Nutanix has announced new features for its Nutanix Cloud Platform that strengthen an organization’s resilience against ransomware attacks on unstructured data. The new features in Nutanix Data Lens and Unified Storage enable organizations to detect a threat, prevent further damage, and start a 1-click recovery process within 20 minutes of exposure.
Nutanix has announced new features for its Nutanix Cloud Platform that strengthen an organization’s resilience against ransomware attacks on unstructured data. The new features in Nutanix Data Lens and Unified Storage enable organizations to detect a threat, prevent further damage, and start a 1-click recovery process within 20 minutes of exposure.
When it comes to cybersecurity, few threats loom as large as ransomware. It has swiftly risen to the top of the priority list for CIOs and CISOs worldwide. However, despite this growing concern, 93 percent of organizations admit they need to bolster their preparedness, according to the Enterprise Cloud Index. The urgency surrounding ransomware has reached unprecedented levels, given that the average duration of a ransomware attack has surged by 94 percent. Threat actors have honed their tactics, becoming more adept at infiltrating systems, extracting data, and deploying ransomware payloads, effectively compromising critical information. Rapid ransomware detection has become crucial.
In the event of a cyber-attack, especially a ransomware attack, a swift response can mean the difference between containing an attack and succumbing to potentially devastating consequences. Equally vital is the ability to recover data rapidly. Typically, the recovery process can stretch for days, even weeks, and incomplete restoration can cast a shadow over operations long after the attack has subsided.
Nutanix Data Lens Shields Customers Against Data Breaches
Nutanix Data Lens, a SaaS-based data security solution, defends against the ever-advancing tide of ransomware and unstructured data security threats. The system proactively assesses and mitigates risks by scrutinizing user behavior and identifying anomalies within unstructured data.
But what sets Nutanix Data Lens apart are its new capabilities, which provide a robust shield against ransomware and data breaches. One such capability is its ability to detect and block ransomware within 20 minutes. This rapid detection, along with automated response mechanisms, serves as a barrier against attacks, drastically minimizing their overall impact. This, in turn, provides an additional layer of security, safeguarding an organization’s unstructured data and mitigating data damage.
Ransomware 1-Click Recovery
Nutanix Data Lens introduces the concept of “Ransomware 1-Click Recovery.” When combined with Nutanix Unified Storage, this feature identifies the most recent known good snapshot and can automatically restore the share from this snapshot. Clients are presented with the choice of an automated recovery or a guided manual recovery, ensuring a rapid return to normalcy in operations.
The system also incorporates a Permission Visibility and Risk Visualization component. This empowers customers to gain deeper insights into complex permission structures and audit configurations. By better assessing risks and ensuring that data access aligns with business needs, organizations can minimize data loss, maintain regulatory compliance, and significantly reduce the impact of potential attacks.
Nutanix Data Lens Supports Nutanix Objects
In a significant stride towards enhanced data management and security, Nutanix is bridging the gap between two critical components of its offering: Nutanix Files and Nutanix Objects. Customers employing object storage will enjoy the same comprehensive intelligence, understanding, and forensic capabilities available across Nutanix Files and Nutanix Objects.
This unified approach extends the reach of the advanced auditing and forensic capabilities in Nutanix Data Lens to encompass Nutanix Objects. For customers, this means a significant reduction in security and regulatory risks. It also simplifies the complicated journey towards seamlessly integrated data management across diverse cloud environments.
These enhancements are consistent with the strengths of Nutanix Cloud Platform, which include natively integrated networking and security spanning various cloud platforms. The Nutanix Cloud Platform is equipped with various cyber resilience capabilities, ensuring data and applications remain safeguarded across on-premises infrastructure, public clouds, and the edge.
The new capabilities build on the Nutanix Cloud Platform’s natively integrated networking and security across clouds. Nutanix Cloud Platform delivers built-in cyber resilience capabilities, including automated platform hardening with one-click data encryption, secure network policies, application micro-segmentation, and ransomware data protections. This strengthens an organization’s overall security posture for data and applications across on-premises, public clouds, and edge.
The new features are available now. You can learn more on the Nutanix website.
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