Immutable Backup for Robust Ransomware Protection

What is Immutable Backup?

Immutable backup refers to the practice of creating backup copies that cannot be altered, deleted, or manipulated by unauthorized users or processes. This means once a backup is created, it remains unchanged and immune to any attempts at modification, ensuring the data’s integrity and availability.

Concept of Immutability

The concept of immutability revolves around the idea of permanence and non-modifiability. In the context of backups, immutability ensures that once data is stored in a backup repository, it cannot be tampered with, providing a reliable and trustworthy source for data recovery.

Why are Immutable Backups Important?

Businesses are increasingly turning to immutable backups due to their unparalleled data protection, especially in the face of rising cyberattacks. Ransomware attacks, which can cripple operations and demand hefty ransoms, have made immutable backups essential. These backups prevent attackers from encrypting or deleting data, rendering their efforts futile. Moreover, immutable backups help organizations comply with regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS by ensuring secure and accurate data copies.

Benefits of Immutable Backup

• Data Integrity: Immutable backups guarantee that your data remains intact and unaltered, preserving its accuracy and reliability.
• Resilience Against Ransomware: By preventing unauthorized modifications, immutable backups serve as a defense mechanism against ransomware attacks, ensuring that your data remains accessible even in the event of an infection.
• Regulatory Compliance: Immutable backups help organizations comply with regulatory requirements by maintaining a secure and tamper-proof data storage environment.

BDRCloud’s Approach to Immutability

BDRCloud’s Immutable storage support protects your backup data from ransomware, malware, and accidental modifications or deletions. Backups stay immutable during the configured period, extendable to the maximum expiration time of a Full backup. In this approach, updates or modifications are avoided, and instead, incremental are created. This approach empowers organizations to achieve business continuity and robust data protection.

Immutable backups can be enabled for our reliable & secure BDRCloud and for your own Public Cloud Storage such as Amazon S3 & S3 compatible storage. Immutability ensures that your backup data remains unaltered and secure against ransomware threats.

BDRCloud enhances the resilience of your backups, safeguarding critical data assets from unauthorized access or tampering by utilizing immutable storage.