# Enterprise Restore Checklist

1. Declare the incident and freeze automated writes.
2. Select the latest verified backup that satisfies the target RPO.
3. Rebuild network, encryption, cluster, and node groups from Terraform.
4. Restore data into an isolated validation environment.
5. Recreate namespaces and applications through Argo CD.
6. Run schema, checksum, readiness, synthetic transaction, and authorization tests.
7. Approve DNS or traffic failover through change control.
8. Record achieved RPO/RTO and corrective actions.