaster recovery:
• Recovery Point Objectives as low as one minute, with Recovery Time Objectives scaled to dataset size rather than a flat number, via continuous data protection and one-click failover
• Multi-hypervisor flexibility across VMware and Nutanix AHV, giving customers a path off VMware without compromising protection as licensing strategies shift
• Zerto-powered continuous data protection extending ultra-low RPO/RTO recovery to customers who need aggressive failover speed
• BackBox network device backup and automation, extending coverage to the network infrastructure recovery depends on, not just servers and data
• Non-disruptive failover testing built into the service rather than an annual scramble, giving IT teams audit-ready proof of recoverability without risking production
• A Disaster Recovery Environment letting customers operate from Assured’s infrastructure during an incident, bounding revenue interruption while production is rebuilt
• Weekly automated backup validation through CleanRoom IRE, replacing assumption with proof that backups boot and recover
• SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001-certified data centers, plus CMMC Level 1 certification (Level 2 underway), meeting the compliance bar regulated and defense-adjacent industries require

Impact
The results are measured, not anecdotal. MVBA Law, a Texas legal firm, cut Recovery Time Objectives to minutes using Rubrik Live Mounts, reduced its data center footprint by 50%, cut IT time management by 60%, and lowered TCO by 32% — while eliminating the need for a secondary DR site. Texas Champion Bank, facing steep replacement costs for aging DR infrastructure in a hurricane-prone region, now runs cloud-based immutable backup with annual testing that satisfies FDIC compliance.

This operational track record is why Rubrik named Assured its MSP of the Year 2026, a recognition tied specifically to disaster recovery delivery at scale.

Why this category
Business continuity is proven under pressure, not on paper. Assured treats testing, validation, and recovery as continuous operational disciplines, not annual checkboxes backed by rapid platform expansion, industry recognition, and 24/7/365 support that gives organizations of any size the same recovery confidence as an enterprise with unlimited IT resources.