The Resiliency Loop represents a continuation of our fundamental commitment to data protection, built upon the theory that resilience isn't a static state but an ongoing process of adaptation and improvement. Each component within the loop reinforces the others, creating a robust, multi-layered defense system. Let's delve into the steps within this crucial loop that empower organizations to not only withstand cyber threats but to emerge stronger.
Step 1: Foundation of Protection with Commvault Cloud
The first critical step in the Resiliency Loop is establishing a rock-solid foundation for your data protection strategy. This is where Commvault Cloud shines. As a unified platform, it provides comprehensive data management across your entire hybrid estate – on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. By centralizing backup, recovery, and data management operations, Commvault Cloud simplifies complexity, reduces operational overhead, and ensures consistent protection policies are applied everywhere. It's the bedrock upon which all other resiliency measures are built, providing the scalability, flexibility, and global reach necessary for modern enterprises.
Step 2: Isolating Your Data with Air-Gap Protect
Once your data is being managed by Commvault Cloud, the next crucial step is to create an impenetrable barrier against ransomware and other destructive attacks. Air-Gap Protect delivers this vital isolation. By creating an immutable, logically air-gapped copy of your data, you ensure that even if your primary systems are compromised, a clean, uncorrupted version remains safe and inaccessible to attackers. This crucial layer of defense prevents ransomware from encrypting or deleting your backups, giving you the ultimate assurance that your recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO) can be met, even in the direst circumstances.
Step 3: Rapid Recovery with Cloud Rewind and Clumio
Should an incident occur, the speed and efficacy of your recovery are paramount. The Commvault Resiliency Loop incorporates advanced recovery capabilities that minimize downtime and data loss. Cloud Rewind leverages the power of the cloud to enable granular, point-in-time recovery for critical cloud-native workloads. This means you can quickly revert to a clean state before a compromise, significantly reducing the impact of an attack.
Complementing this, Clumio, an autonomous SaaS data resilience platform, further enhances recoverability for specific cloud environments. Clumio brings enterprise-grade backup and recovery capabilities to SaaS applications and public cloud infrastructure, offering another layer of protection and ensuring that even your most distributed data assets can be swiftly restored. Together, Cloud Rewind and Clumio represent rapid, intelligent recovery mechanisms that are essential for minimizing business disruption.
Step 4: Specialized Recovery for Critical Assets: Active Directory and Cleanroom
Cyberattacks often target critical infrastructure, with Active Directory being a prime target due to its central role in identity and access management. Recognizing this, the Resiliency Loop incorporates specialized recovery for such vital assets. Active Directory - Forest Recovery provides fast, comprehensive restoration of Active Directory/Entra ID, minimizing the ripple effect of an AD/Entra ID compromise across your entire network. This targeted recovery capability is crucial for regaining control and re-establishing normal operations after a sophisticated attack.
Furthermore, for situations demanding absolute certainty of a clean recovery, Cleanroom Recovery offers a secure, Isolated Recovery Environment (IRE). In a cleanroom, you can confidently restore and validate your data and applications without the risk of reintroducing malware or compromised configurations back into your production environment. This step is vital for ensuring the integrity of your recovered systems and preventing a re-infection.
Step 5: Proactive Threat Detection through Security Integration
Resilience isn't just about recovery; it's also about proactive prevention and early detection. The Commvault Resiliency Loop emphasizes strong security integration with companies such as CrowdStrike. By integrating with leading security platforms, Commvault Cloud gains enhanced visibility into potential threats and can correlate data protection events with security alerts. This symbiotic relationship allows for earlier detection of suspicious activity, enabling faster incident response and even preventing attacks from fully materializing by identifying compromised backups or suspicious data access patterns. This proactive stance significantly reduces the window of vulnerability.
Step 6: The Future of Resilience: Agentic AI and Governance
Looking ahead, the Commvault Resiliency Loop is continuously evolving, incorporating cutting-edge technologies to stay ahead of emerging threats. Agentic AI is poised to revolutionize data protection by providing intelligent, autonomous agents that can predict, detect, and even neutralize threats before human intervention is required. These AI agents will learn from patterns, adapt to new attack vectors, and optimize data protection strategies in real-time, ushering in a new era of proactive cyber resilience.
Finally, underpinning every step of the loop is robust Governance. This ensures that data protection policies are consistently applied, compliance requirements are met, and recovery strategies are regularly tested and refined. Effective governance provides the framework for continuous improvement, auditability, and accountability, guaranteeing that your organization maintains a high level of cyber resilience over time. It's the guiding principle that ensures every component of the loop is functioning optimally and aligned with business objectives.
Where is your cyber-resilience journey taking you?
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Please contact Commvault Account Executive, Dave Cressman (dcressman@commvault.com). Dave and Commvault’s executive leadership are committed to providing the State of CA with data protection and management capabilities that deliver enhanced security, reduced costs and improved operational efficiency both on-premises as well as in the cloud.
Please reach out to Dave to schedule a technical discovery session, solution demo and/or no charge POC.
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