Recovery needs to recreate the working service and its required data after a machine or process is lost. Which artifacts and state need protection, and how should the restore be checked?

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Preserve private keys only through controlled encrypted backups or the key manager’s recovery method, and document certificate renewal. Losing a private key can require certificate replacement. Keeping only the public certificate is insufficient when the service needs the original key to establish its identity.

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