How to Use Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage to Defend Against Ransomware

Immutable backup solutions provide the necessary protection against evolving ransomware threats. Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage, a new immutable storage solution, delivers comprehensive protection for organizations facing ransomware risks and potential data loss. 

Learn how to implement, configure, and use Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage and discover the critical importance of immutable backups in strengthening cyber resilience. 

Why Are Immutable Backups Essential?

Data loss can severely impact business operations. Ransomware exploits this vulnerability by encrypting valuable information and demanding payment to release it.

Immutable storage prevents this attack vector. When data is written to immutable storage, it becomes locked and protected. Unauthorized users cannot modify, delete, or encrypt this data, protecting organizations against ransomware attacks.

Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage provides reliable and cost-effective ransomware protection and compliance alignment. The new product delivers immutable backup storage for cloud and on-premises workloads, seamlessly integrated with the latest version of Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP).

How Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage Works: From Setup to Recovery

Implementing Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage follows a straightforward process that builds robust data protection quickly and efficiently.

Select the Right Storage Capacity

Purchase the Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage capacity that matches your organization's requirements. Available in 1 terabyte increments, Arcserve offers scalable, immutable storage options to fit your short—and long-term needs.

Activate Your Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage Account

For this example, we’ll show Arcserve Cloud Cyber Resilient Storage. First, you'll receive an activation email containing login credentials for the Arcserve Cloud Storage portal. Access your access keys from the Portal and connect your cloud storage with the UDP console.

Configure Your Cyber Resilient Datastores

Open the UDP console and navigate to the Recovery Point Server (RPS) page. Select your RPS server and choose "Add Arcserve Cloud Cyber Resilient Datastore." This opens the UDP datastore creation interface with the Cloud Cyber Resilient Storage option.

Arcserve provides important customization options:

Region Selection
Choose from nine global cloud regions for faster backups and additional compliance control.

Retention Policies
Create retention rules by selecting between Governance Mode and Compliance Mode. For data governed by a regulatory framework, choose compliance mode for your snapshots to ensure that no one can edit or delete them. For example, configure daily snapshots with seven-day retention and weekly snapshots with four-week retention.

Immutable Snapshots|
Define snapshot schedules and locking rules. These locked snapshots maintain data integrity for your specified duration, neutralizing ransomware threats.

Validate and Optimize Immutable Backup Datastore

Once the configuration is complete, your immutable datastore becomes operational. Data written to this datastore receives built-in UDP protections, including impressive  deduplication and compression (up to 95% storage space savings with deep data reduction), optimizing storage efficiency without compromising security.

Monitor and Restore Immutable Backups

Immutable snapshots accumulate over time, securely locked and accessible when needed. When retention periods expire, snapshots are automatically removed, freeing storage space while maintaining compliance with your configurations.

Arcserve UDP simplifies the process during recovery scenarios by showing you a list of snapshots available for recovery.

• Once you choose the desired snapshot, you can import it as a read-only datastore.
• Once imported this will appear in the list of data stores, and you can perform different types of restores inside the datastore: file/folder recovery, bare metal restoration (BMR), or virtual machines (VMs) recovery, etc.

With a well-thought-out immutable snapshot plan that dictates frequent snapshots (e.g., once a day), Arcserve Cloud Storage and UDP can significantly improve Recovery Point Objective (RPO) targets at a low cost.

Why Choose Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage?

Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage streamlines operations for IT professionals through a centralized interface for backup and recovery procedures available through Arcserve UDP. 

The solution provides a reliable and cost-effective option for ransomware protection and compliance alignment. It delivers immutable backup storage for cloud and on-premises workloads, seamlessly integrated with Arcserve UDP 10.

It scales with your business, as you can spin up additional backup storage capacity in a matter of hours.

Building a Cyber Resilient Future

Cyber resilience represents a commitment to comprehensive data protection. For any company that values its data and wants to keep up with modern cyber resilience requirements, Arcserve Cloud Cyber Resilient Storage offers a flexible and scalable solution that delivers data security and integrity through immutable storage, advances encryption and governance tools. Unlike other cloud storage solutions, Arcserve provides built-in data deduplication that ensures a faster ROI. Designed for flexibility and affordability, Arcserve Cloud Cyber Resilient Storage ensures data remains secure and recoverable, giving peace of mind for organizations in all industries.

Ready to strengthen your organization's cyber resilience? Sign up for the free trial today or schedule a demo to learn more about Arcserve Cyber Resilient Storage.