A Backup Workflow You’ll Love with Veeam v12 and Cloudian
Love at first byte Is it possible to fall in love with a backup workflow? It is now, with the new Veeam Backup and Replication v12 and Cloudian. Announced on Feb 14, 2023, just in time for Valentine’s Day, Veeam v12 and Cloudian simplify the backup process to create a joyous union between your backup … Read More
VMware Cloud Service Providers Can Expand Their Business with Ransomware Protection
By helping their customers protect against ransomware, VCSPs can grow their footprint with existing clients and attract new ones. It’s easy with Object Lock technology.
New Ransomware Report Highlights Failure of Traditional Defenses and Need for Greater Focus on Recovery
Ransomware is now the #1 cybersecurity threat, so we recently partnered with an independent research firm on a survey of 200 organizations that had been victims of a ransomware attack to learn about their experiences. You can read the survey report at 2021 Ransomware Victims Report | Cloudian, but here are three key lessons that emerged:
Gartner Report Highlights Data Immutability as Key to Ransomware Protection
For anyone questioning the threat that ransomware poses, the recent attacks against Kaseya and Colonial Pipeline are a harsh reminder of why ransomware has become the top cybersecurity threat. Unfortunately, traditional defenses such as anti-malware software and anti-phishing training for employees have often proven ineffective, leading organizations to look for better solutions. In a new Gartner report titled “Innovation Insight for Leveraging Isolated Recovery Environments and Immutable Data Vaults to Protect and Recover From Ransomware,” the analyst firm highlights the critical role data immutability technology can play in ransomware protection.
5 Reasons Ransomware Protection Needs to Be a Board-Level Conversation
It is not just the responsibility of the IT/IS department to keep the business safe, but the obligation of every CXO and Board member to ask for and implement stringent cyber security measures starting with zero trust, perimeter security, and employee training.
LinkedIn Live: Secure Data with VMware vSAN & Cloudian HyperStore
Our joint solution combines Cloudian Object Storage with VMware’s vSAN Data Persistence platform through VMware Cloud Foundation with Tanzu. Adding Cloudian object storage software to vSAN is simple and easy, and serves any cloud-native or traditional IT application requiring S3-compatible storage.
Boards need to make ransomware protection a top priority
Ransomware attacks increased 150% last year according to Group-IB, a leading cybersecurity solutions provider, a trend that shows no signs of slowing. Given the financial, operational and reputational risk that ransomware poses, boards of directors need to make sure that safeguarding data from an attack is a top priority for the organizations they oversee. I recently made this case in an open letter to board members in Australia that was published in our only national daily newspaper, The Australian, and is reprinted below.
Overcoming Human Vulnerabilities that Open the Door to Ransomware
Ransomware attacks dominated the cybersecurity landscape in 2020 and will remain a top threat in 2021, posing major challenges for both public and private institutions. The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre recently reported that it handled more than three times as many ransomware incidents as in the previous year. New variations of attacks are always testing security defenses, including more sophisticated “phishing” schemes — taking advantage of human error or vulnerabilities by duping individuals into clicking a malicious link and thereby enabling ransomware to infect an organization.
Why Cloudian Object Storage is the Ideal Target for IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
Today, enterprises have multiple choices when it comes to deploying data protection solutions for their mission-critical data and applications in data centers and the public cloud. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus in combination with Cloudian’s fully S3-compatible HyperStore object storage offers a simple, scalable, reliable and cost-effective solution to protect such workloads. IBM Spectrum Protect Plus is a modern data protection solution that provides recovery, replication, retention, and reuse for VMs, databases, applications, file systems, SaaS workloads, containers and cloud applications such as Office 365.
