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Pure Storage announces ransomware service level agreement
Prakash Darji
P ure Storage announced a first of its kind ransomware recovery service level agreement , SLA guaranteeing a clean storage environment following an attack .
“ The demand to achieve business outcomes faster is only becoming more critical amid the uptick in malicious cyberattacks . The latest expansion of Evergreen One delivers data storage infrastructure with built-in resilience , empowering customers with peace of mind in addition to the flexibility , efficiency , and continuous innovation Pure has guaranteed for years ,” said Prakash Darji , VP and GM , Digital Experience Business Unit , Pure Storage .
The growing complexity and sophistication of the current threat landscape has made cybersecurity incidents a matter of when , not if . According to IDC , over 90 % of organisations acknowledge being attacked by malware , and of those , 87 % were attacked successfully .
Together with Pure Storage ’ s new ransomware SLA for Evergreen // One and enhanced AIOps features , enterprises can now benefit from a comprehensive data protection strategy , backed by a guaranteed recovery environment and powerful ML , AIbased security capabilities , to not only future proof agility and resilience , but to speed recovery after an attack .
Existing and new Pure Storage Evergreen // One customers can now purchase an add-on service guarantee for a clean storage environment with bundled technical and professional services to recover from an attack with speed , simplicity , and security , at scale .
Evergreen // One guarantees next business day window to ship clean storage arrays , 48-hours to finalise a recovery plan started at any time , data transfer rate , 8 TiB , Hour , as well as a professional services engineer onsite through RMA .
After an attack , storage arrays are often locked down for forensic investigation by cyber insurance or law enforcement , leaving organisations unable to recover data to infected arrays . By guaranteeing clean arrays , Pure enables customers to recover faster .
Backed by the powerful ML , AI-driven SaaS storage management platform , Pure1 , customers can now leverage AIOps for anomaly detection , data protection assessments , and self-service SafeMode configuration and administration . With new self-service upgrades , authorised users can also perform fully automated and secured non-disruptive upgrades directly from Pure1 .
Enhanced anomaly detection enables organisations to easily identify when and where large changes to data structures occur , resulting in reduced time to recovery and minimised data loss .
New data protection assessment allows organisations to benchmark their entire Pure Storage fleet against data protection best practices while gaining actionable insights to achieve comprehensive data protection .
New self-service SafeMode PIN Multi Factor Authentication enables secure and seamless access control , faster time to value by cutting down support cycles , and full control over SafeMode policies .
With a suite of six concurrent SLAs and a foundation that combines the agility and flexibility of public cloud storage with the security and performance of an all-flash infrastructure , Evergreen // One continuously improves how data is stored , mobilised , and protected . •
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