UPDATED 15:15 EDT / NOVEMBER 17 2021

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Druva Data Resiliency Cloud meets the challenge of evolving ransomware

Technological evolution isn’t limited to companies operating on the right side of the law. Those who follow a less ethical business model are also constantly improving and evolving their “product line.”

Take ransomware. Source code can be bought on the dark web, making old-school style attacks possible for anyone with some cash and a little know-how. The career cyberthieves have moved on.

“What we’re seeing now is … [criminals] getting smarter about the ransomware attack,” said Stephen Manley (pictured, left), chief technology officer of Druva Inc. “So laying low longer, corrupting or attacking data a little bit more slowly so it’s harder to detect. Specifically, attacking backup infrastructure so that you won’t be able to recover exfiltrating data.”

Manley and Jaspreet Singh (pictured, right), founder and chief executive officer of Druva, spoke with John Walls, host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, for a digital CUBE Conversation on the state of ransomware, data protection and recovery. (* Disclosure below.)

Data resiliency offers holistic protection

Originally, ransomware encrypted data, blocking access unless the victim paid a fee. Now, the model has expanded. The criminals first steal the data and demand a fee. Then, if the victim refuses to pay, they expose the data for sale. It’s a powerful model made easier by the proliferation of connected devices.

“Security threats from either malware or human-oriented security issues are becoming more and more dominant threat to our entire data landscape,” Singh said.

This has elevated data protection to the boardroom level and changed the focus from which product is best for disaster recovery to a discussion about which company can offer the best insulation against risk.

“It’s not just about I need a little bit of technology. They’re really looking for how do I operationalize all of this, because these can be business-ending events if you’re not careful,” Manley stated.

Druva aims to aims to solve this problem with its just announced Data Resiliency Cloud. Resiliency is a step further than protection, according to Singh, describing it as protecting more than just data, extending to incorporate applications, environments and ecosystems. This enables a holistic understanding of an enterprise’s operational and technological needs in terms of protecting against and predicting attacks, as well as recovering quickly.

“When we talk about this Data Resiliency Cloud, it’s about moving onto your front foot, getting aggressive, being ready for what’s coming, but having Druva do it for you as opposed to saying, ‘Here’s some technology, good luck,’” Manley said. “We’ve got this solved for you; it’s our job to take care of it.”

Watch the complete video interview below, and be sure to check out more of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE’s CUBE Conversations(* Disclosure: Druva Inc. sponsored this CUBE Conversation. Neither Druva nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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