Arcserve UDP Cloud Hybrid Secured by Sophos meets modern IT requirements by enabling you to create a cohesive data security, protection, and retention strategy. Quickly deploy cloud-based backup and DR to public and private clouds, and deep learning system protection to secure backups from cyberattacks. Arcserve and Sophos together deliver an all-in-one solution to neutralize cyber-attacks Arcserve + Sophos Provide a First and Last Line of Defense Against Ransomware Ransomware has reached epidemic proportions globally, making defending data and ensuring immediate recovery more costly and complex than ever.
- Global alliance marks the industry’s first means to assure mitigation of cyber-attacks through complete, multi-layered data security and protection
- Joint solution uniquely combines threat prevention technologies with onsite and offsite business continuity capabilities for an all-in-one solution that can be deployed in 15 minutes
The Arcserve/Sophos alliance is the latest instance of leading vendors blurring the lines between BDR solutions and security systems. In February, for example, backup and availability provider Carbonite bought security software maker Webroot in a deal valued at $618.5 million.
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arcserve, LLC, the world’s most experienced data protection provider, today announced a global alliance with Sophos, a leader in network and endpoint security, to provide organizations with dedicated protection for backed up data against cyberthreats. Through this collaboration, organizations can now employ the only market solution that integrates anti-ransomware and other threat prevention technologies, such as deep learning AI for both known and unknown malware, and award-winning disaster recovery and high availability capabilities for prevention against data loss. Together, the new solution delivers a multi-layered approach to prevent, protect, and immunize backup data from cyber-attacks.
A report issued by Cybersecurity Ventures predicts the global cost of ransomware to reach $11.5 billion USD in 2019 and $20 billion USD by 2021, with an attack on businesses every 14 seconds by the end of this year. With cybercriminals continuously taking advantage of enterprises to turn profits, this alliance will provide organizations with a two-pronged approach to cyber-readiness and IT resilience. By combining both cybersecurity and data protection capabilities into a single offering, businesses will have a comprehensive solution that fully covers all their infrastructure needs.
The joint solution will be delivered via Arcserve’s award-winning Appliance Series, the only turnkey self-contained appliances for disaster recovery and application availability. Powered by Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP), the Arcserve Appliance Series combines flash-accelerated deduplicated storage, robust server processing, and high-speed networking with highly redundant hardware and cloud services.
Arcserve Appliances will integrate Sophos Intercept X Advanced for Server, award-winning endpoint protection with artificial intelligence, to deliver a comprehensive protect-in-depth approach to accelerate data, system and application resiliency.
“Increasingly cybercriminals are targeting backup systems as a way to increase the odds that compromised businesses will make a ransom payment. Having dedicated protection from both malware and the latest exploits ensures the backup data will stand strong against the most advanced threats,” said Francois Depayras, Sophos’ vice president of OEM sales and alliances. “Sophos Intercept X for Server provides anti-ransomware, anti-exploit and deep learning technology to provide the highest level of protection. This makes the Arcserve Appliance the most secure solution available in the market.”
“Too many organizations are being forced to have the ‘how do we pay ransom’ conversation. We saw a market gap that needed to be filled, and Sophos was the natural fit. We know data protection and they know cybersecurity,” said Oussama El-Hilali, CTO for Arcserve. “As threats become more difficult to combat, this alliance is transformative in the industry, taking our cyber protection to the next level and providing partners with the opportunity to educate customers on the unique benefits of an integrated, two-pronged defense against cybercrime.”
The integrated solution will be available on the newest Arcserve Appliances in October of 2019. To learn more about the global alliance and new solution, please visit: www.arcserve.com/sophos.
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Arcserve provides exceptional solutions to protect the priceless digital assets of organizations in need of full scale, comprehensive data protection. Established in 1983, Arcserve is the world’s most experienced provider of business continuity solutions that safeguard multi-generational IT infrastructures with applications and systems in any location, on premises and in the cloud. Organizations in over 150 countries around the world rely on Arcserve’s highly efficient, integrated technologies and expertise to eliminate the risk of data loss and extended downtime while reducing the cost and complexity of backing up and restoring data by up to 50 percent. Arcserve is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota with locations around the world. Explore more at www.arcserve.com and follow @Arcserve on Twitter.
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As a worldwide leader in next-generation cybersecurity, Sophos protects nearly 400,000 organizations of all sizes in more than 150 countries from today’s most advanced cyberthreats. Powered by SophosLabs – a global threat intelligence and data science team – Sophos’ cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more. The award-winning Sophos Central cloud-based platform integrates Sophos’ entire portfolio of best-of-breed products, from the Intercept X endpoint solution to the XG Firewall, into a single system called Synchronized Security. Sophos products are exclusively available through a global channel of more than 47,000 partners and Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Sophos also makes its innovative commercial technologies available to consumers via Sophos Home. The company is headquartered in Oxford, U.K., and is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol “SOPH.” More information is available at www.sophos.com.
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With so much value put on data, protecting it is now more critical than ever.
Ransomware attacks seem endless and relentless. Daily headlines scream about the severity and frequency of attacks on organizations of all kinds – no industry is immune, and some including healthcare and government face more scrutiny when cyber attacks affect patient or constituent data or cause downtime for critical services.
Consider these examples:
The Texas Department of Transportation network was breached and experienced unauthorized access via a ransomware attack, causing the agency to shut down its system to isolate the incident.
The University of California San Francisco School of Medicine paid over $1 million to decrypt files after a ransomware attack. During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and health organizations have been a prime target for cybercriminals.
Following a REvil attack on Travelex, a UK financial institution, cybercriminals demanded a $6 million ransom and claimed to have consumer’s personal and credit card data. Travelex took its IT systems and websites offline for more than three weeks, reverting airport currency exchange kiosks to pen and paper and leaving customers “in limbo.”
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Ransomware impacts reach far beyond initial attack
While the immediate impacts of ransomware attacks such as downtime, data loss, or ransom payments seem crippling, the longer-term affects must also be considered as consumers are paying more attention to ransomware attacks.
A recent survey of consumers shows that 70% believe businesses aren’t doing enough to adequately secure their personal information and assume it has been compromised without them knowing it. 59% of consumers would likely avoid doing business with an organization that had experienced a cyberattack in the past year.
If you’re not focusing on cyber and data security, your customers will take notice. The study found that one in four consumers will abandon a product or service in favor of a competitor after a single ransomware-related service disruption, failed transaction, or instance of inaccessible information. Simply put, consumers won’t wait for your ransomware recovery.
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Nutanix delivers solutions that enable multi-cloud architectures, built on powerful HCI technology to combine compute, virtualization, storage, networking, and security. With ransomware threatening organizations from all angles, protecting Nutanix environments is more critical than ever.
Combining robust security controls, data analysis and visibility, ransomware detection and data protection will ensure complete protection of Nutanix workloads. Consider these factors when choosing your best-fit data and cyber protection solution:
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- Protect workloads running on Nutanix with integrated data and cyber protection – With data being a highly sought-after commodity, ensure your IT infrastructure is properly protected against ransomware attacks and your backups are secure.
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- Remove the risks of downtime with disaster recovery capabilities – Get peace of mind with a solution that meets business continuity requirements by reducing recovery times and points (RTOs/RPOs) to minutes and recovering image backups.
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True data security begins with a comprehensive approach to protecting IT infrastructures and applications from cyberattacks. With a strong infrastructure foundation and an all-in-one data and cyber protection solution in place, organizations can achieve true cyber-readiness.
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