Data Backup and Recovery — An Effective Antidote Against Ransomware

Aurreum delivers unmatched ransomware protection and resilience. The following text will introduce real-life scenarios of how the Aurreum product is used by enterprises to defend against ransomware.

Ransomware, a prevalent and powerful type of malware equipped with robust encryption capabilities, often infiltrates target computers through methods like phishing and exploiting vulnerabilities. It implants malicious programs through tactics such as phishing and vulnerability exploits, subsequently attacking by encrypting or destroying files and even all data on the disk. It then uses the decryption key as leverage to demand varying amounts of ransom from targeted governments, businesses, or individuals.

For years, ransomware attacks have been a prime avenue for hacker organizations to amass profits, constituting one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats in recent times. Faced with the disruption brought about by operational paralysis, many victims are reluctant to invest the substantial time and financial resources needed to seek remediation measures. As a last resort, they often opt to pay the ransom for data decryption. However, even in such cases, there exists a risk associated with re-infection, where attackers may implant trojans into the restored systems, potentially leading to a recurrence of attacks or other unforeseen damages.

Effective data backup and restoration operations provide a more viable solution to this predicament: by backing up data and critical systems, enterprises can achieve rapid and successful data recovery without having to resort to ransom payments. In the field of backup and recovery, numerous outstanding product providers exist, and Aurreum stands out as a leader. With its robust deduplication capabilities and comprehensive, flexible, secure, and stable integrated data recovery solution, Aurreum assists users in overcoming such challenges.

Adam, a senior systems consultant at a hospital, explains, “Whenever we face attacks from ransomware, viruses, or trojans that result in data encryption or deletion, Aurreum consistently helps us successfully recover from our backups.”

Filip, a backup engineer now working for a large-scale restaurant enterprise, has experienced severe ransomware attacks at the company he works for. The company lost its entire Windows infrastructure and active directory during a ransomware attack. Thanks to Aurreum’s appropriate backup and recovery solution, the enterprise ultimately managed to surmount such a dire ransomware crisis and achieve successful recovery.

Filip further elaborates, “With unique continuous log backup and point-in-time recovery technology, Aurreum can rapidly restore databases to their states before the ransomware attack, ensuring business continuity. Aurreum’s product also harnesses various acceleration techniques, including compression, deduplication, and change block tracking (CBT), to expedite the entire backup/restore process.”

Leveraging support from Aurreum’s product, the restaurant enterprise was able to rebuild its entire infrastructure from scratch. Filip emphasizes, “Without Aurreum, recovering the entire infrastructure would have been impossible. Aurreum can be seen as the savior of our entire platform in this major catastrophe.”