100% uptime and availability are non-negotiable. But to achieve that goal, businesses must accept that backup and recovery is insufficient – true cyber resilience is more demanding. However, with the right choice of technology stack – NetApp – much of what you need is built directly into infrastructure.
Ransomware resolved
The source of many sleepless nights, ransomware remains a very real and present danger to every business. One moment of carelessness can infect corporate systems causing huge disruption, embarrassment and financial loss.
With BlueXP, NetApp has introduced several anti-malware features. Ransomware is stopped in its tracks by FPolicy, a behind-the-scenes detection engine. FPolicy uses machine learning and AI to analyse read/write operations, constantly on the lookout for malware. Suspicious users are blocked automatically and “questionable files” are not written to disk.
But it doesn’t stop there. With ransomware now targeted at backups and archives (to prevent recovery efforts), NetApp has introduced SnapLock. SnapLock offers immutable object storage, ensuring that backups cannot be overwritten, corrupted or accidentally deleted.
True disaster recovery
Thanks to cloud platforms, any business can develop cost-effective DR redundancy. Indeed, NetApp estimates businesses can realise $1m annual savings by moving disaster recovery to the cloud.
The process is simplified through SnapMirror, an automated, intelligent data replication feature. SnapMirror ensures that your systems are copied and available in the cloud in case of emergency.
In the event of a localised disaster, your infrastructure team can respond immediately. Workloads can be recovered in a single click to limit disruption and protect operations. Automation goes beyond basic alerts too with the ability to automate recovery operations. Disaster recovery is faster, less expensive and less at risk of human error.
Backups, but better
Backups are still an integral aspect of the NetApp offering. Users have complete control over the information that is collected, backed up and restored, allowing for granular recovery as required.
To better manage the consumption-based billing model of cloud platforms, NetApp also provides powerful deduplication capabilities. By automatically identifying and removing duplicate data, the system minimises the backup footprint – by as much as 50%. As a result, NetApp delivers 6x faster backups and users never pay for wasted cloud capacity.
The smart infrastructure choice
Taken together, these features help to explain why NetApp claim to offer “the most secure storage on the planet”. However, CTOs seeking additional assurance should also consider NetApp’s Ransomware Recovery Guarantee.
In the unlikely event that hackers breach the logical air gap between live systems and backup and manage to defeat the SnapLock immutable file protections, NetApp will pay compensation to “make it right”. This sounds like the kind of promise that only the manufacturers of the most secure storage on the planet would make.
To learn more about your cyber resilience options or the NetApp Ransomware Recovery Guarantee, please give us a call.