NetApp, the intelligent data infrastructure company, announced new industry-leading cyber resilience capabilities, further strengthening its reputation as the “World’s Most Secure Storage.” The updated and renamed NetApp Ransomware Resilience empowers customers to make their data infrastructure a core component of their comprehensive security strategy with AI-driven, integrated ransomware detection and two new capabilities: industry-first data breach detection for enterprise storage and an isolated recovery environment for secure and complete recovery of mission-critical data.

The most pressing challenges facing businesses today—AI innovation, data modernization, network resilience, and cloud transformation—demand a secure, reliable, and efficient data infrastructure. While investments in AI create unprecedented opportunities for businesses, they also expand their attack surface. NetApp positions data infrastructure as a key component of enterprise security strategies, leveraging AI technologies to protect enterprise data and prevent business disruptions.

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“Effective data protection from cyberattacks requires early detection and action,” said Gagan Gulati, senior vice president and general manager, Data Services, NetApp. “Building on our existing leadership in detecting ransomware attacks on both structured and unstructured data, we are now adding AI-driven capabilities to identify early signs of data theft attempts, further enhancing enterprise data security. Storage is the last line of defense for protecting our customers’ most valuable asset: their data, and we continue to innovate on the foundation of our reputation as the ‘World’s Most Secure Storage.’”

NetApp Network Resilience Core Update Content:

  • NetApp Ransomware Resilience: NetApp Ransomware Resilience, formerly known as NetApp Ransomware Protection, makes it easier, faster, and more efficient to protect and recover ONTAP workloads from ransomware attacks without requiring deep security expertise or training. The newly upgraded Ransomware Resilience service delivers comprehensive, coordinated, workload-centric ransomware protection for file and block storage through a single control plane.
  • Data Leak Detection : NetApp Ransomware Resilience now includes data leak detection – an AI-powered capability that identifies anomalous user and file system behavior that are early signs of potential data theft and intrusion attempts. Once an anomaly is detected, Ransomware Resilience automatically alerts customers through their security information and event management (SIEM) solution and provides forensic information, enabling them to take decisive and swift action. By proactively identifying leak risks, NetApp customers can prevent further unauthorized transfer of sensitive data, containing cyberthreats before they lead to large-scale unauthorized data leaks.
  • Isolated Recovery Environment : NetApp Ransomware Resilience also introduces an isolated recovery environment to ensure safe and malware-free workload recovery. This isolated recovery environment uses deep, proprietary AI-powered scanning technology to precisely identify data affected by malware and the time it was tampered with. Ransomware Resilience then guides customers through the workload recovery process, quickly and easily restoring up-to-date, safe data free of malware, preventing reinfection.

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These enhancements further extend NetApp’s existing leadership in network resilience and complement existing capabilities, such as AI-driven detection built directly into ONTAP. NetApp ONTAP’s award-winning AI-powered autonomous ransomware protection (ARP/AI) now supports data stored in both file and block protocols. In external testing and validation, it achieved a 99% detection rate for advanced full-file encryption ransomware attacks with zero false positives, demonstrating its robustness in business environments without causing alert fatigue.

“NetApp is secure by design, positioning its storage solutions not just as the last line of defense against cyberthreats, but also as an early line of defense,” said Philip Bues, senior research manager, Cloud Security and Confidential Computing at IDC. “As malicious actors continue to evolve their tactics, incorporating techniques like double extortion into ransomware attacks, NetApp’s new capabilities demonstrate its commitment to keeping pace with evolving threats and delivering on its promise of one of the most secure storage platforms in the industry. The new data breach detection capabilities provide organizations with critical early warning, enabling them to prevent and address cyberthreats before they impact their business. This initiative demonstrates that NetApp is more than just a storage company; it is a dedicated and reliable partner committed to addressing our customers’ most pressing priorities.”

NetApp also announced other updates to its portfolio, including enhanced AI capabilities that further the company’s AI vision by combining high-performance storage and intelligent data services into secure, scalable solutions.

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Source – businesswire

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