New capabilities reinforce NetApp as the most secure storage on the planet
NetApp, the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, announced new industry-leading cyber resilience capabilities that further strengthen the most secure storage on the planet. The newly enhanced and renamed NetApp Ransomware Resilience service enables customers to make their data infrastructure a leading part of their comprehensive security strategy with integrated AI-powered ransomware detection and two new capabilities: a first-in-the-industry ability for enterprise storage to detect data breaches; and isolated recovery environments to enable safe and clean recovery of mission-critical data.
As enterprises face their most pressing challenges—AI innovation, data modernization, cyber resilience, and cloud transformation—they need a secure, reliable, and efficient data infrastructure. While investments in AI are creating unprecedented opportunity for enterprises, they are also expanding their attack surfaces. NetApp makes data infrastructure a critical part of enterprise security strategy, leveraging AI to protect enterprise data and eliminate operational disruption.
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“To effectively protect your data from a cyberattack, you need to know it happened as early as possible to take action,” said Gagan Gulati, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Data Services at NetApp. “With new AI-powered capabilities to detect early indicators of data exfiltration attempts on top of our existing leading capabilities to detect ransomware attacks on both structured and unstructured data, we’re making enterprise data even safer. Storage is the last line of defense to protect our customers’ most valuable asset—data—and we are constantly innovating on top of the most secure storage on the planet.”
Key cyber-resilience updates from NetApp include:
- NetApp Ransomware Resilience: Formerly called the NetApp Ransomware Protection service, NetApp Ransomware Resilience makes protecting and recovering ONTAP workloads from ransomware attacks easier, faster, and more effective without requiring deep security expertise or training. The newly enhanced Ransomware Resilience service helps drive comprehensive, orchestrated, workload-centric ransomware defense across file and block storage all via a single control plane.
- Data Breach Detection: NetApp Ransomware Resilience now includes data breach detection, an AI-driven capability that identifies anomalous user and file system behaviors that are early indicators of potential data exfiltration and thus a breach attempt. Upon identification, Ransomware Resilience automatically alerts the customer via their security information and event management (SIEM) solution, arming them with forensics to enable decisive and swift action. By proactively identifying breaches, NetApp customers can block further unauthorized transfer of sensitive data, stopping cyber threats before they can cause extensive unauthorized data exposure.
- Isolated Recovery Environments: NetApp Ransomware Resilience is also introducing isolated recovery environments to ensure safe and malware-free workload recovery. An isolated recovery environment utilizes deep and proprietary AI-powered scanning to precisely identify maliciously impacted data and the point at which it was modified. Ransomware Resilience then guides the customer through the workload restoration process for a fast and easy malware-free recovery of the most recent safe data, preventing reinfection.
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These enhancements extend NetApp’s existing leadership in cyber resilience, complementing existing capabilities such as AI-powered detection built directly into ONTAP. The award-winning NetApp ONTAP Autonomous Ransomware Protection with Artificial Intelligence (ARP/AI)—which now fully supports data stored in both file and block protocols—has demonstrated 99 percent detection of tested, advanced full-file encryption ransomware attacks with zero false positives in external testing and validation, indicating a strong ability to operate in a business context without contributing to alert fatigue.
“NetApp embraces a secure-by-design approach that positions its storage solutions not just as a last line of defense against cyber threats, but also as an early line of defense,” said Philip Bues, Sr. Research Manager, Cloud Security and Confidential Computing at IDC. “As malicious actors continue to evolve, adding techniques such as double extortion to their ransomware attack patterns, today’s announcements show that NetApp is keeping pace to back up its claim as one of the industry’s most secure storage platforms. The new data breach detection capability gives enterprises a critical advance warning enabling them to stop and respond to cyber threats before they impact the business. It demonstrates that NetApp is more than a storage company, it is an invested, trusted partner that is addressing the most pressing priorities of its customers.”
NetApp announced other updates across its portfolio including enhanced AI capabilities which deliver on the company’s AI vision by unifying high-performance storage and intelligent data services into a secure and scalable offering.
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FAQs
1. What is NetApp Ransomware Resilience, and how does it differ from the previous Ransomware Protection service?
NetApp Ransomware Resilience is the newly enhanced version of the company’s former Ransomware Protection service. It adds AI-powered ransomware detection, data breach detection, and isolated recovery environments, enabling enterprises to detect breaches early and recover mission-critical data safely—all from a single control plane without deep security expertise.
2. How does NetApp detect data breaches before they cause major damage?
NetApp’s new data breach detection capability uses AI to identify anomalous user and file system behavior, which are early indicators of potential data exfiltration. It sends automatic alerts through the customer’s SIEM system, providing actionable forensics so enterprises can stop unauthorized data transfer quickly.
3. What are isolated recovery environments, and why are they important?
Isolated recovery environments allow organizations to restore workloads safely after a cyberattack. Using AI-powered scanning, NetApp identifies maliciously impacted data and the exact point of compromise. This ensures malware-free recovery of the most recent safe data, preventing reinfection.
4. How effective is NetApp in detecting ransomware attacks?
NetApp ONTAP’s AI-driven Autonomous Ransomware Protection (ARP/AI) has shown 99% detection of advanced full-file encryption ransomware with zero false positives in independent testing, demonstrating high reliability without causing alert fatigue.
5. How does NetApp’s cyber resilience support broader enterprise security strategies?
By integrating AI-powered detection, breach alerts, and safe recovery directly into storage infrastructure, NetApp positions its storage as both a first and last line of defense. This strengthens enterprise security strategies, supporting AI initiatives, data modernization, and cloud transformation while protecting critical data assets.
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