Arcserve Southern Africa has revealed that Arcserve, LLC, a global data and ransomware protection provider, has unveiled Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP) 8.0, which is designed to protect organisations’ entire infrastructure, including hyperconverged, from data loss, cybercriminals and persistent threats like ransomware.
According to ‘The State of Ransomware in the US: Reports and Statistics 2020’, new tactics like double extortion saw significant adoption in 2020. The report stated that cybercriminals around the world are constantly coming up with new tactics to solicit ransom payments, meaning many are not only holding data hostage, but threatening to publish it, and have been increasingly targeting backup data.
“As IT infrastructures become increasingly more complicated, it’s important that we’re able to help our customers protect their data, no matter where it’s stored,” said Ivan Pittaluga, CTO, Arcserve. “The unveiling of Arcserve UDP 8.0 carries on the company’s tradition of making sure we do just that. We are not only covering data across hardware, SaaS, the cloud and HCI, but we’re also adding in an extra layer of protection by integrating best-in-class cybersecurity. It’s truly a huge value add to our partners and end users.”
“Ransomware and malware are among the most serious data threats facing organisations today,” said Phil Goodwin, Research Director, IDC. “IT leaders and business leaders alike recognise these threats that must be addressed urgently. Organisations are looking for comprehensive solutions that address both data protection and data security holistically. Due to its partnership with Sophos, Arcserve is at the forefront of vendors delivering these integrated solutions. Given to the broad deployment of applications in today’s organisations, these solutions must address core, cloud and edge environments, which is what Arcserve aims to do with the release of UDP 8.0.”
“The sophistication and targeted approach to attacks, plus the agility of attackers, as evidenced in ‘Sophos’ 2021 Threat Report’, means organisations need layers of defence that will protect their data no matter where it is stored. With Arcserve, we are bringing expanded security to both of our customer bases and our channel partners,” said Francois Depayras, Vice President, OEM, Sophos. “Organisations of all sizes can rest easy knowing their data backups have the same level of protection as the rest of the IT environment. This is critical because attackers are determined to take to victims offline to increase the pressure to get organisations to pay the ransom. Our relationship with Arcserve also helps channel partners provide a wider breadth of data protection and security for their clients.”
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