Every step on record, ready the minute they ask.
Ransomware compliance evidence is the record that shows what happened during an attack, what was done about it and on what basis.
Helm builds that record as part of the response. Every detection, containment action and recovery check is logged as it happens, with a timestamp, and mapped to frameworks such as NIS2, DORA and GDPR. When a regulator, auditor or insurer asks, your team answers from the record, not from memory.
Regulators expect facts, and they expect them quickly. Under NIS2, organisations in scope send an early warning within 24 hours of becoming aware of a significant incident, a full notification within 72 hours and a final report within a month.
Under DORA, financial entities send an initial notification within four hours of classifying an incident as major, and no later than 24 hours after becoming aware of it. Under GDPR, a personal data breach is reported within 72 hours where feasible.
Accountability also sits higher than it used to. NIS2 makes management bodies responsible for approving and overseeing cybersecurity risk measures, and they can be held liable when those duties are not met. The people signing off the report need to trust what is in it.
Each deadline asks the same questions. What happened, when, what you did about it, and whether it’s under control. The hard part is rarely the form. It is gathering the facts while the incident is still running, from tools that each hold only part of the story.
That is why evidence has to be produced during the response, not pieced together afterwards. What each regulation asks of you is set out in our compliance centre, with dedicated pages on NIS2, DORA and GDPR.
Helm records the response as it runs. The record starts the moment active encryption is detected. It captures which files changed, which account and device were involved, and when. Every containment action that follows is added with its timestamp, and so is every check in the recovery that comes after.
The result is an incident audit trail that covers the whole attack, from the first malicious file event to the moment the business is back. Nobody has to rebuild it from logs, emails and memory once the incident is closed, because it was never separate from the work.
Every entry can also be explained. Containment runs on fixed rules your team can read and audit, with no AI making the decision, so the record shows not only what Helm did but why. Which rule triggered the action, and what it acted on.
Each response action in Helm is mapped to a control in the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and from there to the regulations you answer to. The record lines up with what NIS2, DORA and GDPR ask about an incident, and with frameworks such as the CIS Controls, HIPAA, SOX and CAF 4.0. Your compliance team gets evidence that is already organised the way the frameworks ask for it.
Helm supports your compliance work by giving your team a clear record of every step. Your report starts from facts rather than a blank page, and every statement in it can be traced back to that record.
Some of that record is a requirement in its own right. GDPR asks you to document every personal data breach, including its effects and the action taken, and DORA asks financial entities to record all ICT-related incidents. With Helm, the ransomware part of that documentation already exists as a record.
Cyber insurers ask similar questions, before a policy is renewed and after a claim is made. A clear record of how incidents are detected, contained and recovered helps your team answer them with evidence rather than another questionnaire.
Accountability doesn’t start when something goes wrong. Helm records how protection is set up and switched on, so you have a dated record of which controls were in place, and when, before any incident happened.
Boards and auditors ask for that proof of readiness, not just a policy document. With Helm, the same record that supports your incident report also shows the preparation behind it.
The same goes for testing. When we run a witnessed containment test with you in your own environment, the result is recorded in the same way, with timestamps, so you have evidence of how the control performs, not only that it exists. That is useful input to the resilience testing that regulations such as DORA require.
For your compliance and risk team, it means reports that start from a complete record. For the CISO, it means answering the regulator, the auditor and the board with facts, the minute they ask. For your security team, it means no evidence project once the incident is closed.
Proof is the fourth of four outcomes in how Helm works, after readiness, containment and verified recovery. To see what the record would look like for your organisation, talk to us.
