Introducing Turbo Threat Hunting: Redefining Cyber Recovery Speed

In today's digital landscape, organizations face an ever-growing threat of cyberattacks, from ransomware to sophisticated malware infiltrations. With the stakes higher than ever, the ability to quickly recover from an attack is not just a nice-to-have-it's essential to maintaining business continuity. That's why Rubrik is thrilled to announce Turbo Threat Hunting, a revolutionary new feature designed to dramatically accelerate the cyber recovery process, by reducing the time to find a backup free from Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) from days to mere seconds.

Why Fast Recovery Matters Now More Than Ever

Let's face it: in the event of a cyberattack, time is of the essence. Every hour of downtime equates to lost revenue, disrupted operations, and diminished customer trust. Traditional recovery methods involve manually scanning each backup file, which can take an excruciatingly long time. Imagine having to sift through hundreds of thousands of backups to locate clean recovery points. For many organizations, that process can take days or even weeks, leaving them vulnerable to ongoing disruption and significant financial losses.

When Rubrik first introduced our Threat Hunting solution, we changed the game by bringing recovery times down from days to just hours. Now we're pushing the boundaries even further with Turbo Threat Hunting-reducing that time to mere seconds.

How does Rubrik do it? Turbo Threat Hunting leverages an architecture that drastically speeds up the hunt for clean data. Indeed, our internal tests have shown scanning speeds of an estimated 75,000 backups in 60 seconds, ensuring you get back up and running as quickly as possible.

What Makes Turbo Threat Hunting So Powerful?

The magic behind Turbo Threat Hunting lies in Rubrik's unique approach to data protection. Unlike competitors who rely on time-consuming file-by-file scans, Rubrik uses pre-computed hashes stored within its metadata. Originally introduced September 2023 as part of Continuous Threat Monitoring, the existing method requires mounting each backup and scanning it from scratch.

The upcoming new Turbo Threat Hunting capabilities are designed to empower customers to instantly check against precomputed hash values to locate malware-free recovery points. This breakthrough aims to allow Rubrik customers to reduce the threat hunt time from hours to seconds.

Here's how it works:

1. Pre-computed Hashes: Uses pre-computed hash values within Rubrik's metadata to instantly locate clean recovery points without the need to mount and scan individual files, released in September 2023 as part of Continuous Threat Monitoring.

2. Automated Threat Hunts: During an incident, simply input known malware indicators, and Rubrik's Turbo Threat Hunting feature will scan your entire backup environment to find unaffected recovery points.

3. Cluster-Level Scanning: Instead of tediously selecting individual servers or backups, you can scan entire clusters with a single click, speeding up the search for clean recovery points.

4. Quick Results: In a recent internal test, Turbo Threat Hunting scanned an estimated 75,000 backups within 60 seconds, identifying the one affected server and enabling a quick path to recovery.

5. Quarantining: Automatically quarantine impacted files and backups to ensure the attacker is not re-introduced into the environment.

6. Recovery Orchestration: Mass-recovery orchestration of all backups from the most recent non-anomalylous, non-quarentined backup in just a few clicks to massively reduce the recovery time objective of the data and applications.

Real-World Impact: The Cost of Downtime vs. Instant Recovery

The speed of Turbo Threat Hunting is more than just a technical feat - it's a game-changer for organizations struggling to minimize downtime after a cyber incident.

Consider a real-world scenario: An environment with 1,000 servers and 30 days of daily retention will typically have 30,000 backups to sift through after an attack. Traditional solutions would take weeks to identify the clean recovery points, keeping the organization offline and bleeding revenue.

However, with Rubrik's Turbo Threat Hunting, our internal tests estimate this process can be completed within 60 seconds, allowing IT teams to restore operations almost immediately.

The ability to recover quickly has direct financial implications. For businesses with millions in daily revenue, every hour of downtime is a significant hit to the bottom line. By reducing recovery time from weeks to minutes, Turbo Threat Hunting not only saves costs but also preserves customer trust.

The Unique Advantage of Rubrik

Rubrik's innovation doesn't stop at speed. The capabilities of Turbo Threat Hunting are built directly into Rubrik's existing data protection platform. This means that current Enterprise Edition and cloud customers can access this feature with a simple software upgrade-no additional hardware or third-party tools required.

What sets Rubrik apart is that no other backup solution on the market can match the speed or scale of Turbo Threat Hunting. Competitors would need to mount each backup and scan every file one by one, which is a process dictated by the laws of physics. In contrast, Rubrik's built-in threat detection engine uses precomputed hashes, making it exponentially faster.

What's Next for Turbo Threat Hunting?

General availability is slated for the end of January 2025, with a phased rollout to ensure smooth adoption. Rubrik customers already benefiting from Threat Hunting will be able to activate Turbo Threat Hunting seamlessly with an upgrade.

To get an early look at Turbo Threat Hunting, Rubrik is offering personalized demos. This feature can be the difference-maker for organizations facing ransomware threats or looking to strengthen their cyber resilience.

Your Silver Bullet for Cyber Recovery

Rubrik's Turbo Threat Hunting is not just another feature-it's a paradigm shift in how organizations approach cyber recovery. By leveraging our patent-pending technology to deliver recovery times measured in seconds rather than weeks, we're empowering organizations to maintain business continuity and safeguard their reputation.

Ready to see it in action? Contact your Rubrik account team today for a personalized demo and discover how Turbo Threat Hunting can transform your cyber recovery strategy.

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