{"id":46093,"date":"2021-10-18T13:37:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T13:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/?p=46093"},"modified":"2024-01-03T13:52:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T18:52:34","slug":"ransomware-defense-in-depth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commvault.com\/blogs\/ransomware-defense-in-depth","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware Defense in Depth \u2013 Best Practices for Security and Backup Data Immutability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The world around us is changing rapidly where everything is being offered and consumed as a Service \u2013 including Ransomware. Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) is proving to be the \u201cvirus\u201d (pun intended) that is forcing the evolution of security postures adopted by organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizations are in varying stages of their journey to cloud, which is being made more challenging by bad actors and threat vectors. Add to this the concerns around misconfigurations in cloud that market analysts have declared as one of the key vulnerabilities that bad actors tend to exploit first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the current IT climate, with the ransomware threat looming large, Zero Trust architecture has become central to all enterprise\u2019s security posture. \u201cChallenge and Verify\u201d all communication and access paths between components of the IT landscape is the core tenet of a Zero Trust architecture, which, when available on an easy-to-consume platform, makes it a compelling proposition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zero Trust architecture is a shift in paradigm from the concepts of \u201cpersistence\u201d of connection that we have seen in the past. It starts with laying the foundations for micro-segmentation of the IT landscape, access limited with the Least Privilege principle, and all communication to and between the micro-segments being authenticated, audited, and verified. Leveraging micro-segmentation helps create micro-containment zones in the event of a disaster to minimize the lateral movement of threat vectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, despite best-laid plans, we witness organizations falling victim to ransomware attacks<\/a> and being subject to double extortion. In such cases, an organization\u2019s ability to minimize business downtime relies heavily on its secure backup copies and recovering safely, at optimal speed, performance, and cost. This is proving to be the insurance policy that customers are relying on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Constantly in step with the changing times, Commvault, armed with 25 years of experience in the data protection and management arena, helps customers recover their data and bounce back from cyber and disaster recovery (DR) crises via a multi layered security approach. These success stories only go to highlight the importance of backup copies that are cyber- and recovery-ready!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


To be able to bring all siloed workloads \u2013 reducing the surface area of attack, into a unified framework that can easily fit into customers current hybrid ecosystem, with on-premises and SaaS presence, and consistently deliver the highest level of protection and recovery assurance at every layer of interaction, is now the gold standard in cyber-recoverability.For Commvault, adhering to business SLAs is of the highest priority and a non-negotiable parameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across our Intelligent Data Services Platform, customers have a wide range of options to support their workloads and deployment flexibility. Commvault customers enjoy a seamless experience of protecting and managing data across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n