Qumulo announced
integration with the Varonis Data Security Platform and introduced their
new Snapshot-Locking capability to protect customers against
ransomware. With an increasing number of ransomware attacks on private
businesses, public agencies, and healthcare organizations, managing
cybersecurity risk is a bigger priority than ever before. The ongoing
threat of cyberattacks forces IT organizations to constantly evolve
their ability to detect ransomware and malware outbreaks across
petabytes of data, in real time, and respond quickly to minimize the
damage inflicted.
Qumulo and Varonis have partnered to provide an end-to-end solution that
protects Qumulo customers from ransomware in both cloud and on-premises
environments. The Varonis Data Security Platform provides real-time
visibility and control over cloud and on-premises data and automatically
remediates risk. Varonis' behavior-based threat models detect abnormal
activity proactively and can stop threats to data before they become
breaches. In the storage layer, Qumulo offers data protection by
cryptographically locking snapshots, allowing administrators a simple
mechanism to stop attackers from infecting valuable customer data.
"Securing unstructured data can be very challenging due to its sheer
volume, and the expansive number of places it is stored and used by
companies," said Kiran Bhageshpur, Chief Technology Officer, Qumulo.
"Our new integration with Varonis will help our customers have complete
visibility into where their most valuable data and key vulnerabilities
are, especially for threats like ransomware."
The combined solution operates across three areas to protect against bad
actors' attempts to spread ransomware and malware within Qumulo:
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Prevention through continuous data exposure and risk monitoring with automatic remediation and least privilege enforcement
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Detection of anomalous activity and activity patterns that resemble ransomware across data stored in Qumulo
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Rapid recovery of data in the event of a successful attack
Varonis uses Qumulo's APIs and granular audit logging to monitor user
logins, permissions changes, file and folder activity, and pattern
detection to warn against suspicious activity that may indicate threat
actors or malicious insiders. Qumulo's Snapshot-Locking feature uses
cryptographic protection, where only the customer has access to the
cryptographic key-pair required to unlock the snapshot. Together, the
Qumulo-Varonis solution offers enterprise IT organizations a simple,
secure, and scalable way to manage data anywhere.
"Organizations face an uphill climb when it comes to securing vast
amounts of data across the cloud - in fact, we surveyed more than 700
companies and found that 81 percent
had sensitive SaaS data exposed," said David Bass, Executive Vice
President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, Varonis. "We're
pleased to be teaming with Qumulo to provide greater visibility and
control for companies looking to secure their critical data and
proactively help mitigate the impact of a potential attack."