Optical Archive for Ransomware Protection

Important Alert - FBI Warning:

Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector

As you may have seen, Federal agencies have issued an unprecedented warning against “an increased and imminent cybercrime threat to U.S. hospitals and healthcare providers.” While the recent warnings are focused on the healthcare industry, it is important to note that the ransomware involved is not specific to any particular industry. If you have important data stored on your computer or network, you are at risk of being targeted by cybercriminals. Recovery can be difficult, timely and very costly.

One of the Ransomware Best Practices recommended by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the Ransomware Guide;

“Use the 3-2-1 rule as a guideline for backup practices. The rule states that three copies of all critical data are retained on at least two different types of media and at least one of them is stored offline.”

The NETArchive solution is built upon the 3-2-1 strategy, incorporating this best practice into your infrastructure to ensure your company's data is protected from ransomware. NETArchive automates the movement of data within the internal storage tiers on RAID, Optical and Cloud, so you don’t have to manage it. Best of all, once data is written it is permanently protected from being changed, deleted or altered in any way, providing unmatched data resilience and recoverability!

There are many steps to ransomware prevention, but most important is protecting your critical data from being encrypted by ransomware where cybercriminals can then demand you pay a large sum of money to get your data back.

The NETArchive solution can protect business data against ransomware   

Alliance Storage Technologies (ASTI) is the manufacturer of purpose built Professional Data Archiving Solutions that are specifically designed to secure and protect corporate critical data. We are implementing Optical Disc Archiving to prevent Ransomware attacks for many customer today!

Contact our ASTI team today to get your NETArchive Data Archive Solution working for your data protection today!

 Click on the link to read the full report of the CISA Alert Summary.

Exposure to Cyber Crime and Ransomware 

All organizations are susceptible to becoming the next victim of a cyber criminal.  Every week new security vulnerabilities are exploited where malicious software can gain access to your systems, attacking critical business data, holding it hostage or exploiting the data.  No organization is immune to these attacks.  Ransomware will typically encrypt the actual data, master file system and/or entire hard drives. Once encrypted, the user must pay the ransom to receive a decryption key to regain access to their data. And if not paid, the data is then locked and lost forever. 

Cyber attacks are generally targeted at all organizations.  Malware based attacks such as WannaCry has affected over 150 countries and major corporations, encrypting data and holding it for ransom.  Other attacks utilizing remote desktop protocols (RDP), Java-based web servers, or file transfer protocol (FTP) servers such as with SamSam are used to gain access to systems. 

More recently, cyber criminals are targeting specific industries such as State and Local governments.  In Atlanta, cyber criminals took the government's data hostage (read about Atlanta Held Hostage).  In Baltimore, their 911 emergency dispatch system was attacked taking the system offline and endangering the community (read about Baltimore Ransomware Nightmare).  

Randsomware Protection - a secure and foolproof technique is required to protect data from cyber criminals

Alliance Storage Technologies remains unrivaled in its dedication and effectiveness in protecting you from costly and time-consuming security breaches, information leaks, hackers and ransomware attacks.  Alliance's archive solutions utilize a common AMS (Archive Management Software) platform with key features that provide data protection, ensuring a permanent, immutable copy of last resort.

WORM Storage provides data protection with a permanent, immutable copy of last resort.  NETArchive True Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) ODA media is extremely robust and offers an archival life estimate of greater than 100 years, making it the premiere choice for professional data archiving.  Learn more...

Encryption Option  ensures all archived data is encrypted FIPS 140-2 certified AES-256 bit data encryption with integrated encryption key management ensuring you are in control of your data and protecting data on the move or at rest.  Learn more...

Replication Option replicates archived data to another passive system in a cluster, facilitating rapid high-availability fail-over should the primary system become unavailable, whether due to operational issues or a cyber attack.  Learn more... 

The best way to ensure data is protected is to store data in a permanent and unalterable state, where it cannot be held hostage by ransomware. NETArchive achieves this level of protection.   

The NETArchive is designed for professional data archiving and uses a hardware-based WORM technology to ensure that the data recording surface cannot be modified, erased or altered in any way. The data is then secure for over 100 years, which is backed by Sony ODA warranty. Therefore, all files that need to be protected are archived in a permanent, unalterable state that is 100% secure. This provides the highest level of data authenticity, unmatched by tape, disk, or other backup media technologies using software-based WORM emulation. Protection of data from ransomware attacks is just one of the many benefits the NETArchive data archiving solution provides. Alliance data archiving solutions have been meeting the compliance and permanence needs of corporations and government agencies for over 30 years.

Ransomware Protection

Don’t let ransomware hold data hostage.  Stop the catastrophic impact of these attacks to business operations now.  The NETArchive Solution from Alliance Storage Technologies adds resiliency to any infrastructure and will protect and secure business assets for a fast recovery of critical data.  Learn more about NETArchive Solutions.

Contact Alliance Sales at 719-593-7900 or submit a Request for Quote.

Reduce Risk and Secure Data Before It Results In Damage

Security and Risk Management is a daunting task and protecting information is a critical security objective for every organization. There are many known threats that can exploit vulnerabilities and impact valuable assets, such as data loss, security breaches, information leaks, hackers, and ransomware attacks. Many of these risks can be costly, time-consuming and negatively impact your operations and reputation. The process of managing the risk associated with an organization’s information and data assets usually starts with identifying, analyzing and reducing the areas of risk. Below are some common areas of Security and Risk that organizations are facing today.

Areas of Security and Risk

Alliance Storage Technologies remains unrivaled in its dedication and effectiveness in protecting critical data assets. Alliance's Data Archive Solution features have been developed specifically for reducing risks associated with data security, confidentiality, integrity, resiliency and availability of an organization’s data assets. Among its key differentiators are embedded Encryption, High-Availability Replication and TRUE WORM storage technology.

Alliance helps secure your data assets and eliminate risk!

NETArchive - Professional Data Archiving Products (click below to learn more)

Do you need data security now?  Contact Alliance Sales at 719-593-7900 or submit a Request for Quote.