Recover secure access without rebuilding every endpoint first
IGEL Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery™ (BC&DR) creates an alternate endpoint operating path based on IGEL OS™, an immutable operating system for secure endpoint access. During a security incident, outage, or ransomware event, IGEL’s Emergency Mode gives IT administrators centralized control to reboot one, several, or all IGEL Dual Boot-enabled Windows devices into IGEL OS. The affected Windows environment is preserved while users reconnect to approved applications, virtual desktops, communication services, and recovery environments.
IGEL BC&DR keeps devices operating in IGEL OS, enabling secure access to critical applications and services while preserving the Windows partition for investigation and remediation until administrators determine it is safe to reintroduce.
The scale of today's endpoint threat
44%
Ransomware breaches
Windows Compromise Becomes a
Workforce Crisis
Ransomware was present in 44% of breaches reviewed in Verizon’s 2025 DBIR—an increase of 37% year over year. IGEL BC&DR provides a prepared alternative to the at-risk Windows environment, enabling administrators to reboot affected endpoints into IGEL OS while preserving Windows for investigation.
Verizon, 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report47%
Took longer than one week to recover
Manual Endpoint Recovery Cannot
Scale
Sophos found that 47% of ransomware victims required more than one week to recover fully. IGEL Emergency Mode allows administrators to centrally reboot one device, selected groups, or broad populations of Dual Boot-enabled endpoints into IGEL OS without waiting to reimage or replace each device.
Sophos, The State of Ransomware 202590%
Experienced operational disruption
Infrastructure Recovery Is Not
Workforce Recovery
IBM reports that nearly 90% of breached organizations experienced operational disruption, while only one-third had fully recovered at the time of the study. IGEL BC&DR restores secure access to communications, applications, and critical services in minutes.
IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025Stay in control of your endpoints and restore secure user access in minutes not hours or days.
Administrator-led incident control
IGEL BC&DR Emergency Mode gives administrators centralized control of endpoint environments during an incident. User disruption is minimized and risk of users accidentally returning to a non-safe state is eliminated.
Manage recovery from a central console
Use IGEL Universal Management Suite to centrally configure recovery workspaces, distribute policies and licenses, manage updates, and maintain a consistent endpoint experience across distributed users and locations.
Preserve the compromised Windows environment
Run the recovery workspace from IGEL OS™, an immutable operating system, while leaving the affected Windows partition untouched. This helps reduce reinfection risk and preserves the original environment for investigation and recovery.
Prepare, test, and validate the recovery plan
IGEL BC&DR Services support implementation, tabletop exercises, testing, and recovery validation, so organizations can confirm that endpoint recovery processes align with broader business continuity objectives before disruption occurs.
Support compliance with standards
Reduce endpoint complexity to help align with mandates for global cybersecurity regulations such as NIST CSF, NIS2, CER, GDPR, HIPAA 2, and DORA.
Restore secure access remotely
IGEL Dual Boot™ allows IT to restart compromised or unavailable endpoints into a trusted environment and regain access to critical applications without replacing the device. Or recover via secure USB using an IGEL UD Pocket to boot supported x86-64 devices—no changes to the endpoint operating system required.
What IGEL BC&DR Delivers
Restore user productivity in minutes
Give users secure access to critical SaaS, VDI, DaaS, and communication applications in minutes, helping the organization maintain essential operations while production systems are being recovered.
Remove need for back up devices
Recover user access to their existing endpoint hardware. No delays for replacement device delivery, no reimaging compromised endpoints. Minimize downtime, reduce endpoint recovery costs.
Manage endpoint recovery at scale
Centrally manage configurations, policies, and recovery actions across distributed endpoints, giving IT teams consistent control and helping user recovery keep pace with business recovery objectives.
Reduce recovery costs
Eliminate hidden costs of procuring backup devices, IT resources for reimaging devices, and end-user downtime by securely rebooting existing, in-place devices.
Preserve incident forensics
The Windows partition is contained, and exploits are preserved to enable analysis of vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and threats.
How IGEL BC&DR compares
| Recovery consideration | Traditional approach | IGEL BC&DR |
|---|---|---|
| Primary objective | Repair, reimage, or replace the endpoint | Recover secure access to applications |
| Recovery hardware | Replacement or rebuilt device may be required | Existing device is reused |
| Execution | Manual and device-by-device | Centrally controlled with Emergency Mode |
| Recovery timeframe | Hours or days | Access restored in minutes |
| Windows environment | Modified, wiped, or remediated | Preserved for remediation |
| User involvement | Depends on user instructions and actions | Administrator-led through UMS |
| Application access | Delayed until endpoint recovery completes | Browser, VDI/DaaS, native apps, or PWAs |
| Operational model | Recovery and remediation are coupled | Access continuity and remediation proceed separately |
Customer Stories
Enterprise Recovery in Action
Go Deeper on BC&DR
Solution Brief
The Endpoint Resilience Challenge
When endpoints stop, disruption starts. Reboot compromised Windows endpoints to IGEL for secure access to critical services on in-place devices in minutes.
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Blog
The patch wave is coming. Endpoint architecture has to change.
IGEL’s immutable endpoints simplify patching, reduce attack surfaces, and enable rapid recovery from AI-driven threats.
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Webinar
Business Continuity, Supercharged — How IGEL’s Hybrid Model Keeps You Moving
See how IGEL Business Continuity enables rapid endpoint recovery with Dual Boot, USB Boot, and specialist services.
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