Cyber resilience has emerged as a critical imperative for organizations around the world, especially in the face of growing cyber threats and security breaches.
In today's digital environment, where news of cyberattacks is commonplace, organizations must continually strengthen their cybersecurity preparedness to effectively mitigate risk. According to Travis Vigil (pictured, left), senior vice president of product management at Dell Technologies Inc., this requires a holistic approach that includes the organization's data, processes, ecosystem, and exposures.
“Dell is expanding its industry-leading portfolio of data protection appliances, software, and as-a-service products to help customers strengthen their cyber resiliency in the face of increasing AI-powered cyber attacks. ” Vigil said.
Vigil and Rob Emsley (right), director of data protection marketing at Dell Technologies, at the “Building Cyber Resilience with Trusted Data Protection Infrastructure” launch event during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, livestreamed by SiliconANGLE Media , we spoke with Dave Vellante, Chief Analyst at theCUBE Research. studio. They discussed Dell's suite of solutions designed to strengthen organizations and their cyber resiliency strategies in the face of today's cybersecurity challenges. (*Disclosure below.)
Extended data protection capabilities
At the core of Dell's strategy is the expansion of our portfolio of industry-leading data protection appliances, software and services. As artificial intelligence increasingly accelerates cyber-attacks, Dell's new products aim to address the evolving threat landscape. Emsley noted that the introduction of the Dell PowerProtect Data Domain model, designed specifically for large enterprises, underscores Dell's commitment to providing advanced solutions to effectively combat cyber threats. .
“One of the challenges that customers often come to us with is operational complexity,” he said. “Moving data from Dell storage to PowerProtect data and main appliances, whether on-premises or with multi-cloud options, allows us to provide secure data integrity through immutability and optional Cyber Vault integration. has been made available.”
The improved performance of these appliances with faster backup and restore is critical to minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity in the event of a cyber incident. In addition, Emsley said integrating innovative technologies such as Intel I am.
“One thing that isn't talked about a lot in the data protection market is the importance of securing AI workloads,” Emsley said. “AI workloads and the infrastructure used to run them are just one attack surface for malicious actors.”
Leverage AI for streamlined data protection and cyber resiliency
In addition to hardware advancements, Dell has introduced APEX Backup Services for AI, an integrated AI assistant for backup and recovery processes. According to Emsley, AI has the transformative potential to simplify data protection processes and increase efficiency. APEX Backup Services for AI helps organizations streamline data protection workflows and adapt to evolving cybersecurity challenges through interactive reporting, guided troubleshooting, and intelligent responses.
“We are introducing APEX Backup Services AI, an integrated AI assistant for backup and recovery that will help our customers make their data protection processes more streamlined and effective.” Vigil he added. “I think this is a great example of his Dell Technologies approach to generative AI.”
Dell's comprehensive AI strategy highlights the company's commitment to leveraging AI across its product portfolio. Emsley said Dell is enabling organizations to leverage the power of his AI to improve cybersecurity by incorporating his AI capabilities into its products and providing the infrastructure for AI generation.
“AI generates a lot of data. The attack surface expands, so we need to be very thoughtful about protecting it,” he said. “We often hear about data being generated for a specific purpose. It's really valuable data and we want to be able to protect it. But speed is increasingly important as well in cyber recovery. It actually takes hours, if not minutes, for a bad actor to break in, steal something, and wreak havoc.”
Extend protection to mission-critical infrastructure
According to Emsley, Dell extends data protection capabilities to mission-critical infrastructure using Storage Direct Protection in PowerProtect Data Manager, supporting Dell PowerMax and delivering one of the most secure storage solutions in the world. I am.
“One of the things we track very closely is the number of cyberattacks that impact our backup infrastructure,” he said. “Ninety-four percent of organizations affected by ransomware in the past year said cybercriminals had pulled off an attack in an attempt to compromise their backups. The ability to protect backups has never been more important. If backups are lost, malicious parties can target the production environment and there is no way to protect against it.”
This enhancement reduces backup and recovery times and provides valuable efficiency gains for your organization. Dell added that by simplifying operations, centralizing management, and orchestrating backup and recovery processes, it enables organizations to reduce operational complexity while increasing cyber resiliency.
“It's part of the core,” he said. “It's not even adjacency anymore. It's a fundamental component of the infrastructure, and it feels like the news is always saying, 'Cyber attackers, they're getting in.' Ransomware payments are being made. ” These appliances are just another brick in the wall. ”
Below is the full video interview. Part of SiliconANGLE and theCUBE Research's coverage of the “Building Cyber Resilience with Trusted Data Protection Infrastructure” launch event.
Watch the entire event episode here:
(* Disclosure: TheCUBE is a paid media partner for the “Building Cyber Resilience with Trusted Data Protection Infrastructure'' event. Neither Dell Technologies Inc., the sponsor of theCUBE's event coverage, nor any other sponsor, theCUBE or SiliconANGLE ).
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