New platform merges high-fidelity cyberattack simulations with real-world recovery to prepare organizations for modern threats
In a bold step toward strengthening enterprise cyber resilience, Commvault and SimSpace have launched the Commvault® Recovery Range™, the industry’s first cyber range that integrates advanced attack simulations with live-fire recovery exercises. The platform enables organizations to practice real-world cyber incident response — from breach to business restoration — in highly realistic training environments.
The new solution addresses a critical gap in current cybersecurity training. While traditional cyber ranges primarily focus on threat detection and containment, the Commvault Recovery Range emphasizes the full incident lifecycle, including the complex and often overlooked recovery phase.
Built on SimSpace’s award-winning cyber range technology and Commvault’s trusted recovery solutions, the platform creates hyper-realistic, hands-on scenarios where IT and security teams must defend against ransomware attacks like Netwalker, validate clean backup points, and restore systems under intense pressure.
“We’re offering companies something truly unique – the physical, emotional, and psychological experience of a real-world cyberattack and the harrowing challenge of rapid recovery.”
— Bill O’Connell, Chief Security Officer, Commvault
“Creating muscle memory in cyber recovery operations requires more than a playbook,” said Roland Cloutier, Founder of The Business Protection Group and former CSO of TikTok. “It takes practitioner-level training. This collaboration delivers just that — with realism that builds resilience.”
The Commvault Recovery Range also promotes cross-team coordination, bringing together CSOs, CISOs, CIOs, IT Ops, and SecOps in joint exercises to simulate crisis decision-making and restore business operations efficiently.
Key recovery tools used in the simulations include:
- Cleanroom Recovery: For secure, on-demand recovery testing
- Air Gap Protect: Ensuring immutable, tamper-proof storage
- Cloud Rewind: Rapid rebuild of cloud-native apps
- Commvault Cloud: Threat scanning and backup validation
“Our partnership with SimSpace takes cyber preparedness to the next level by not just simulating the attack — but mastering the recovery,” said William “Hutch” Hutchison, CEO of SimSpace. “This platform delivers the complete lifecycle organizations need to build cyber confidence.”
The new training environment also introduces the concept of “minimum viability” — helping organizations define the essential systems, assets, and personnel needed to recover from an attack and sustain critical operations.
