SECURITY
NEWS
There is an incredible need to
integrate security and data
protection solutions, especially as
we continue to see cybercriminals
evolve their tactics and more
aggressively target backup data.
Arcserve and Sophos unveil fully integrated
cyber and data protection for on-premises,
cloud and SAAS workloads
Arcserve, a data and ransomware protection provider, has announced an
expansion of its alliance with Sophos, a global leader in next-generation
cybersecurity, to introduce industry-first cyber and data protection for
infrastructures with on-premises, cloud and SaaS-based workloads.
This continued collaboration eliminates
the complexity of discrete cybersecurity
and data protection with the first solution
suite to combine anti-ransomware and
other threat prevention technologies with
immutable backup and disaster recovery
(DR) capabilities for protection from
cyberattacks, major disasters, human error
or other unplanned outages. New cloud
and SaaS solutions include Arcserve Cloud
Backup for Office 365 and Arcserve Unified
Data Protection (UDP) Cloud Hybrid Secured
by Sophos.
According to a recent survey of 2,000
consumers commissioned by Arcserve,
nearly 60% would likely avoid doing
business with an organisation that
experienced a cyberattack in the past
year. That, coupled with the fact that
Cybersecurity Ventures has predicted the
global cost of ransomware to reach US$20
billion by 2021, means enterprises must be
more vigilant in mitigating both the short-
and long-term financial consequences that
follow a cyberattack.
“There is an incredible need to
integrate security and data protection
solutions, especially as we continue to see
cybercriminals evolve their tactics and
more aggressively target backup data,”
said Phil Goodwin, Research Director, IDC.
“The integration of these technologies by
Arcserve is very timely in helping provide
businesses with tools to close security gaps
and prevent data loss.”
Arcserve Solutions Secured
by Sophos
Arcserve Solutions Secured by Sophos
leverage AI-powered system protection
with deep learning technology that detects
both known and unknown malware without
relying on signatures, exploit prevention
and anti-ransomware capabilities. They
also prevent data loss and downtime with
agentless and agent-based backup, DR
onsite or to public and private clouds, local
and remote virtual standby, AES encryption,
role-based access control and SLA reporting.
This industry-leading alliance was first
launched with Arcserve Appliances Secured
by Sophos and will now also include:
Arcserve Cloud Backup for Office
365 Secured by Sophos, which protects
Microsoft Office 365 data from intentional or
unintentional deletion, programmatic issues
and external security threats with cloud-tocloud
backup for Exchange Online, OneDrive
for Business and SharePoint Online.
Powered by Arcserve UDP and Sophos
Intercept X Advanced for Server, it provides
cyber protection, policy-based management,
quick restore to Office 365 and granular
recovery with egress included.
Arcserve UDP Cloud Hybrid Secured
by Sophos, which protects cloud-based
workloads to enable cohesive cloud security,
protection and retention strategies. Offered
as a fully managed service extension to
Arcserve UDP software and appliances, it
provides cyber protection, policy-based
management, RPO and SLA validation,
application-level recovery and failover and
failback to public and private clouds with
egress included. Both solutions are available
as an annual subscription
Oussama El-Hilali, CTO at Arcserve, said:
“We continue to expand our alliance with
Sophos to introduce solutions that will do
more than backup and manage data; taking
it a step further with capabilities necessary
to withstand any threat.” •
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