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Vedant Sethia

December 10, 2024

In this fast-paced AI-driven digital landscape, data security is a leading concern worldwide for enterprises like yours. Protecting your sensitive information from unauthorized access, breaches, and loss due to cyberthreats, system failures, or human error is a top priority. A transition to a storage-as-a-service (STaaS) model for data management can give you that extra level of data security that today's enterprises demand. This pay-as-you-go model has revolutionized how companies consume data storage, and its flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and enhanced security enable your enterprise to quickly modernize your environment without a heavy capital investment.

To protect your data, most STaaS providers offer robust security measures, including encryption, access controls, routine backup and system updates, and data recovery options. A STaaS infrastructure is typically managed by dedicated personnel and by policies that are designed to help your company reduce the risk of cyberattacks and data loss.

But as security challenges continue to grow, how can you be confident that a new STaaS solution will maintain the level of data protection you need now and in the future? That's where NetApp® cyber-resilience solutions come in!

Data security for STaaS done right-NetApp Keystone

NetApp delivers the most secure storage on the planet. Our powerful, innovative cyber-resilience capabilities are at the forefront of the industry. Our solutions are built to maximize data protection and security to defend your organization from data loss and downtime. They proactively detect potential threats and quickly recover your data and applications if a loss does occur. And increased visibility of your data enables greater control for boosting governance and compliance.

NetApp Keystone® STaaS is built on the same robust and trusted cyber-resilient NetApp ONTAP® platform to meet the data protection demands of hybrid multicloud environments. Keystone goes beyond data storage management by offering capabilities that prioritize data security with the superior flexibility and scalability of STaaS.

Now it's time to get nerdy about data protection. Let's see how Keystone keeps your data safe:

  • Point-in-time data recovery

    You have a time machine (for your data)! With NetApp SnapCenter® software, you can create point-in-time copies or "snapshots" of your data, which make it easy to recover if accidental deletion, rollbacks, or even data corruption occurs.

  • Replication of data in real time

    The NetApp SnapMirror® feature replicates data between your storage systems in real time. It keeps your mission-critical data synchronized across geographically dispersed locations, maintaining business continuity if disaster strikes.

  • Secure data archiving

    The NetApp SnapVault® capability offers an optimal solution for the creation of long-term, remote backup copies. It helps you with secure data archiving to an alternative storage location, such as the cloud, providing an extra layer of protection against data loss due to hardware failures, natural disasters, and even ransomware attacks.

  • Encrypted data protection, Fort Knox style

    A data Fort Knox, Keystone uses NetApp Storage Encryption (NSE) to protect data at rest through AES-256 transparent disk encryption. You can also use a multitenant Key Management Service (KMS) to protect your data in a shared environment.

  • Immutable data storage

    Get a digital permanent marker for your data. NetApp SnapLock® compliance software is a write once, read many (WORM) system that creates immutable copies of your data, preventing unauthorized or accidental modifications even by authorized users. This protection acts as the ultimate shield against ransomware attacks that try to encrypt your data.

  • Controlled user access

    NetApp FPolicy is a file access notification framework for monitoring file access on NetApp storage. It gives you granular access control of your storage environment. User access management is crucial in helping your organization prevent unauthorized access and accidental data breaches.

  • Zero data loss

    Symmetric NetApp MetroCluster® features facilitate real-time, synchronous data replication between your geographically dispersed storage systems. This advanced technology delivers zero data loss if an outage occurs at your primary site.

  • The vanguard against ransomware

    NetApp Autonomous Ransomware Protection with AI (ARP/AI) functions like a security gatekeeper, analyzing appliance activity, learning from user patterns, and isolating suspicious file access. By using a continuous learning model and additional file verifications, it helps in thwarting any potential attacks.

    When a potential attack is detected, ARP/AI not only relies on the protection from routinely scheduled NetApp Snapshot™ copies, it also proactively generates new Snapshot copies.

Ransomware recovery guaranteed

Even with the most extreme security protocols in place, there is still a chance of cyberattack. But the NetApp Ransomware Recovery Guarantee has you covered. NetApp offers this guarantee for Keystone as well, ensuring that your data is recoverable, or NetApp will compensate you. This commitment makes Keystone the most reliable and secure STaaS solution available today.

With NetApp Keystone, you're not just keeping up with the data revolution, you're leading it. Secure, confident, and ready for anything-that's the Keystone advantage.

So, are you ready to deploy the most secure STaaS on the planet? Get in touch.

Disclaimer: No ransomware detection or recovery system can completely guarantee safety from a ransomware attack. While it's possible an attack might go undetected, NetApp technology acts as an important additional layer of defense.

Vedant Sethia

Vedant Sethia is a technical marketing engineer at NetApp, specializing in the industry-leading storage-as-a-service solution NetApp Keystone. Vedant has a keen interest in hybrid multi-cloud solutions, automation, and the latest industry tech. Before joining NetApp, Vedant worked with Infoblox. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science engineering from PES University, Bangalore. Based in Bangalore, Vedant enjoys music, football, and travel in his free time.

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