Cyber Resiliency with Cohesity
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Russ Fellows
With the continuing rise of destructive cyber-attacks, exfiltration and extortion, Cyber Resiliency remains an area of focus for many IT organizations. Data resiliency and threat mitigation include many technologies and issues, but a critical foundational aspect is that of creating, storing, and protecting multiple copies of data on different types of media, at multiple locations.
Multiple studies from a leading analyst firm, The Futurum Group, show a growing awareness of the need for cyber resiliency, due to a rise in incidents. As a result, firms are now focusing on how best to circumvent and respond when an attack occurs. In practice, this means companies’ IT organizations of all sizes and geographies understand their need for enhancing internal data protection, security, and recovery procedures. While data protection including backup processes receive significant focus, recovery is the most critical feature when data or applications become unavailable.
Rapid recovery of data is a key ingredient in the process of clean room forensic analysis to determine which systems and data may be infected, and what may be compromised. This process often requires recovering systems from multiple points in time, to determine which is the most recent, clean image. Therefore, rapid recovery is one of the most important criteria for data protection tools and improved cyber resilience outcomes.
