What to change
Include shutdown or continued protection in the drill's completion criteria. Ask the supplier to name the temporary hostname, its access policy and who removes or retains it afterward. Verify the public state while signed out and remove accidental production links to the copy. The organisation should keep the recovery evidence it needs without leaving an unexplained alternate publication behind. This is an operational closure step, separate from whether the restoration itself worked.
A worked example
Illustrative example
Illustrative test: An external reviewer cannot browse a supposedly closed recovery preview.
How to check the result
The exercise's temporary resources have an explicit controlled final state.
A mistake to avoid
Finishing the technical test does not automatically retire its public environment.
Your action checklist
Use these checks to prepare a discussion with your team or supplier. Tick a check when you have recorded the decision or evidence, rather than when a feature has simply been promised.
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