Marks & Spencer~£300M loss~30% of FY25 operating profit7 weeks of interruptionSource
Adopted by Treasury, Operations, and CISO teams
THE COST OF INACTION
When core systems go down, the clock starts immediately: on payroll, supplier payments, production, regulatory obligations, client commitments. Every day without execution is a day your counterparties start looking for alternatives.
Recent incidents show what “a few weeks of disruption” actually means in practice: hundreds of millions in losses. These are not edge cases. For any large enterprise, a 4-week operational freeze represents 5 to 30% of annual operating profit; before reputational damage, regulatory scrutiny, and the client relationships that don't come back.
And yet, most large enterprises still rely on the same approach: documented continuity plans, built for audit, not for execution. Plans that assume systems will be available. Plans that have never been tested under real conditions.
It is a business survival problem and it belongs on the executive agenda, not in a risk register. The question is not whether disruption will happen. It is whether your organization can keep executing when it does.
THE FRAMEWORK
The minimal set of critical processes and data that your organization must keep executable to sustain its essential operations through a major disruption. An execution posture, not a documentation exercise.
Identify the business outcomes your organization must preserve no matter what: critical payments, customer service, production, regulatory compliance.
Design ready-to-use procedures, executable without your primary IT systems. Each activated process is one less vulnerability in a crisis.
The datasets each process needs are synced from your existing systems, stored independently, and always kept fresh.
In a crisis, cash is the lifeblood of the enterprise. Supplier payments, payroll, debt servicing: a company that maintains these functions has preserved its fundamental operating capability.
How it works
Operations stop. The clock starts.
Operations stop. The clock starts.
This is the Minimum Vital Company.
This is the Minimum Vital Company.
→ Astran AlwaysReady® Platform
No dependency on failed infrastructure.
→ Astran AlwaysReady® Platform
No dependency on failed infrastructure.
While others recover, you continue.
While others recover, you continue.
Testimonials
Operational in 2 weeksContext
During a major disruption.
Result
First critical process live in two weeks.
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
When your organization executes critical processes during a crisis, the data involved is at its most sensitive and your systems are at their most exposed. Astran is architected for exactly that moment.
Certified with regular penetration testing. Your security team has everything they need to sign off.
Patented architecture. Confidentiality, integrity, and availability are structural guarantees, not configuration options.
Every action and data point is immutable, versioned, and traceable. Full evidence when regulators ask.
Certified with regular penetration testing. Your security team has everything they need to sign off.
Q&A
Up and running in weeks. While others recover, you continue.
