Summary
- Use network records to confirm identity and declared interconnection, not replication or recovery time.
- Require workload-level backup tests, dependencies, credentials and measured restoration objectives.
A hosting provider can have visible routes and exchange presence while one customer’s data, configuration or application remains unrecoverable. The two evidence layers are complementary rather than interchangeable. The next useful evidence is a restoration exercise for the actual workload, performed from a copy isolated from the failed system. Network identity tells teams where to coordinate; recovery proof tells the customer what can return and when.
