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Actifio Helping Waste Industries, Cengage & Others Achieve Cyber ResilienceWALTHAM, Mass., April 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Actifio, the Data-as-a-Service software company, is helping a growing number of enterprises achieve cyber resilience. Waste Industries and Cengage are among the latest of many Actifio customers confronting cybersecurity threats such as ransomware and rogue users destroying backups head-on with Actifio's pioneering data-centric platform. Built on Actifio's patented Data Virtualization and OnVault technologies for high business resiliency and availability, these cyber resiliency capabilities deliver tamper-proof, immutable point-in-time versions of enterprise application data and, in the event of a cyber-attack, instant recovery to a safe point-in-time. Protection against cyber threats is a critical business imperative for every enterprise, and exposure to these threats continues to grow. Ransomware damages reached $5 billion in 2017, up 15x in two years, according to CyberSecurity Ventures. A company is hit with ransomware every 40 seconds, according to endpoint security vendor Barkly. The traditional approach has been to repeatedly layer new network-based security protection tools that serve as temporary measures until a newer technique is employed by attackers. Actifio delivers a secular solution that protects the heart of every enterprise: Data. Actifio is enabling an industry-first data-centric approach to cybersecurity that ensures this strategic asset is protected regardless of evolving threats.
"We knew we were in need of a solution that promoted greater resiliency," said Hubert Barkley, Vice President of Information and Technology Services at Waste Industries, "This opened the door for change, particularly in the security space. By implementing Actifio, we were able to significantly curb security risk, especially ransomware attacks, which has proven key in our overall growth as a company." "As a leader in the digital learning space, propelling learning with digital materials, we needed a reliable, secure data solution to help aid our transition to a fully digital enterprise," said Jim Chilton, CIO of Cengage. "Actifio has exceeded our expectations in helping us digitally transform, with the added benefits of curbing ransomware attacks and taking all concern about cybersecurity threats out of the picture." To hear how IBM Security relies on Actifio to deliver for its customers, this brief video from theCube explains it. For a brief video demo from Actifio's chief security officer showing Actifio software in action rendering a ransomware attack harmless in minutes, go here. Steve Duplessie, Founder and Senior Analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, said, "Ransomware isn't just a buzzword. We know that 22% of organizations came under attack weekly in 2017. In retail, attacks occur daily! You won't keep bad guys out – you can only mitigate the damage they can do by being ready to respond – and Actifio's solution enables you to almost instantly get back to a safe state with known good data – and run your applications just as fast as you did before. "Instant on" is a primary benefit to their Data as a Service platform." Ash Ashutosh, Founder and CEO of Actifio, said, "Our mission is to enable enterprises to deliver data as a strategic asset. Ensuring data is safe and recoverable amidst rising cybersecurity and ransomware attacks is a critical step in this process. Rather than the traditional network-based approach of securing an enterprise, we are delivering a pioneering data-centric approach that protects and instantly recovers what really matters: Data. Immutability of data from attacks, internal or external, combined with the ability to instantly recover to a safe point-in-time is key to high business availability and meeting compliance requirements, even in the face of malicious attacks." About Actifio Contact: View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/actifio-helping-waste-industries-cengage--others-achieve-cyber-resilience-300632945.html SOURCE Actifio |