Acronis Cyber Protect Availability Expands as Demands for Endpoint Security for Remote Work Skyrockets

Acronis International GmbH announced expanded access to its Cyber Protect – its solution that integrates data protection, cybersecurity, and endpoint management – through a beta that is available to IT teams.

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Previously released as a cloud offering through service providers, Cyber Protect is available as a beta to deploy on-premises. With this release, IT teams can deploy the solution’s capabilities across all environments to safeguard all data, applications, and systems. The solution’s flexible deployment model enables Cyber Protect to meet the needs of teams with air gapped environments, in regulated industries that deploy local non-networked devices, and companies with remote work policies that must meet organizational data protection and cybersecurity standards.

“The Covid-19 pandemic requires more businesses than ever to adopt remote work policies,” offered Serguei ‘SB’ Beloussov, executive officer, Acronis. “While remote work offers a lot of benefits, it can put valuable company data at risk as it is accessed and used on home networks that are more vulnerable to cyberattacks. We’ve already seen how Acronis Cyber Protect can eliminate those risks in third-party managed environments. Releasing it as a beta empowers more organizations to choose how they protect their data, devices, and infrastructure.“

With a recent survey by Gartner revealing that 74% of organizations intend to permanently shift some employees to remote work, the ability to add comprehensive and proven endpoint security – without increasing complexity or IT staffing requirements – becomes a critical business need and competitive advantage.

Embedded remote work application protection
The recent global health crisis redefined how work is conducted, as companies of all sizes had to adopt remote work practices. Cyber Protect includes tools that secure and protect remote workers data and devices. For example, it blocks Zoom vulnerabilities and prevents session ID theft and similar protections are included for WebEx, MS Teams, and other applications to ensure remote teams can remain protected while being productive.

Enabling proactive cybersecurity
Cyber Protect solves modern cybersecurity challenges by going beyond traditional signature-based anti-virus solutions, with AI-based behavioural and heuristic anti-malware that stops ransomware and cryptojacking attacks in real-time. The firm’s solution has been proven to have a 100% detection rate with zero false positives by both Virus Bulletin and the independent security lab AV-Test.

This combination of real-time anti-malware protection with on-demand scanning and malware removal, AI-based pre-execution analysis, behavioural analysis, dynamic detection rules, and the other capabilities of traditional anti-virus and endpoint protection products ensures Cyber Protect delivers all of the capabilities needed for modern cybersecurity, with industry leading data protection services.

Cyber Protect is VB100 certified and its capabilities and integrations recently earned the 2020 New Product Innovation Award for Data Protection from Frost and Sullivan.

3 layers of integrated protection
The integrated and automated architecture of the company’s Cyber Protect enables it to provide data protection than backup alone – delivering proactive, active, and reactive capabilities.

• Vulnerability assessments and patch management, removal of malware from backups, HDD health checks, and patching on recovery to prevent reoccurring infections offer proactive protection vs. downtime.

• CDP, real-time defenses vs. viruses, ransomware, and cryptojacking, and self-defense capabilities that guard the agent and backup storage deliver active protection from threats.

• Integrated DR, meta-storage for the forensic investigation of incidents, and the ability to co-exist with other security solutions provide reactive protection.

Embraced by industry
In an IDC report published by Phil Goodwin and Robyn Westervelt, Cyber Protect was named “One of the most comprehensive attempts to provide data protection and cyber security to date“, and that “Acronis shows potential to disrupt traditional IT security vendors by delivering integrated components for backup/recovery and malware detection and protection.“

That performance has been accepted by the MSPs and their client since its launch. “With Cyber Protect Cloud, we can now offer our clients the peace of mind that data is being backed up while most of their employees are now at home, while offering an additional layer of endpoint protection and cybersecurity.“

“Since partnering with Acronis in 2019, the Boston Red Sox have improved our data resiliency and created a more efficient, secure workflow that benefits the team both on and off the field. In 2020, we plan to pilot and roll out Acronis’ new solution, Acronis Cyber Protect,” said Brian Shield, VP, IT, Boston Red Sox. “The platform complements existing endpoint security tools that we already have in place through Major League Baseball’s cybersecurity program and will be a great addition to the Acronis cyber protection solutions we currently use.”

“With Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, our partners have access to a solution that integrates backup, DR, anti-malware, and management tools-all in one,” said Ryan Walsh, chief channel officer, Pax8. “This solution enables partners to detect, protect, and recover data, addressing all five vectors of cyber protection. This new solution is going to be a huge benefit to our partners, and we are thrilled to be offering it through Pax8 later on this month.“

Registration for the open beta of the on-premises version of Cyber Protect is now open. Interested parties may access the company’s website to register for participation in the beta test.

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