In this podcast episode, Chris talks to Bill Basinas, Senior Director of Marketing at Infinidat. The topic in question is the evolution in requirements for modern data protection, specifically addressing the challenges of ransomware attacks. As this conversation highlights, modern storage systems with cyber protection capabilities are a must.
Modern systems need to address the needs of Speed (protect and recover quickly), Immutability (guaranteed copies), Trust (validated and checked data) and Integration (automation with security platforms). These features are all part of a modern approach for protecting enterprise data.
Bill provides additional background on InfiniSafe, the Infinidat approach to cyber protection on the InfiniBox platform. InfiniSafe and ACP enables customers to gain confidence that data will be protected and recoverable with the minimum of fuss and effort, should a true disaster or ransomware attack occur.
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Timeline
- 00:00:00 - Intros
- 00:02:00 - Digging into the requirements of modern data protection
- 00:02:34 - What should modern data protection offer?
- 00:03:42 - Ransomware recovery is aligned with Disaster Recovery
- 00:05:19 - Why are there no SLAs for ransomware?
- 00:06:31 - Ransomware recovery needs data validation
- 00:09:17 - Ransomware recovery should be BAU
- 00:11:36 - Data Classification is once again important for Ransomware recovery
- 00:13:20 - Snapshots within storage systems provide an instant recovery tool
- 00:15:31 - Modern storage needs SIEM/SOAR integration
- 00:18:40 - 3-2-1 method must include storage systems protection
- 00:20:50 - Cloud-based backups could incur significant egress charges for recovery
- 00:22:51 - Snapshots must be immutable
- 00:24:42 - What are key features? Speed, Immutability, trust & integration
- 00:29:12 - Trust means trust in taking/restoring a snapshot and trust in the detail of the data
- 00:33:57 - Infinidat provides a “forensic fenced environment” for validating data snapshots
- 00:36:23 - It should be trivally cheap to validate the integrity of every snapshot
- 00:41:00 - AI Agents could be logging in and scanning for vulnerabilities
- 00:42:04 - InfiniSafe is the Infinidat integrated data protection solution in InfiniBox
- 00:45:34 - Wrap Up
Related Content
- Podcast #258 - Introducing Infinidat G4, InfuzeOS 8 and InfiniSafe ACP
- Podcast #266 - Architectural Choices in Storage System Design
- Research Note: Infinidat Ltd releases new G4 hardware, with updates to InfuzeOS and InfiniSafe
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