Arcserve
unveiled Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) 8.0, which is designed to protect
organizations' entire infrastructure, including hyperconverged, from data loss,
cybercriminals, and persistent threats like ransomware. This makes Arcserve the
only data protection vendor capable of delivering ransomware prevention across
hardware, cloud, SaaS, and other environments.
According
to The State of Ransomware in the US: Reports and Statistics
2020, new tactics like double extortion saw significant adoption in
2020. Cybercriminals around the world are constantly coming up with new tactics
to solicit ransom payments, meaning many are not only holding data hostage, but
threatening to publish it, and have been increasingly targeting backup data,
too. Arcserve has been actively working with Sophos and other key partners to
combat this challenge for businesses, enabling them to protect their backup
data, no matter where it's stored.
"Ransomware
and malware are among the most serious data threats facing organizations
today," said Phil Goodwin, Research Director, IDC. "IT leaders and business
leaders alike recognize these threats that must be addressed urgently.
Organizations are looking for comprehensive solutions that address both data
protection and data security holistically. Due to its partnership with Sophos,
Arcserve is at the forefront of vendors delivering these integrated solutions.
Given to the broad deployment of applications in today's organizations, these
solutions must address core, cloud and edge environments, which is what
Arcserve aims to do with the release of UDP 8.0."
Ransomware
prevention with Sophos
Arcserve
UDP 8.0 prevents ransomware attacks by integrating seamlessly with
industry-best cybersecurity protection from Sophos
to protect critical data backup infrastructure. Sophos uses a deep learning
neural network, advanced anti-ransomware technology, and more to detect both
known and unknown malware to keep backup data safe from malicious activity.
Further, Arcserve UDP 8.0 also protects backups from modification with Amazon
AWS S3 immutable storage, which is protected by AWS Object Lock.
"The
sophistication and targeted approach to attacks, plus the agility of attackers,
as evidenced in Sophos'
2021 Threat Report, means organizations need layers of defense that will
protect their data no matter where it is stored. With Arcserve, we are bringing
expanded security to both of our customer bases and our channel partners," said
Francois Depayras, Vice President of OEM at Sophos. "Organizations of all sizes
can rest easy knowing their data backups have the same level of protection as
the rest of the IT environment. This is critical because attackers are
determined to take to victims offline to increase the pressure to get
organizations to pay the ransom. Our relationship with Arcserve also helps
channel partners provide a wider breadth of data protection and security for
their clients."
New
Integrations with Nutanix and Oracle
Arcserve
UDP 8.0 will now also support backing up Nutanix Files workloads and using
Nutanix Objects as a backup target, in addition to continued support of Nutanix
AHV for secure disaster recovery and backup of Nutanix Hyperconverged
Infrastructure (HCI). This will not only protect critical HCI workloads from
loss but also reduce the time spent managing disaster recovery and backup by
providing a streamlined, web-based user interface.
"This
integration with Arcserve UDP 8.0 will make it easier for businesses to
continuously protect HCI workloads and data," said Mark Nijmeijer, Senior
Director of Product Management - Data Protection at Nutanix. "We have actively
been working with the Arcserve team to ensure that backup and recovery of these
mission-critical environments doesn't turn into a time-consuming or cumbersome
process, allowing IT professionals to focus their time and effort on higher
level data protection strategies. We are very excited about this UDP 8.0
release and will continue to build deeper integrations between our products."
In
addition to now protecting HCI, Arcserve UDP 8.0 protects Oracle database
backups from data loss, disasters, and ransomware with a native data protection
integration through Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN). Through this native
integration, Oracle database administrators will be able to back up and recover
their entire Oracle installations, including standalone database and RAC
clusters. Oracle database administrators will also be able to test their
recovery with Arcserve's Assured Recovery feature, integrated with RMAN BACKUP
VALIDATE command.
"As
IT infrastructures become increasingly more complicated, it's important that
we're able to help our customers protect their data, no matter where it's
stored," said Ivan Pittaluga, CTO at Arcserve. "The unveiling of Arcserve UDP
8.0 carries on the company's tradition of making sure we do just that. We are
not only covering data across hardware, SaaS, the cloud, and HCI, but we're
also adding in an extra layer of protection by integrating best-in-class
cybersecurity. It's truly a huge value add to our partners and end users."
To learn more about Arcserve UDP 8.0, please
visit:
https://www.arcserve.com/data-protection-solutions/arcserve-udp/