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How Parablu Helped a Customer Recover from Data Breach

Megha Parmar — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 11:22:59 +0000

How Parablu Helped a Customer Recover from Data Breach

In today’s digital world, cyberattacks are a harsh reality. We are all familiar with data breaches and the associated consequences.

So, are you prepared to fight data breaches? Do you have a robust data backup solution to bounce back from the chaos? Are you equipped to protect yourself from data loss? If not, then it’s high time you did! Let me tell you about an incident for reference.

Here’s a real-life incident that exemplifies the importance of data security.

What happened? Nature of the privacy breach and its detection

A severe data security breach occurred in March on their organization’s network. It targeted the Active Directory (AD) server as the home server.

For those needing to become more familiar with the term AD server, here is the answer: The AD server is a crucial component of a Windows network. This server manages user accounts, permissions, and authentication across various devices and resources.

Cybercriminals took control of their data and encrypted the files. As a result, the organization lost access to their files. Given the interconnected nature of the AD server, the breach might have also exposed other related servers. So, the company implemented proactive data security measures across the network to prevent infection. The security team was immediately alerted and started the incident recovery process.

How did it happen? Overview of the data breach

The data breach occurred at one of their stores, where constant data exchanges occur. The breach happened by injecting ransomware from an open source into one of their store’s servers. The staff couldn’t access their data which was encrypted and inaccessible.

Soon after the incident, cybercriminals sent instructions to pay a ransom if they wanted the decryption key. The cybercriminal left an email address for further discussion.

What was affected? Criticality of the infected data

The breach damaged our customers’ operations by attacking some of their stores. Their IT team informed us about the number of endpoints infected, which was approx. 250.

Among the data encrypted were sensitive customer information, business strategies, and confidential records. The consequences could have been severe because these attacks can cause significant financial and reputational harm. Protecting and recovering their data became our top priority.

What was done right? Proactive preventive measures for data breach detection

Our customer’s security team proactively responded to the data breach. They strengthened their security infrastructure with threat detection systems to avoid further data encryption. They followed the below-mentioned data security protocols:

Isolation of affected server

They immediately disconnected the compromised server from the network to reduce the spread of the breach.
Point-in-time restore

As part of the incident recovery process, they used the “point-in-time restore” feature of BluVault. BluVault allowed them to restore all files and data versions from before the day of the data breach. So, they recovered and resumed their operations by restoring the data until March.
Enhanced authentication

All user accounts were subjected to mandatory multi-factor authentication to protect access controls.
Incident response team activation

Security experts, IT professionals, and other teams worked proactively to respond to the ransomware attack.
Communication and transparency

Open communication was established among the employees to ensure transparency.
Contacted Parablu

After completing their initial incident recovery process, they contacted us for help. Our customer support team helped them to recover faster from the incident by restoring data.

Role of Parablu in the incident recovery

Our customer shared a list of files to recover. The list included zip files and text files named “butterfly.txt.” Using these file names, we checked the database and found that around 60 devices were affected. We let their IT team know about the infected files. Further, we guided them to locate and delete these files, preventing further infection on their devices.

Parablu customer support team assisted them in two ways:

Finding the encrypted files and the number of affected devices.
Guiding them in locating and removing the encrypted files. Thus, ensuring their devices stay safe from further infections.

Leveraging our BluVault solution ensured the efficient backup of critical data. This enabled us to navigate the road to data recovery with confidence. We successfully retrieved all the encrypted data through effective teamwork.

What now? Preventive measures against the data breach

To prevent future breaches of data, we recommended the following steps:

Robust network security: Establish a strong firewall. Set up systems to continuously check for vulnerabilities and detect unusual activities.
Avoid centralizing devices: Spread out devices across many servers instead of relying on a single AD server.
Limit AD server exposure: To avoid potential threats, restrict the AD server from public access.

Implementing the above steps can answer questions like how to prevent data breaches effectively.

Testimonial – What the customer has to say:

“We backed up all our data using BluVault’s point-in-time recovery feature. The customer support team was supportive enough to make the process easy.”

The importance of data backup and recovery in today’s world

Data backup and recovery are essential in today’s digital world. Protecting information is vital, with vast amounts of data circulating and increasing privacy breaches. Backup solutions ensure data safety, recovery, and integrity during cyberattacks.

Prevent financial losses, preserve reputation, and ensure trust with reliable backup solutions and disaster recovery plans. This process is helping organizations thrive amidst uncertainties in our data-centric world.

This incident with our customer is a reminder that all companies should have robust data backup and recovery solutions in place. With suitable measures and a trusted partner like Parablu, you can protect your organization against cyberattacks.

Investing in top-notch data backup solutions like Parablu’s BluVault empowers your organization against any privacy breach. Above all, a dedicated customer support team is always there to help you.

Take control of your business today. Hand over your data security challenges to Parablu.

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Cloud Storage Solutions: Decoding the Cost Components

Megha Parmar — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 08:36:13 +0000

Cloud Storage Solutions: Decoding the Cost Components

Hey there, cloud enthusiasts!
Ready to embark on a journey that will demystify the world of cloud data storage pricing?
Well, you are at the right place!

Cloud storage is now the go-to solution for organizations looking to streamline their data management. It offers flexibility, scalability, and accessibility. But here’s the thing: understanding the factors contributing to the cost components of cloud storage can be a real head-scratcher. It’s like trying to solve a puzzle without all the pieces.

So, I’m here to help you understand and decode the cost components.

At Parablu, we believe that knowledge is power. We’re here to equip you with the knowledge you need to make informed decisions about your cloud storage strategy. In this blog, we will break down the key factors determining the cost of storing your data in the cloud. By the end of this blog, you’ll have the insights and strategies to optimize costs and make the most of your cloud storage investment. And that’s a promise!

Understanding cloud storage and why your budget matters

Cloud storage is a virtual space where you can store and access your data over the internet. It’s like having a digital storage locker to access anytime, anywhere. The cost of cloud storage matters because it directly impacts your budget. Understanding the cost components allows you to optimize your storage choices and avoid unnecessary expenses. It’s all about finding the right balance between storage needs and cost-effectiveness. This ensures you get the most value from your cloud storage investment.

Cloud data storage is revolutionizing the way businesses store and manage their data. Understanding the key factors that drive this storage solution is crucial.

Storage capacity: How much is too much?

Storage capacity is a critical factor in cost-effective cloud data storage. As of 2020, the world’s digital data stood at a mind-boggling 44 zettabytes, projected to grow to 175 zettabytes by 2025. To strike the right balance, estimate your storage needs. Avoiding unnecessary costs is crucial. For instance, if your small business needs a 1-terabyte of storage, opting for a 2-terabyte plan would mean paying for excess capacity. At the same time, choosing a 500-gigabyte plan might lead to space constraints and unplanned expenses.

Assess your data requirements based on historical data. By finding the sweet spot, you’ll ensure cost-effectiveness without sacrificing storage needs. Remember, it’s about balancing your current needs while accounting for future growth.

So, take a closer look at your data, estimate your storage needs, and choose a plan that aligns with your requirements. Doing so will avoid the dreaded “too much” storage dilemma while keeping your costs in check.

Data transfer efficiency: Bridging the gap in cloud storage

Did you know transferring data to and from the cloud can impact your overall costs?
It’s true!

Cloud providers often charge for inbound and outbound data transfers. This covers activities like uploading, downloading, and accessing your data. These charges can add up, especially if you transfer large amounts of data. You could pay a hefty fee if you move around 1 terabyte of data. That’s why choosing a cloud service with cost-effective transfer policies is crucial. By optimizing cloud storage expenses, you can save a significant amount of money.

So, next time you consider a cloud provider, don’t forget to factor in the data transfer cost!

Hidden costs: Transaction fees in the cloud storage

When it comes to cloud services, even the most negligible costs can make a difference. One such cost component that often goes unnoticed is transaction fees.

Did you know that every time your business applications interact with the cloud, they incur a small transaction fee?
Every time your business applications interact with the cloud, there’s a fee involved. It could be as simple as scanning your cloud storage, listing its contents, or copying data within the same cloud.

Yes, most cloud providers charge less than a dollar for 100,000 transactions per month. But these charges can accumulate if you don’t keep track. So, stay on top of these transaction costs and monitor them to avoid any surprises on your bill.

Cloud storage sorted: Managing your data with ease!

Neglecting data management can lead to unexpected costs and strain your IT budget.

Data management is like keeping your cloud-based data organized and accessible. It helps you get, process, and store data efficiently in the cloud. Several studies estimate that by 2025, over 95% of new digital workloads will be deployed on cloud-native platforms. This is up from 30% in 2021.

To avoid accidental data loss, maintain track of your data. Stay organized so you can find it when you need it. Data management strategies also monitor your data to ensure everything is safe, flagging suspicious activity. If you don’t manage your data, it can mess up your IT budget. So, taking care of your data to make smart decisions and avoid unexpected costs is crucial.

Ensuring data security in cloud storage

We all know how valuable our data is, right? Data security in the cloud is an absolute must these days. Additionally, managing access to this data is pivotal. So, make sure you choose proper encryption solutions.

The price of protection: How data backup impacts cloud storage cost

Now, let’s talk about the unsung hero of cloud computing: data backup!
It’s like having a safety net for your critical information in case a disaster strikes. You’d want to feel free knowing your data is safe.

But, hey, there’s a catch!

This fabulous service is not free! It comes with a price tag. You’ll deal with extra costs when you back up your data on the cloud. On top of that, you must pay for backup software, data migration, and maintenance.

So, while designing your cloud strategy, remember to include this essential cost component.

Streamlining cloud storage: Costs and considerations of data migration

Moving your data to the cloud requires careful consideration. The cost of switching providers can be significant. It involves costs beyond service subscriptions, such as:

Egress fees for retrieving data from the cloud provider’s storage.
Data transfer expenses if your network has limited bandwidth.
Potential data loss or corruption during the migration process.
Reconfiguring applications and systems for compatibility with the new cloud environment.
Ongoing maintenance and support costs with the new cloud provider.
Data validation and testing to ensure integrity and accuracy after migration.
Regulatory compliance and legal considerations during data transfer.
Careful planning and thorough analysis are crucial to mitigate migration-related costs.

And many more.

In addition, the cost of storing data in the cloud can change depending on how long you keep it. Different cloud providers have different prices based on how long you want to store your data. It’s like having other options for renting a storage unit. It can be cheaper if you need to keep your stuff for a long time without using or changing it often. When you commit to a longer lease, it’s like paying less for a storage unit. So, by managing the data lifecycle, you can save money while keeping your important information safe in the cloud.

Cloud storage classes: Picking the right option for your data

Think of storage classes as different types of storage options in the cloud. They come with varied features, costs, and performance levels.

You may have stored different documents, photos, videos, etc., in your cloud. Now, you need quick access to some of these files — like your monthly reports. And then you have files you don’t need to access as frequently, like old budget reports. That’s where cheaper options like infrequent access or cold storage come in handy.

So, by picking the correct storage class, you save money based on how often you need to access your stuff.

Understanding cloud data storage pricing is crucial for cost-effective solutions. Factors like storage capacity, data transfer efficiency, and more impact cost components. You can optimize your cloud storage strategy by estimating needs, optimizing cloud storage expenses, ensuring security, and leveraging lifecycle options.

Now it’s time to apply what you’ve learned and embark on a path toward optimized cloud data storage. Empower yourself, maximize your resources, and achieve cost-effective solutions. The cloud is yours to conquer!

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Behind the Security Curtain: A Questionnaire Series with Cyber Security Experts

Megha Parmar — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 13:11:36 +0000

Behind the Security Curtain: A Questionnaire Series with Cybersecurity Experts

As cyber threats continue to grow in sophistication, the role of CISOs and other cyber security experts has become crucial. And when I say crucial, it’s in terms of safeguarding data.

Data resiliency is the key to any organization’s cyber security and CISOs have made this central to the overall cybersecurity strategy.

“Cybersecurity is much more than an IT issue; it’s a business imperative.” – Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft.

With technology integrated into all aspects of business, data security problems now impact every operation. Attacks can disrupt your entire business operations. That’s why at Parablu, we always say cyber strategies are no longer just IT problems. They are bona fide business problems! As per a survey by Deloitte, around 70% of organizations face common cyber threats.

Picture this:

A prominent company called ABC is recovering from a recent ransomware attack. Neil, the CEO, and Nitya, CISO, are concerned about the potential for future attacks. They are improving their security posture to make sure they don’t get infected again. They are keen to strengthen their defenses and ensure comprehensive protection against cyber security incidents in the future.

But that’s not enough!

Neil and Nitya should also investigate lingering data security problems they may have been overlooking during recovery.

In this blog, I’ll explain how to ensure you’re diligent in your data resiliency efforts. You’ll learn the intricate realm of data security challenges and gain insights on how cyber security experts are mitigating these types of cyber security challenges.

What is your current data resiliency posture, and how effectively is it protecting critical data?

PPT (People, Process, and Tools) is our best approach against data security problems. We assess our current data resiliency and how well it protects critical data. Maintaining a strong data resiliency posture is vital for data security and availability. We have backups, security controls, disaster recovery plans, and employee training to achieve this. But we know threats evolve, so we improve our cyber security posture by testing controls and updating plans.

“Data resilience serves as the backbone of our cyber security and availability strategy. By assessing, testing, and continuously improving our People, Process, and Tools approach, we ensure the effectiveness of security controls, incident response mechanisms, and employee awareness.” – Anand Prahlad, CEO of Parablu.

How can we identify and prioritize our most critical data and applications for backup and recovery purposes?

As a cyber security expert, to identify and focus on critical data and applications for backup and recovery, we need to:

Assess the potential impact of data loss on business operations. Secure cloud storage with stringent privacy standards.
Identify key business processes and associated data dependencies.
Analyze data sensitivity and regulatory requirements.
Consider historical incident trends and business continuity plans.
Install a risk-based approach to focus on backups.
Incorporate ransomware defense suite as a defense line.

What are the most likely causes of data loss or corruption, and how can we protect ourselves against them?

Data loss or corruption can result from hardware failures, human errors, data security problems like ransomware attacks, or natural disasters. To protect against these risks, prioritize data resiliency. Regularly back up important data, store it in a separate location or reliable cloud services and use robust resiliency software. Educate users about safe computing practices and adopt a proactive approach to data security. Being cautious, prepared, and proactive helps prevent data loss or corruption.

How can we ensure adequate backup and recovery capabilities against data security problems, including offsite storage and redundancy?

It’s essential to have offsite storage and redundancy. Offsite storage means keeping copies of your data in a separate location, away from your main system. Redundancy involves creating copies of your data, so you have others to rely on if one fails. This protects against data leak due to hardware failures, data security problems, human errors.

How can we ensure our data resiliency posture is regularly assessed and updated to address emerging threats and risks?

“Data resiliency is not a one-time effort, but a continuous commitment. Regularly assessing and updating our cyber security posture ensures we stay ahead of emerging threats and protect our information and assets effectively. Leverage new-age AI/ML automation to streamline the data resiliency lifecycle from preparation, protection, detection & reporting through to rapid recovery.” – Tarun Krishnamurthy, Senior Leader in Tech, Security, Privacy.

To ensure regular assessment and updating of data resiliency posture we:

Regularly assess risks and vulnerabilities.
Stay updated on security trends and compliance.
Update backup procedures for resilience.
Train employees for heightened security awareness.
Establish tested incident response plans.

Empowering Organization’s Data Resilience

Organizations must be bold in today’s evolving cyber landscape. Cyber security threats continue to advance, recent data breaches can have severe consequences. A company can protect its critical data by embracing the principles of people, processes, and tools. Remember, data resiliency is not a one-time effort but an ongoing commitment.

To strengthen data resiliency, organizations should take a proactive and adaptive approach. This involves assessing and updating our data resiliency posture. It can help us to address emerging cyber security threats and risks. Keeping up with security trends helps align strategies with industry best practices.

Organizations must focus on data resiliency and take a comprehensive approach to safeguard it.

Are you interested in learning more about data resiliency and cyber security strategies? Subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular updates to strengthen your organization’s defenses. Join us on the journey with cyber security experts toward a more secure future!

Stay tuned for more exciting topics.

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A New Era of Digital Protection: Parablu and Microsoft’s Collaborative Security Models

Megha Parmar — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:53:40 +0000

A New Era of Digital Protection: Parablu and Microsoft’s Collaborative Security Model

Introduction

In today’s digital age, businesses rely heavily on cloud computing platforms for their operational needs. Microsoft Azure, known for its robust infrastructure and scalability, has become a trusted solution for organizations worldwide. However, the ever-increasing cybersecurity threats emphasize the importance of additional layers of data security and protection measures. This is where Parablu, a leading provider of advanced data resiliency solutions, comes in to complement and enhance the Azure cloud offering.

With cybersecurity incidents on the rise and data breaches making daily headlines, Chief Security Information Officers (CISOs) are at the forefront of the battle against malicious actors. Ransomware Defense and Data Resiliency have become central to an enterprise’s cybersecurity posture. Recognizing this, Microsoft and Parablu have joined forces to create Azure + BluVault, an innovative solution tailor-made for the modern security landscape. By leveraging the formidable capabilities of Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform and Parablu’s robust data resiliency technology, CISOs can strengthen their defenses and ensure the safety and integrity of their organizations’ most valued assets: Data. Together, Microsoft and Parablu are redefining the boundaries of cybersecurity, empowering CISOs to navigate the complex threat landscape with confidence and building resiliency in their organization.

This partnership exemplifies Aristotle’s timeless wisdom that “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts,” highlighting the immense value that collaboration brings in addressing the challenges of cybersecurity. In this blog, you will gain insights into how this collaboration empowers businesses with enhanced security and resilience in an increasingly volatile digital landscape, and why it is crucial to take note of this partnership now.

Synergizing Cybersecurity: Parablu and Microsoft’s Integrated Approach

Parablu and Microsoft have forged a powerful partnership, seamlessly integrating their technologies to create a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity. Leveraging Microsoft’s Azure and Microsoft 365 platforms, along with Parablu’s expertise in secure data management, organizations can confidently protect their critical information while reaping numerous benefits.

With a foundation built on Microsoft Azure’s robust and scalable cloud platform, Parablu ensures reliability and high availability. Azure’s encryption capabilities add an extra layer of security safeguarding data at rest while Parablu ensure encryption of data in transit. This integration enables seamless the best data backup and recovery, allowing businesses to swiftly restore their data in the face of data loss or cyber threats. Moreover, Parablu’s integration with Microsoft 365 enhances the security capabilities of the platform. Organizations can take advantage of the several productivity features in Microsoft 365 while ensuring the protection of their data. Parablu’s solutions offer granular control over data access and storage, enabling adherence to regulatory compliance and robust governance practices.

The Parablu-Microsoft partnership not only enhances security but also delivers cost-efficiency and scalability benefits. Parablu offers a SaaS offering fully hosted on Azure but can also be deployed on a customer’s Azure subscription thus enabling any organization to optimize their IT budget and scale resources as needed. This flexibility allows businesses of all sizes to access robust cybersecurity solutions without incurring excessive costs.

Microsoft Azure: Scaling Business with Performance

Microsoft365 Azure is a leading cloud platform that offers a myriad of features and advantages, making it the ideal choice for businesses worldwide. Its scalability enables organizations to seamlessly adjust their resources based on fluctuating demands, ensuring optimal performance and cost-efficiency.

Azure excels in data storage and management, with its Blob storage being a standout feature. Blob storage offers different tiers such as Hot, Cool, and Archive, allowing businesses to choose the most suitable option based on their data access requirements and cost considerations. Azure also provides various replication options, including Locally Redundant Storage (LRS), Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS), and Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS), ensuring data durability and availability across different regions.

Moreover, Azure offers immutable blob storage, which protects critical data from accidental deletion or modification, making it ideal for compliance and regulatory requirements. With Azure’s comprehensive suite of data management tools, businesses can efficiently store, analyze, and gain valuable insights from their data, unlocking new opportunities and driving growth. These features make Azure an attractive choice for businesses of all sizes, empowering them to drive innovation, enhance operational efficiency, and stay ahead in today’s digital landscape.

Overlay BluVault: Empowering Data Security and Resiliency

Data loss can be disastrous for businesses, posing an existential threat. That’s why BluVault is the ideal solution to safeguard your valuable information and ensure business continuity.

BluVault is an intelligent Data Resiliency Solution that integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure, delivering robust security without compromising usability. With flexible deployment options and real-time data recovery capabilities, BluVault’s intelligent features are intentionally designed to meet the evolving mandates of businesses.

Here’s why you should choose BluVault:

Encrypted backups and swift recovery for business continuity.
Secure cloud storage with stringent privacy standards.
Military-grade encryption for data security in transit and at rest.
Retain complete data control, even in the cloud.
Intelligence to alert you to unusual activities.
Capabilities to quarantine infected files and devices.
Ensure seamless data protection and combat digital vulnerabilities.

Data Protection Benefits with Azure + BluVault: A Top Tier Partnership

By unlocking the power of Microsoft Azure combined with BluVault, businesses can benefit from a robust solution for data protection and management. This exceptional partnership brings a multitude of advantages to organizations seeking effective data security.

Azure + BluVault provides seamless integration between Azure’s cloud infrastructure and BluVault’s comprehensive data protection capabilities. This integration enables effortless data backup, disaster recovery, and long-term retention of critical data. Leveraging Azure’s scalability, businesses can easily expand their data protection infrastructure to meet evolving needs, ensuring the availability of necessary resources.

The combined strength of Azure’s globally distributed data centers and redundant infrastructure provides a reliable environment for data protection. Paired with BluVault’s advanced backup and recovery capabilities, businesses can achieve high availability and minimize the risk of data loss. Automated backup schedules, incremental backups, and deduplication techniques optimize storage space and reduce backup windows, resulting in efficient data protection operations.

As a Top Tier partner transactable on the Azure Marketplace, BluVault offers significant advantages for Microsoft customers. Verified by Microsoft for compatibility, security, and reliability, BluVault ensures trust and confidence in data protection. With streamlined procurement, customers can easily find, purchase, and deploy BluVault on the Azure Marketplace. BluVault is also MACC (Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitment) eligible – which means Microsoft Azure customers with a consumption commitment can retire a portion of their consumption quota simply by purchasing BluVault off the Azure Marketplace.

Parablu: Revolutionizing Data Resiliency and Cybersecurity

In an increasingly digital world, where data protection and cybersecurity have become paramount, the significance of recognizing industry leaders cannot be overstated. Parablu recently achieved a remarkable milestone by being recognized as the leading online solution in the backup category by G2.

Parablu’s commitment to delivering innovative and effective solutions for data resiliency and cybersecurity is underscored by G2’s recognition. With a strong focus on customer success, Parablu combines cutting-edge technology and expertise to create a formidable force in safeguarding critical data and fortifying cyber defenses.

This achievement, combined with the partnership with Microsoft, solidifies Parablu’s position as a key leader in shaping the future of data protection. With an unwavering commitment to excellence and a relentless pursuit of innovation, Parablu is at the forefront of creating a more secure and resilient digital world.

Together, Parablu and Microsoft provide a harmonized approach to cybersecurity, empowering organizations with comprehensive protection, cost efficiency, and scalability. Azure + BluVault combines advanced technology and comprehensive data protection solutions to safeguard businesses’ valuable data against evolving cyber threats while ensuring regulatory compliance. With BluVault’s advanced encryption and Azure’s resilient cloud infrastructure, organizations can trust that their critical data is protected from loss, hardware failure, or malicious attacks. Furthermore, this collaboration offers cost-effective scalability by leveraging Azure’s flexible cloud infrastructure and BluVault’s intelligent data management capabilities. This eliminates the need for costly hardware investments or complex software deployments. Parablu encourages businesses to explore this partnership for their overall data needs and drives their success.

Final Words:

To learn more about the exciting partnership between Parablu and Microsoft, please read the press release. Connect with Parablu today and discover how businesses can benefit with Azure + BluVault and how this is the key to taking care of your data related needs.

BluVault – Business. Uninterrupted.

Parablu – Securing data that you value most!

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Ransomware Defense – Incident Recovery: Why File and Device Quarantine is a Must-Have!

Megha Parmar — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:31:25 +0000

Ransomware Defense – Incident Recovery: Why File and Device Quarantine is a Must-Have!

In recent years, ransomware attacks have emerged as one of the major cyber threats facing businesses and organizations. These assaults have the power to bring down whole networks and systems, compromise sensitive information, and result in enormous financial losses. These breaches can have a disastrous effect on businesses beyond just financial losses, resulting in data loss, defamation, penalties, and the list goes on. Ransomware attacks are now occurring more frequently, with one occurring every 11 seconds, according to recent studies. The cost of these attacks is anticipated to soar to an astounding $20 billion by 2025, according to Cybersecurity Ventures’ 2021 Ransomware Report. Implementing efficient measures to lessen the effects of ransomware attacks is essential given the high stakes involved.

Increasingly, CISOs are making Ransomware Defense and Data Resiliency core of their Cybersecurity posture. Afterall, when all other measures have failed and a breach has occurred, the fall back, the last line of defense is Recovering seamlessly from the attack and getting back to business as usual.

During an Incident Recovery, there are several challenges. There are several different teams involved and getting them aligned is a challenge. The IT team, data recovery team, and incident response team are the ones responsible for bringing back the organization to normalcy. While investigations are going on, the data recovery team is looking to bring the data back to get the business back on its feet. As a result, it is important that infected files, folders, and devices that are under investigation or tagged as infected shouldn’t get recovered into the mainstream. A small misstep during recovery can bring all efforts to naught.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could have the assurance that any file or device identified as infected is blocked out from being accessed or copied over?! The solution is File and Device Quarantine. By doing so, you might be able to limit the harm that attacks do and stop malware from spreading. In this blog, we’ll dive into what file and device quarantine is, how it works, and how it can help keep your systems safe from ransomware attacks.

Understanding File and Device Quarantine

Have you ever thought about ways that businesses could stop ransomware from spreading and lessen the damage?

The answer lies in file and device quarantine, a critical component of a comprehensive ransomware defense strategy. By isolating potentially malicious files or devices, organizations can prevent the spread of malware and limit the damage caused by ransomware attacks.

File and device quarantine works by placing malicious files or devices in a secure, isolated environment where they cannot interact with other parts of the system. This prevents the spread of malware and helps contain the damage caused by ransomware attacks. Quarantine can be automated or manual, depending on the specific tools and processes used.

The benefits of file and device quarantine include:

Prevention of malware from spreading to other parts of the system
Reduction of the potential damage caused by ransomware attacks.
Improved visibility and control over the network, across teams.
Facilitation of analysis to identify the source and scope of the attack.
Greater confidence in the security and integrity of the system.
Faster recovery to normalcy reducing delays and duplicated efforts.

Overall, file and device quarantine is an essential tool for preventing and mitigating the impact of ransomware attacks. By isolating potentially malicious files and devices, organizations can limit the damage caused by these attacks and maintain the integrity of their systems.

The Importance of File and Device Quarantine

Are you aware of the risks associated with inadequate file and device quarantine measures? Failing to quarantine infected files and devices can result in severe consequences, including the propagation of malware, data loss, system downtime, and legal liability. These risks are not just hypothetical – numerous high-profile cases have highlighted the real-world consequences of inadequate quarantine measures. For example, the NotPetya attack, Equifax data breach, and Target data breach all resulted in significant financial losses, reputational damage, and legal consequences. To protect your organization’s critical systems and data from harm, it’s crucial to implement effective quarantine measures for infected files and devices.

Implementing Effective File and Device Quarantine with Parablu’s BluVault

Imagine a scenario where a company has experienced a major cyber-attack. Different teams are working tirelessly to recover from the incident and get back to business as usual. Under immense pressure, every second counts, and any delay can result in significant financial loss and reputational damage.

During this recovery process, it is crucial to ensure that access to infected files is locked out to prevent any further damage. Even if these files cannot be restored or recovered, they still pose a threat to the organization’s security and must be handled with extreme caution. This is where Parablu’s BluVault comes in with its robust file and device quarantine functionality.

BluVault’s quarantine feature helps to reduce the risk of false positives in identifying infected files and devices. It tags potentially infected files and devices and prevents them from being backed up or synced to the cloud, thus ensuring that only clean and curated data is recovered. By doing so, it reduces the time and effort required for data recovery, minimizing downtime, and reducing the impact of data loss on the organization’s operations.

BluVault’s Prepare, Prevent, Detect, and Recover stages of the Data Resiliency lifecycle provide comprehensive backup and recovery capabilities and robust security features to help organizations critical data protection from cyber threats. By implementing effective file and device quarantine measures, organizations can ensure the integrity of their data and prevent further damage from cyber-attacks.

In summary, Parablu’s BluVault is considered central to an organization’s cybersecurity strategy as preparing to have the last line of defense and specifically during an incident recovery. Its file and device quarantine feature helps to prevent the spread of malware and other cyber threats, allowing organizations to recover quickly and minimize the impact of data loss on their operations. By implementing effective quarantine measures, organizations can ensure that their critical data is protected, and their reputation remains intact.

Best Practices for File and Device Security Against Ransomware

In this section, we will discuss the best practices that organizations can follow to ensure that their files and devices are secured from malicious attacks. These measures include:

Conduct regular backups and store them securely off-site.
Educate employees on best practices for file and device quarantine.
Use software solutions like Parablu’s BluVault for secure cloud-based backup and recovery.
Implement device management policies that restrict personal device use and allow remote wipe capabilities.
Have an incident response plan in place to quickly isolate infected devices and restore data from backups.

File and device quarantine is a differentiating component of any ransomware defense solution.

By adhering to the best practices highlighted throughout this article, such as maintaining regular backups, providing employee education on cybersecurity, implementing device management policies, and developing a robust incident response plan, organizations can significantly minimize their risk of falling victim to a security breach. However, it is vital to recognize that solely relying on preventive measures is not enough. A resilient data protection solution, like Parablu’s BluVault, that includes robust file and device quarantine capabilities, serves as the last line of defense against ransomware attacks.

Therefore, it is crucial for businesses to prioritize their ransomware defense efforts and proactively implement effective quarantine measures. By doing so, organizations can fortify their data security posture and ensure the continuity and integrity of their valuable information in the face of evolving cyber threats.

Final Words:

In conclusion, the urgency for businesses to act is paramount in the face of inevitable attacks. Parablu’s BluVault Ransomware Defense Suite offers a comprehensive solution that consolidates all essential elements, making it user-friendly for both administrators and users. From proactive measures like identifying sensitive data and implementing user access controls to ensuring secure backups in encrypted cloud vaults, detecting unusual activities, and enabling swift recovery with file and device quarantine, BluVault addresses the previously burdensome and unreliable aspects of data security. With audit-ready reports for investigations and compliance, Parablu’s commitment to safeguarding data from ransomware attacks is unwavering. Choosing BluVault means embracing a secure and protected future for your valuable data.

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Data Resiliency and Ransomware Defense, at the core of your Cybersecurity Posture

Parablu — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 06:18:19 +0000

Data Resiliency and Ransomware Defense, at the core of your Cybersecurity Posture

The increasing frequency and severity of cyberattacks and data breaches have emphasized the importance of having a strong cybersecurity posture. A cybersecurity posture is an organization’s comprehensive approach to managing and protecting its digital assets and information from unauthorized access, theft, and damage. A comprehensive cybersecurity posture across people, process, and tools is critical in today’s digital landscape. This posture should be integrated throughout the development and deployment lifecycle, from the planning stages to the end-of-life of applications and systems.

People are an essential part of a comprehensive cybersecurity posture. Employees should be trained regularly on cybersecurity best practices, including how to identify and avoid phishing attacks and the proper handling of sensitive data. Additionally, organizations should establish policies and procedures for employee onboarding and offboarding to ensure that access to systems and data is granted only to authorized individuals.

Processes are equally important in a comprehensive cybersecurity posture. Organizations should establish processes for vulnerability management, incident response, and disaster recovery. These processes should be regularly reviewed and updated to ensure their effectiveness in addressing emerging threats.

Tools are critical components of a comprehensive cybersecurity posture. Organizations should deploy security tools, such as firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and antivirus software, to protect against cyber threats. Additionally, organizations should implement identity and access management tools to ensure that only authorized individuals have access to critical systems and data.

A secure development lifecycle (SDL) is an essential component of a comprehensive cybersecurity posture. The SDL is a process that integrates security considerations throughout the software development lifecycle. By integrating security into the development process, organizations can reduce the risk of vulnerabilities in their applications and systems.

DevOps is an approach that integrates software development and operations, allowing for the rapid development and deployment of software. DevOps is an excellent way to streamline the development process, but it can also introduce security risks. To address these risks, organizations should implement DevSecOps, which integrates security into the DevOps process. By incorporating security into DevOps, organizations can reduce the risk of vulnerabilities in their applications and systems.

Zero-trust and zero-privacy principles are essential components of a comprehensive cybersecurity posture. Zero-trust security assumes that every user and device is potentially hostile, and access to systems and data is granted only to authorized individuals. This approach minimizes the risk of unauthorized access and data breaches. Zero-privacy is a security principle that emphasizes the protection of personal data, and the minimization of data collection and storage. By implementing zero-privacy principles, organizations can minimize the risk of data breach and unauthorized access to sensitive data.

Cloud backup and rapid restore are essential tools in ensuring data resiliency and protection against ransomware attacks. Cloud backup enables organizations to store their data securely and recover it quickly in the event of a disaster or cyber-attack. Rapid restore is a process that enables organizations to quickly recover data in the event of a ransomware attack. By having a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place that includes cloud backup and rapid restore, organizations can reduce the impact of a ransomware attack and ensure business continuity.

As more and more organizations digitize their operations, data has become the lifeblood of businesses. However, with this increased reliance on data comes the risk of data loss or theft due to cyber-attacks, hardware failure, or human error. Ensuring data resiliency and ransomware defense should be an integral part of every organization’s comprehensive cybersecurity posture.

Data resiliency refers to an organization’s ability to recover data quickly and effectively in the event of data loss. It is crucial to implement best practices for data resiliency, including regular backups of data and storing them in a secure location, preferably offsite. Additionally, testing backups regularly and having a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place will help ensure that critical data can be recovered quickly in the event of a disaster or cyber-attack. Organizations should classify their data according to its level of sensitivity and importance, and appropriate measures should be taken to recover it in the event of a disaster.

Data resiliency refers to an organization’s ability to recover data quickly and effectively in the event of data loss.

There are several best practices organizations can implement to ensure data resiliency, including:

1. Regular backups: Organizations should perform regular backups of their data and store them in a secure location, preferably offsite, to ensure that data can be recovered quickly in the event of a disaster or cyber-attack.

2. Test backups: It is crucial to test backups regularly to ensure they are working correctly, and that data can be restored in a timely and efficient manner.

3. Disaster recovery plan: Organizations should have a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place that outlines the steps to be taken in the event of a data loss or cyber-attack. This plan should be regularly updated and tested to ensure its effectiveness.

4. Data classification: Organizations should classify their data according to its level of sensitivity and importance. This classification will help ensure that critical data is given the highest level of protection and that the appropriate measures are taken to recover it in the event of a disaster.

Ransomware attacks have become one of the most significant cybersecurity threats to organizations. In a ransomware attack, cybercriminals encrypt an organization’s data and demand a ransom payment to provide the decryption key. To ensure effective ransomware defense, organizations should take the following steps:

1. Regularly update software: Organizations should regularly update their software, including operating systems, applications, and security software, to ensure that they are protected against the latest threats.

2. Train employees: Employees are often the weakest link in an organization’s cybersecurity posture. Therefore, organizations should regularly train their employees on best practices for cybersecurity, including how to identify and avoid phishing attacks.

3. Use multifactor authentication: Multifactor authentication is a security measure that requires users to provide more than one form of authentication to access data or systems. This added layer of security can help prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data.

4. Implement access controls: Access controls can help prevent ransomware attacks by limiting the access of users to sensitive data. Organizations should ensure that only authorized users have access to critical data, and that access controls are regularly reviewed and updated.

Parablu’s data resiliency solution

Parablu offers a data resiliency solution that can help organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture by providing a secure and efficient way to protect their data. The solution uses advanced encryption technology and secure data transfer protocols to store and backup data to the cloud, making it accessible only to authorized users.

By implementing Parablu’s data resiliency solution, organizations can ensure their data remains backed up and protected even in the event of a security incident. The solution leverages automated backup and recovery processes, real-time monitoring, and alerts, as well as advanced encryption technology, to provide a reliable and efficient way to secure data.

BluVault, Parablu’s data resiliency solution, is designed to provide a highly secure and efficient way to backup, restore, and recover data in the cloud. BluVault offers businesses a range of features that make it stand out from other data backup and recovery solutions. For instance, BluVault is infrastructure-agnostic, meaning it can integrate seamlessly with existing access controls, data flows, and storage.

BluVault works closely with Active Directory and Azure Active Directory access controls, making it easy to manage and control user access to data, while integrating with existing data flows and storage solutions. Businesses can also outsource their data backup and recovery processes to Parablu with Backup as a Service (BaaS), ensuring their data is backed up securely and efficiently.

Parablu’s data resiliency solution is a central to ransomware defense. Ransomware attacks are increasingly common and can be devastating to businesses, resulting in data loss and downtime. With Parablu’s data resiliency solution, organizations can quickly restore their data to a pre-attack state and minimize the impact of a ransomware attack.

Parablu’s data resiliency solution as ransomware defense

Parablu’s data resiliency solution provides organizations with a secure and efficient way to protect their data, ultimately enhancing their cybersecurity posture as a defense against ransomware. The solution leverages advanced encryption technology and secure data transfer protocols to securely store and backup data to the cloud. This ensures that data remains accessible only to authorized users.

By implementing Parablu’s data resiliency solution, organizations can rest assured that their data is always backed up and protected, even in the event of a security incident. This is achieved using advanced encryption technology, automated backup and recovery processes, and real-time monitoring and alerts.

Overall, Parablu’s data resiliency solution is a valuable tool for organizations looking to enhance their cybersecurity posture by securing their data. It provides a reliable and efficient way to backup and protect data, reducing the risk of cyber threats and ensuring business continuity.

BluVault – Parablu’s Data Resiliency Solution

BluVault, developed by Parablu, is a data resiliency solution designed to provide a highly secure and efficient way to backup, restore, and recover data in the cloud. BluVault provides a highly secure data backup and recovery solution that helps organizations protect their data from loss, theft, and damage. With BluVault, organizations can easily backup their data to multiple cloud destinations, ensuring that their data is always protected and available. It uses advanced encryption algorithms and security protocols to ensure that the data is stored securely and is accessible only to authorized personnel. The solution offers a range of features that make it stand out from other data backup and recovery solutions.

Infrastructure agnostic / integrates closely with existing access controls (AD/AAD), data flows and storage. BaaS as an option for end-to-end secure data resiliency:
One of the key features of BluVault is its infrastructure-agnostic approach. This means that it can integrate seamlessly with existing access controls, data flows, and storage. BluVault works closely with Active Directory (AD) and Azure Active Directory (AAD) access controls, making it easy to manage and control user access to data. This integration ensures that only authorized personnel can access the data, improving data security.

Moreover, BluVault integrates with existing data flows, making it easy for businesses to manage their data backup and recovery processes without disrupting existing data flows. BluVault also integrates with existing storage solutions, giving businesses the flexibility to store their data in their preferred cloud storage provider.

BluVault also offers Backup as a Service (BaaS), providing end-to-end secure data resiliency. With BaaS, businesses can outsource their data backup and recovery processes to Parablu, ensuring that their data is backed up securely and efficiently.

BluVault, offers businesses a highly secure and efficient way to backup, restore, and recover their data in the cloud.

Zero Knowledge Privacy

BluVault by Parablu offers a Zero-Knowledge Privacy feature that ensures maximum privacy and security for businesses. This feature encrypts and stores all data securely, with only authorized personnel having access to the decryption keys. Parablu has no access to the data, providing businesses with an added layer of protection against unauthorized access and breaches. BluVault’s Zero-Knowledge Privacy feature is a valuable tool for businesses storing sensitive data, ensuring that their data remains safe and secure.

Zero Trust Security

BluVault’s Zero-Trust Security feature is a game-changer in ensuring maximum security for businesses. This feature assumes that every user, device, or system requesting access to data is a potential threat, even if the request is coming from within the network. BluVault thoroughly verifies every request for access to data, ensuring that only authorized personnel have access to the data. This approach minimizes the risk of a data breach or unauthorized access, providing an added layer of protection for businesses. With the Zero-Trust Security feature of BluVault, businesses can rest assured that their critical data is always secure.

Industrial-strength Encryption, BYOK

Parablu’s data resiliency solution offers industrial-strength encryption with the Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) feature, providing businesses maximum security and control over their data. BYOK allows businesses to bring their own encryption keys, giving them complete control over the encryption and decryption process, ensuring that only authorized personnel have access to the decryption keys, reducing the risk of unauthorized access or data breaches. With industrial-strength encryption, businesses can rest assured that their data is safe and secure, and the BYOK feature of BluVault provides an added layer of protection, giving businesses complete control over the encryption and decryption process, ensuring that their critical data is always secure.

File and Device Quarantining

BluVault’s File and Device Quarantining feature adds an extra layer of security to businesses’ cybersecurity posture by allowing them to quarantine suspicious or potentially harmful files and devices. When a file or device is flagged, it is isolated from the rest of the network, preventing any potential threats from spreading. This feature ensures that businesses can quickly and easily respond to potential threats, reducing the risk of data breaches or unauthorized access. With File and Device Quarantining, businesses can rest assured that their data is always secure, even in the face of potential threats.

Unusual Activity Detection

BluVault’s Unusual Activity Detection feature is a real-time alert system that continuously monitors data backup and recovery activities to detect any suspicious or unusual activity. This proactive tool is crucial for businesses looking to safeguard their sensitive data from security threats and keep their operations running smoothly, providing early detection of potential data breaches or unauthorized access. By using this feature, businesses can take immediate action to prevent further damage and stay ahead of potential security threats, ensuring the safety and security of their critical data.

Rapid Restores during Ransomware Recovery

BluVault provides businesses with a Rapid Restores feature focused on Ransomware Recovery. With this feature, businesses can quickly retrieve their data to a previous point in time before a ransomware attack occurred, minimizing downtime, and mitigating the impact of the attack. By using advanced backup and recovery techniques, such as incremental backups and point-in-time restores, businesses can recover their data accurately and promptly.

The Rapid Restores feature is essential for businesses that prioritize the protection of their critical data from ransomware attacks. Its fast data retrieval process enables businesses to quickly resume their operations, maintaining their reputation and trust. In conclusion, BluVault’s Rapid Restores feature is a valuable tool for businesses seeking an efficient and reliable data retrieval process, while mitigating the impact of ransomware attacks.

Litigation Hold

Parablu’s BluVault solution offers a Litigation Hold feature that ensures businesses maintain their data’s original state, prohibiting any changes or deletion during legal proceedings. This feature offers a secure and cost-effective solution for managing legal holds, automating the data preservation process, and enabling businesses to efficiently manage their legal holds.

BluVault’s Litigation Hold feature guarantees the preservation of data in its original state, reducing the risk of legal sanctions or penalties. It ensures compliance with legal and regulatory data preservation and retention requirements, reducing the probability of human error. In summary, BluVault’s Litigation Hold feature is an essential tool for businesses seeking a secure and efficient way to manage their legal holds, protecting their data during legal proceedings.

Closing Remarks

In conclusion, data resiliency and ransomware defense should be a top priority for every organization’s comprehensive cybersecurity posture. By implementing best practices for data resiliency and taking steps to protect against ransomware attacks, organizations can reduce the risk of data loss and theft, protect their reputation and financial stability, and ensure business continuity. With focus on data at the core of the overarching cybersecurity posture, it’s not a matter of if an organization will be attacked, but when, so being prepared and proactive is key to protecting sensitive data and ensuring business continuity.

Parablu’s data resiliency solution is a valuable tool for organizations looking to enhance their cybersecurity posture by securing their data. The solution offers a reliable and efficient way to backup and protect data, reducing the risk of cyber threats and ensuring business continuity. Additionally, BluVault’s infrastructure-agnostic approach, integration with existing data flows and storage solutions, and Backup as a Service option make it a standout data backup and recovery solution.

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What is Multi-cloud backup navigate to high data resiliency

Parablu — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:51:50 +0000

What is Multi-cloud backup – Navigate to high Data Resiliency

The perception of cloud subscriptions being a data security and compliance blanket is a prominent reason why several enterprises are jumping on the bandwagon. Creating redundant copies across multiple cloud subscriptions has emerged as a preferred data protection measure among several enterprises, but the assessment of an enterprise’s operational overheads is important before adopting the approach. This blog is an attempt at a more comprehensive understanding of multi-cloud – a favorite data management buzzword. The sections below also emphasize how multi-cloud backup alone isn’t enough cybersecurity and how Parablu’s BluVault helps achieve optimal storage, data protection, and regulatory compliance.

What is a Multi-cloud backup strategy?

Creating multiple data copies across myriad cloud subscriptions to prevent data losses best defines a multi-cloud backup strategy. Broadly, the multi-cloud approach can be classified into two categories, namely Homogenous and Heterogenous. The difference between the two lies in whether multiple subscriptions are chosen from the same vendor or different ones.

To avoid putting eggs (data) in a single basket that could be corrupted beyond recovery, cybersecurity experts adhere to the multi-cloud approach. The anytime-anywhere, quick data access demand posed by remote workspaces has also led to wide multi-cloud adoption to avoid deadlocks.

A multi-cloud backup strategy may help in redundancy, but the measure alone is insufficient to prevent data losses caused by cyber-attack forms such as ransomware. In addition, adherence to a multi-cloud environment alone with inadequate data protection measures could lead to heavy penalties during regulatory inspections.

Hybrid Vs Multi-Cloud Backup Strategy

Pinning better data management hopes on a multi-cloud environment alone without considering other storage combinations may not be a wise move. A multi-cloud architecture is a combination of several public cloud service models, whereas the hybrid approach bridges an enterprise’s on-premises, local servers with a cloud storage subscription.

The table below illustrates the differences between the hybrid and multi-cloud storage models.

Image courtesy: https://blog.bcm-institute.org/it-disaster-recovery/recovery-time-and-point-objectives

Parablu’s Hybrid Cloud Backup Solution

Parablu has emerged as an ideal solution partner among several enterprises to realize seamless data management and a transition from a legacy to a cloud backup environment. Be it storing data on-premises or even combining it with cloud subscriptions, Parablu helps architect a customized data management solution tailored for your enterprise. It enables you to run backup tenant workloads on your on-premise servers and harness your cloud subscription as a storage target. By helping enterprises tailor such a hybrid solution, Parablu offers the best of both worlds.

Built on the tenet of a patented data protection technology, Parablu’s BluVault is an enterprise-class data resiliency solution that helps organizations minimize data loss risks posed by ransomware, insider threats, and even accidental deletion scenarios. BluVault seamlessly integrates with your existing cloud subscriptions and creates secure containers to store encapsulated, redundant data copies. It can also be alternatively called a Microsoft 365 backup and recovery solution.

For organizations invested heavily in on-premises infrastructure, running server workloads locally seems to be a sensible move. Even so, several organizations want to harness the cloud for backup and recovery needs, yet while not fully transitioning to a cloud-based SaaS solution. BluVault offers enterprises the flexibility to choose between deployment options such as on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud.

Here are a few key features of BluVault’s hybrid backup, archiving, and recovery solutions that make it a good fit for legacy enterprises. It effectively overcomes several disadvantages offered by mere cloud backup solutions.

Policy Based Management

The BluVault helps define data management policies from a user-friendly console effortlessly, eliminating manual intervention.

Network Bandwidth Optimization

Data backup activities often consume significant enterprise bandwidth. Equipped with an exclusive CPU throttling feature, BluVault ensures data transfer activities impact business continuity the least.

Enterprise Audit Trail

Data backup activities must be regulatorily compliant to prevent heavy penalties and other reputational implications. A BluVault integration means a comprehensive view of all enterprise data protection exercises, fetched through the product’s user-friendly dashboard. The extracted reports can be shared readily with auditors.

“Parablu’s BluVault harnesses the cloud without an enterprise having to invest in a full-fledged SaaS offering. “

De-Duplication and Compression

BluVault optimally utilizes the storage spaces in existing cloud subscriptions by compressing data, making it highly advantageous from an enterprise scalability perspective.

Delegated Administration

The various enterprise data management activities can be delegated to a set of administrators based on parameters such as departments, designations, and so on. Based on Segregation of Duties paradigm (SOD), the practice prevents an administrator assigned to a particular task from interfering with another.

Pros and cons of Multi-cloud data strategy

There are advantages and disadvantages to a multi-cloud strategy. We shall not delve into details of overarching business and infrastructure decisions. Instead, we shall focus on the data security aspects of multi-clouds.

Data Privacy

To an extent, cloud backup solutions may assure data safety but not exclusive privacy. Subscribers are not aware of the encryption practices adopted by cloud vendors and do not receive an exclusive encryption key. To draw a parallel, the experience is like storing your belongings in a bank vault but not owning an exclusive key to restrict access to your belongings.

Increased management difficulty

A multi-cloud data backup approach is opted for by many enterprises for better data protection, especially the prevention of on-premises archival. However, storing data across multiple cloud models complicates data security since management challenges are increased manifold.

More complicated cybersecurity

Relying on multiple cloud subscriptions means dabbling between the security configurations of various cloud models which could be an additional task for already overburdened cybersecurity teams. Considering cloud vulnerability to ransomware, insider threats, and other cyberattack forms, more subscriptions mean multiple vectors of attacks.

Costs

Multi-cloud data backup spirals cloud subscription expenses especially while managing data scalability. Despite creating redundant copies across models, the multi-cloud approach does not guarantee protection from ransomware and insider threats. Hence enterprises may have to re-consider this approach.

“More cloud subscriptions with little data security measures means a larger ransomware attack surface. “

Scalability

Data scalability can be seamlessly managed with the availability of multiple cloud subscriptions. Pay-as-you-go subscriptions ensure ready storage space availability to accommodate the growing data enormity.

Increased resilience

A multi-cloud environment means an N+1 or N+2 resilience privilege and rapid failover during outage instances.

High Availability

Storing redundant data copies across various cloud subscriptions ensures data is readily available to every employee with no deadlocks or bottlenecks.

“A multi-cloud environment means an N+1 or N+2 resilience privilege and rapid failover during outage instances. “

Recommended best practices to data across multiple clouds

Consolidate the cloud backup vendors

The fragmentation caused by relying on multiple backup vendors could lead to data silos and instances of failed Service Level Agreements (SLA). The practice only makes an enterprise more susceptible to ransomware and insider threats. Consolidation of cloud backup vendors could be a leap forward in achieving better data protection.

Eliminate Data Silos

Data silos could be a ticking time bomb that could adversely affect business productivity. Keeping redundant copies of standalone relational databases and other data forms on multiple storage locations presents several disadvantages. A prominent one is updating one location and missing out on the other.

Creating Data Lakes

The best resolve to eliminate silos is to create data lakes that hold structured, unstructured, and semi-structured content in blob storage options. S3 buckets, Azure blob storage, and Google cloud storage can be leveraged for this purpose.

Centralize data operations in the cloud

Centralization of data operations and leveraging features such as eDiscovery and cloud disaster recovery could make enterprises more intelligent and resilient.

Build data resiliency across the board

Be it on-prem, or multiple clouds, take an integrated approach to manage the data protection lifecycle including incident management, and quick data recovery. To accomplish this, implement a new-age data resiliency solution that ensures efficient and robust data protection techniques, provides autonomous encryption keys, has rapid recovery, easy data management across users/endpoints with a simple administration interface. Of course, be sure that it gives you audit-ready reports while meeting global cross-industry regulations.

The BluVault Hybrid-Cloud Advantage

In conclusion, a robust data protection solution that seamlessly straddles on-prem and cloud storage gives a future-proof assurance – a Hybrid-Cloud solution.

BluVault eliminates shunning pre-existing on-premises infrastructure and helps balance workloads across cloud and local servers. The product offers zero-knowledge privacy, does not incur additional storage costs, and is cloud-agnostic.

BluVault is cloud agnostic and can seamlessly utilize myriad platforms such as AWS, GCP, IBM SoftLayer, and others as storage targets in pure cloud and hybrid scenarios. BluVault is highly optimized to support on-prem and Microsoft 365 in Azure/OneDrive.

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Unusual Activity Detection – Identifying and Flagging Security Threats

Parablu — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 05:16:20 +0000

Unusual Activity Detection – Identifying and Flagging Security Threats

Ransomware attacks have become rampant and commonplace. As a data security measure, many enterprises worldwide have relied on cloud-based backups. However, just backing up data is insufficient to thwart data loss risks posed by evolving cyber threats. The biggest challenge is to detect an attack early.

Several organizations fail to detect anomalies early and realize they are ransomware victims only after finding their critical files either inaccessible, corrupted, or lost. Worse, enterprises are not equipped with a recovery mechanism to get back the lost data. A survey found that in 2022, 87% of victim enterprises paid a ransom in the hope of recovering their data.

Early detection is one of the surest ways to prevent such situations and mitigate ransomware as well as its associated risks and penalties.

What is Unusual Activity Detection?

Unusual activity detection looks to identify potential data security threats so that they can be investigated and mitigated before any harm is caused. Unusual patterns of network traffic, suspicious user behavior, and unexpected changes to system files are a few basic identifiers. Detection can be carried out by harnessing machine learning algorithms to analyze data from various sources and look for patterns or behaviors that deviate from the normal, or the usual.

While it appears utopic, Unusual Activity Detection is the most challenging phase of incident detection. With the aim to overcome this challenge, BluVault, Parablu’s flagship data resiliency solution, has significantly increased detection and remediation capabilities. This is a game changer in the industry and clearly enables enterprises to turn the tables on attackers.

Parablu’s Unusual Activity Detection

With the unusual activity detection ability ingrained in Parablu’s data security and resiliency solution, BluVault, detects and warns IT administrators about the possibility of ransomware attacks early. Further, it doubles up as a data recovery safety net that ensures no critical files are lost, allowing businesses to run uninterrupted.

Data Parsing

Parablu employs machine-learning algorithms to scan enterprise data on a regular basis to detect ransomware-infected files. These algorithms also raise a flag if there are unauthorized modifications in a file’s content.

Identifying patterns of deleted files or encrypted files during incremental backups is a way of knowing if an enterprise is a victim of a ransomware attack. Along with Machine Learning, several other statistical models are used to compare files with historical data and compute a score that determines the likelihood of an enterprise being under attack.

Unusual Activity Detection Dashboard

Parablu can remove the infected file altogether or even retain a copy, depending on the enterprise’s preference. In either case, the administrator is informed about the data corruption incident. The Unusual Activity Detection dashboard warns administrators of attack possibilities through a series of notifications. The portal also displays infected file history and their trends across devices over a period, offering IT administrators an unmatched degree of transparency.The image below reveals details displayed in the unusual activity detection dashboard.

Unusual Activity Detection is one significant element of the overall robust data resiliency solution from Parablu. Let’s delve deep into other benefits of Parablu’s data security solution. So what makes BluVault a comprehensive and highly recommended data resiliency solution, changing the game of the fight against ransomware attack?

Benefits of Parablu’s Data Security Solution

Curated Recovery

Users can inform Parablu about roughly when the attack started to the current time. Parablu identifies the exact stolen files by utilizing its metadata catalog to bring back the previous good version of the file. The result is a dramatic reduction in the data recovery and business downtime.

Policy-based Management

BluVault by Parablu has granular controls by way of policy-based management, enabling administrators to effortlessly manage backup behavior, including backup schedules, folders to include/exclude, file types, number of versions to keep, file size limits, user quota limits, etc. The required customization can be seamlessly performed using an intuitive, DIY dashboard.

Enterprise Audit Trail

The BluVault system is fully auditable with all touchpoints monitored automatically. Managing backups is made simple with a user-friendly dashboard and detailed reports.

Rapid Data Restore

A big differentiator is that BluVault can rapidly restore “dehydrated” versions of user data, which takes only a fraction of the time compared to restoring complete files. These dehydrated files function as clickable links or shortcuts to the original files, enabling users to access their data while the complete data restore runs in the background. As the fully restored files arrive from the backup repository, they automatically substitute the dehydrated copies.

Cloud-to-Cloud Recovery

Parablu can restore data from cloud repositories directly into a user’s OneDrive account, ensuring data is restored faster. The approach prevents significant dependency on network bandwidth and helps do away with checks such as ensuring endpoints are always on and connected.

Unusual Activity Detection – Common Use Cases

Detecting unusual logins and access
Several employees travel for business purposes and access a company’s confidential intellectual property, such as competitive insights and pricing. Accessing such critical organizational information through various devices, including laptops, mobile phones, and even public systems, often exposes it to cyber-threat risks. This poses a huge challenge to the current security systems to distinguish

between authorized users and attackers, who may steal credentials through social engineering or targeted malware.

Analysing user behavior is necessary to identify attackers, as unusual activity can indicate that the individual accessing the assets is an unauthorized user. For instance, it may be possible to detect if an employee has accessed data that they have never used before or if they have logged in from a location that is geographically impossible to have travelled between attempts.

When such patterns are identified, swift action can be taken, such as immediately suspending user access rights.
Unusual amounts of data transfer
An abnormal instance or pattern of large of data getting transferred between users is an event that is a big clue hinting at a possible anomaly. In addition, watching out for data being transferred to unusual locations or machines are red flags to watch out for.
Network-based Detection
Recent years have witnessed an increase in the number of web-based businesses and virtual stores. Many of these online portals have been the victims of DoS (Denial-of-Service) attacks. Analyzing the network traffic of these portals can help minimize the impact of these attacks.
Abnormal Finance Activities Detection
An organization’s financial transactions are usually confidential and entrusted only to a handful of individuals. Yet critical financial data is often compromised due to numerous reasons. In the recent past, several cybersecurity teams have adopted Machine Learning to compare historical and current data to detect financial fraud. However, currently, only behavior-based anomaly detection can be employed to prevent malicious financial activities and other threat investigation methods are being discovered.
Industrial Control Systems
Sensors employed in industrial machinery often serve as anomaly vectors. The data patterns emerging from these hubs can also be analyzed to detect machinery malfunctions and prevent further damage.
Medical anomaly detection
Clinical settings have utilized outlier identification in diverse ways. One application involves using density-based clustering to analyze patient care flow logs for anomalous traces. Medical image analysis benefits from detecting anomalies to improve diagnostic precision, and scrutinizing treatment plans can reveal life-threatening errors.

The Parablu Advantage

Parablu’s data security solution suite is a double delight for IT administrators since it warns them of cyber-attacks by raising flags and helps enterprises seamlessly recover lost data with very low latency. In addition, being equipped with Parablu’s enterprise-grade data security solution also helps organizations stay regulatorily compliant with patented secure cloud container options.

Sign up for a demo to learn more about Parablu’s data security and resiliency solution and its Unusual Activity Detection ability or simply write to info@parablu.com.

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It’s not how hard you fall that matters, it is how quickly you are able to recover

Parablu — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 06:29:47 +0000

It’s not how hard you fall that matters, it is how rapidly you can recover

Beyond echoing a mere life lesson, we believe the title of this blog post aptly summarizes the criticality of rapid data recovery. The adage may also be seen as a clarion call to all CIOs to amplify enterprise data resiliency in the wake of ransomware attacks on some of the world’s largest corporations and even governments. The widely held misconception that cloud sync solutions (like OneDrive and Google Drive) are alone enough to satisfy enterprise data security needs – is still pervasive despite so many instances of data losses that occur every day despite these tools.

Simply put, being resilient is important to ensure a data outage doesn’t trigger an enterprise’s doom. Data Resiliency is much more than backup. It means moving things a couple of notches higher than merely adopting conventional backup software.

Why should you be resilient?

Defending against attacks such as ransomware requires a multi-layered strategy. Unfortunately, ransomware has proved that it can get around some of the best security defenses – so it is natural that the last line of defense is rapid data recovery. This line of defense is what comes to an organization’s aid when all other defense fail and ransomware has breached a business network.

In such a situation, data recovery is THE ONLY way to ensure that the business can control its own destiny and not be forced to negotiate or be held hostage by an attacker. In such situations, time literally is money, and rapid data recovery is further vital for businesses to limit downtime, bounce back, and get their employees back in action as quickly as possible.

Time is Money

A recent survey revealed that 93% of companies that are unable to access their data for more than 10 days after a cyber-attack, turn bankrupt within a calendar year following the attack.

Critical data held hostage by cyberattacks such as ransomware have disrupted business continuity and resulted in downtime spanning weeks or months for several reputed corporations. And these developments have proved catastrophic for some of these businesses.

The graph below illustrates how recovery time and cost are factors that determine a data outage’s impact on an enterprise.

Image courtesy: https://blog.bcm-institute.org/it-disaster-recovery/recovery-time-and-point-objectives

Slow Restores – A conventional Approach

In the recent past, quite a few enterprises have taken a step forward in data resiliency, implemented backup solutions, and managed to successfully restore lost data from previously created redundant copies. However, many IT experts often complain that data restores are slow (especially when the backups are in the cloud), adversely impact enterprise network bandwidth, and delay an employee’s access to mission-critical data.

Engineered on the foundation of a patented data protection technology, Parablu’s data resiliency solution has proved to be a breakthrough to this age-old concern of slow restores.

“Parablu Engineered on the foundation of a patented data protection technology, Parablu’s data security and resiliency solution has proved to be a breakthrough to the age-old concern of slow restores.”

Parablu’s Exclusive Rapid Restores

Highly recommended by several large corporations and cybersecurity experts alike, Parablu’s BluVault is an enterprise-grade data security and resiliency solution with a difference.

Let’s get a quick understanding of how BluVault’s rapid restore feature excels and is a cut above other data security solutions in this respect.

Imagine several terabytes of data becoming accessible in an hour, as compared to the traditional 9-hour long wait. That’s Parablu’s Rapid Restore capability explained in a nutshell, and a cornerstone of its data security and resiliency solution.

Rapid Restores

The undesirably long time consumed in moving a backup copy from cloud storage to a user device (like a laptop) is often overlooked. Restoring several terabytes could mean an end user waiting an entire business day to access their data, not to mention the disrupted productivity due to the adverse impact on network bandwidth.

However, Parablu’s BluVault offers a data recovery approach with a difference. Firstly, BluVault has the option of short-circuiting the internet bandwidth issue, by performing a cloud-to-cloud restore. In other words, why bring the data all the way back to the user endpoint, if it can instead simply be restored into the user’s OneDrive cloud? Cloud-to-cloud data transfers are much faster, and the user sees their data appear in the cloud far more quickly than on their endpoint. This approach also doesn’t require the user to keep their endpoint On, Connected, etc., eliminates any impact on the company’s network bandwidth, or any dependency on the ISP’s speed.

Furthermore, BluVault has the option to quickly bring back ‘dehydrated’ copies of user data into OneDrive – which takes only a small fraction of the time it takes to actually bring back their complete files. Think of dehydrated files as clickable links (shortcuts or thumbnails) to the original files. Once the dehydrated files are recovered, users can start accessing their data even while the data restore completes in the background. As the actual (fully hydrated) files come in from the backup repository, they automatically replace the dehydrated copies. But if a user accesses any dehydrated file during this time – the file is served up to the user out-of-band, without it having to wait its turn in the restore process. The result is a drastic reduction in the time spent by end users waiting to gain access to their data.

“BluVault’s cloud-to-cloud data transfers are much faster, and the user sees their data appear in the cloud far more quickly than on their endpoint. BluVault also has the option to rapidly bring back ‘dehydrated’ copies of user data into OneDrive for Business– which makes data immediately accessible to the end user, while taking only a small fraction of the time it takes to actually bring back the complete files.“

Curated Recovery

BluVault’s improves on the Rapid Restore capability with its Curated Recovery feature. This automatically identifies only those files which were deleted by ransomware or a malicious insider, within a specific interval of time and performs a targeted recovery that brings back only the last known good versions of such files.

BluVault – a leading–edge Data Security & Resiliency Solution

Parablu’s data security and resiliency solution helps enterprises significantly lower their Recovery Time Objective (RTO). RTO is the maximum threshold of time that data remains inaccessible after a disruption – and BluVault’s Rapid Restore feature cuts that down dramatically.

To strengthen a business’ ransomware defense, BluVault also offers Unusual Activity Detection (or Anomaly detection) as well as file and device quarantining features as part of its ransomware defense suite.

As a modern DRaaS (Data Resiliency as a Service) solution, BluVault also offers many other advantages in the form of features like Zero Knowledge Encryption, Zero Trust Security, Delegated Administration, Device reassignment, Defensible Deletion, and several others.

Last, but not least – Parablu’s unique integration with M365 and OneDrive for Business lets businesses use their OneDrive allocations as a backup target and save massively on storage costs.

If you’d like to learn more about the BluVault family of products including BluVault for Servers and BluVault for M365, sign up for a demo or simply write to info@parablu.com.

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What is Email Archiving? Solutions and How it Works

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What is Email Archiving? Solutions and How it Works

What is Email Archiving?

Email archiving refers to the process of preserving and storing historical email data for compliance, legal, and business continuity purposes.

Archiving helps clean and organize an email inbox by moving currently unneeded yet important messages from a long-term perspective to a separate folder. Commonly called ‘archive’, this folder is usually listed alongside the many typical options available in an email client such as Inbox, Sent, Drafts, and Spam.

Archiving is aimed at achieving long-term storage and retrieval. Email archiving solutions often include advanced search and discovery features, which make it easy to find and retrieve these specific emails.

Email Archiving vs Email Backup

On the surface, the two terminologies appear to imply the same. However, each has a distinct purpose and differs widely.

Both email archiving and backup are important for different reasons. Email archiving is mainly used for compliance and legal purposes, while email backup is aimed at achieving data protection and seamless disaster recovery. These abilities do overlap in several data security solutions existing today, helping users carry out both archiving and backup activities.

Email backups are carried out to prevent data losses caused by malicious deletions, thefts, or cyber-attacks such as ransomware and ensure seamless restores to help enterprises regain a copy of critical data. Whereas email archiving involves creating an indexed, easily searchable email assortment that serves long-term compliance, eDiscovery, legal, and business analytic purposes.

Here’s a comparison table that clearly helps differentiate between the two –

It’s important to note that when it comes to email, your organization may have specific regulations or compliance requirements, such as retaining emails for a certain period. It’s crucial to consider these regulations while choosing either an archiving or backup-centric data security solution.

Recommended by cybersecurity experts and large businesses alike, Parablu’s BluVault for Exchange Online offers enterprises the best of both – email backup and archiving.

Let’s look at how Parablu seamlessly secures enterprises by offering a data security solution that combines email backup and archiving.

“Email archiving is mainly used for compliance and legal purposes, while email backup is aimed at achieving data protection and seamless disaster recovery. “

Email Backup and Archiving Services by Parablu

Built on the foundation of Parablu’s patented data protection technology, BluVault echoes the requirement of a cost-effective, seamlessly managed, scalable Exchange Online backup and archival solution. Let’s take a closer look at the features of BluVault for Microsoft Exchange Online and how they collectively serve both the purposes.

Automated Exchange Backup

BluVault ensures the safe storage and easy recovery of all Exchange data through the use of automatically scheduled backups. It also facilitates granular restores that enable you to easily get back a single email or even the complete mail exchange.

Policy-based Management

BluVault’s policy-based management enables administrators to customize backup behavior by defining schedules, folders to include/exclude, file types to include/exclude, the number of versions to retain, file size limits, user quota limits, etc. Based on this policy parameter customization, the email backup, archiving, and retention behavior of enterprise Microsoft Exchange accounts can also be changed.

Advanced Email Archiving

BluVault utilizes smart filters to archive all emails, even if they have been deleted by the user and removed from “Deleted Items” and “Recoverable Items“. The solution’s in-built capacity management feature helps free up space in user mailboxes by archiving attachments and replacing them with cloud files. Cloud files are nothing but hyperlinks to the content of the attachments.

Users and administrators can also replace the cloud files with the previously available attachments if needed later.

“BluVault utilizes smart filters to archive all emails, even if they have been deleted by the user and removed from “Deleted Items” and “Recoverable Items”. The solution’s in-built capacity management feature helps free up space in user mailboxes by archiving attachments and replacing them with cloud files. “

Legal/Litigation Hold

BluVault’s policy-based data management also allows administrators to legally hold critical data. All it takes is to enable the Litigation Hold option on the BluVault console to retain emails from a legal standpoint.

Powerful eDiscovery

Parablu’s eDiscovery features are powered by full-text indexing and advanced search capabilities, allowing users to search for files, emails, and attachments not only by name but also by keywords or phrases within their content. Users can also filter searches by date and various fields such as “To“, “From“, “Subject“, and more. Additionally, search results can be downloaded in zip or PST formats for review by legal teams.

Overcomes Mailbox Size Limitations

BluVault ensures a copy of your data is readily available anywhere, anytime, and easily overcomes mailbox size limitations of Microsoft 365 SaaS licenses.

Regulatory Compliance

The BluVault email backup and archival solution has been tailored to help enterprises stay compliant with the data retention guidelines prescribed by regulatory standards such as SOX, HIPAA, and GDPR. Timely backup reports can be generated from the BluVault console for an audit trail for regulatory certifications.

Ransomware Protection

BluVault boasts an array of features designed to defend businesses from ransomware – ranging from Unusual Activity Detection, curated point-in-time restores, cloud-to-cloud restores, as well as device and file quarantining features. In summary, BluVault is designed to ensure that a redundant data copy is available, uncompromised, and ready for quick recovery.

“Parablu’s eDiscovery features are powered by full-text indexing and advanced search capabilities, allowing users to search for files, emails, and attachments not only by name but also by keywords or phrases within their content.“

Objectives of Email Archiving

Email archiving, the process of copying, indexing, and securely storing every email that is sent and received by an organization, is often thought to only be used for compliance in regulated industries such as healthcare, finance, education, transportation, and government. However, the benefits of email archiving extend beyond just compliance and can aid in daily operations and legal defense.

The self-explanatory image displayed below clearly summarizes the objectives and benefits of email archiving.

Recommended Email Archiving Best Practices

Email archiving is an important process for businesses, as it allows them to store and retrieve important information while reducing the amount of data stored in their email systems. Here are a few dos and don’ts to keep in mind when it comes to email archiving. By following these practices, you can ensure that your email archiving system is effective, compliant, and secure.

“Do not neglect to train your employees on your archiving policies and procedures. Make sure they understand the importance of email archiving, and how it must be practiced.“

The BluVault for Exchange Online Difference

BluVault is cost-effective, can be easily plugged into existing cloud subscriptions, overcomes Microsoft Exchange Online mailbox limitations, and is cloud-agnostic. Highly secure and centrally managed email archiving with no third-party intervention and zero additional storage infrastructure costs makes BluVault a cut above several market variants.

Learn more about BluVault’s email archiving through this demo.

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How Parablu Helped a Customer Recover from Data Breach

How Parablu Helped a Customer Recover from Data Breach

What happened? Nature of the privacy breach and its detection

How did it happen? Overview of the data breach

What was affected? Criticality of the infected data

What was done right? Proactive preventive measures for data breach detection

Isolation of affected server

Point-in-time restore

Enhanced authentication

Incident response team activation

Communication and transparency

Contacted Parablu

Role of Parablu in the incident recovery

Parablu customer support team assisted them in two ways:

What now? Preventive measures against the data breach

Testimonial – What the customer has to say:

The importance of data backup and recovery in today’s world

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Cloud Storage Solutions: Decoding the Cost Components

Cloud Storage Solutions: Decoding the Cost Components

Understanding cloud storage and why your budget matters

Storage capacity: How much is too much?

Data transfer efficiency: Bridging the gap in cloud storage

Hidden costs: Transaction fees in the cloud storage

Cloud storage sorted: Managing your data with ease!

Ensuring data security in cloud storage

The price of protection: How data backup impacts cloud storage cost

Streamlining cloud storage: Costs and considerations of data migration

Cloud storage classes: Picking the right option for your data

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Behind the Security Curtain: A Questionnaire Series with Cyber Security Experts

Behind the Security Curtain: A Questionnaire Series with Cybersecurity Experts

What is your current data resiliency posture, and how effectively is it protecting critical data?

How can we identify and prioritize our most critical data and applications for backup and recovery purposes?

What are the most likely causes of data loss or corruption, and how can we protect ourselves against them?

How can we ensure adequate backup and recovery capabilities against data security problems, including offsite storage and redundancy?

How can we ensure our data resiliency posture is regularly assessed and updated to address emerging threats and risks?

To ensure regular assessment and updating of data resiliency posture we:

Empowering Organization’s Data Resilience

A New Era of Digital Protection: Parablu and Microsoft’s Collaborative Security Models

A New Era of Digital Protection: Parablu and Microsoft’s Collaborative Security Model

Introduction

Synergizing Cybersecurity: Parablu and Microsoft’s Integrated Approach

Microsoft Azure: Scaling Business with Performance

Overlay BluVault: Empowering Data Security and Resiliency

Data Protection Benefits with Azure + BluVault: A Top Tier Partnership

Parablu: Revolutionizing Data Resiliency and Cybersecurity

Final Words:

Ransomware Defense – Incident Recovery: Why File and Device Quarantine is a Must-Have!

Ransomware Defense – Incident Recovery: Why File and Device Quarantine is a Must-Have!

Understanding File and Device Quarantine

The benefits of file and device quarantine include:

The Importance of File and Device Quarantine

Implementing Effective File and Device Quarantine with Parablu’s BluVault

Best Practices for File and Device Security Against Ransomware

Final Words:

Data Resiliency and Ransomware Defense, at the core of your Cybersecurity Posture

Data Resiliency and Ransomware Defense, at the core of your Cybersecurity Posture

There are several best practices organizations can implement to ensure data resiliency, including:

Parablu’s data resiliency solution

Parablu’s data resiliency solution as ransomware defense

BluVault – Parablu’s Data Resiliency Solution

Zero Knowledge Privacy

Zero Trust Security

Industrial-strength Encryption, BYOK

File and Device Quarantining

Unusual Activity Detection

Rapid Restores during Ransomware Recovery

Litigation Hold

Closing Remarks

What is Multi-cloud backup navigate to high data resiliency

What is a Multi-cloud backup strategy?

Hybrid Vs Multi-Cloud Backup Strategy

Parablu’s Hybrid Cloud Backup Solution

Pros and cons of Multi-cloud data strategy

Recommended best practices to data across multiple clouds

The BluVault Hybrid-Cloud Advantage

Unusual Activity Detection – Identifying and Flagging Security Threats

What is Unusual Activity Detection?

Benefits of Parablu’s Data Security Solution

Unusual Activity Detection – Common Use Cases

The Parablu Advantage