Acronis Opens Cyber Protection Operations Center in EMEA

Acronis International GmbH announced an operational Cyber Protection Operation Center (CPOC), which puts the EMEA region on the cyber protection map and will help partners, customers and individuals to get #CyberFit with cyber protection services, ongoing monitoring and analysis of cyber threats.

Twitter accounts of some of the most prominent worldwide leaders were hacked in an apparent effort to promote a Bitcoin scam. This case shows how cyber-attacks are omnipresent and can harm individuals and companies across the globe. Although prevention systems are constantly improving, the number of complex data breaches and security incidents is increasing.

“It is thus essential for companies to identify threats early on and to react immediately and appropriately“, explains Candid Wüest, head of CPOC which is staffed with international experts who use tools to detect, analyze and react to incidents at an early stage.

He adds: “It is mission critical“.

Ransomware attacks, the biggest cyber threat circulating, are becoming more and more sophisticated. According to the data from Acronis CPOCs, when comparing the second half of 2019 and the first half of 2020, there was a 18% rise in reported ransomware attacks.

International CPOC Network
A number of companies already have a Security Operation Center (SOC), which is a first good step. However, existing SOCs require further solutions for prioritizing the incidents detected in order to relieve the burden on the SOC analysts deployed. In addition, response services must be expanded so that SOCs can focus more on defense. Cloud services provide support for this. With its integrated approach and international expertise, the CPOC in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, will serve as the command center for the EMEA region.

Wüest added: “Companies today need an integrated approach that delivers easy, efficient, reliable and secure cyber protection for all data, apps and systems” and “cyber protection should be based on the five vectors of cyber protection: safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity and security (SAPAS).“

Currently 33 international experts across the globe are working in Acronis CPOCs and the company plans to continue to hire more experts in the next few years. New CPOC in Switzerland will help the company’s 500+ engineers tackle the modern threats with the help of better AI/ML-based automated attack detection. Findings are used to improve products like Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, a solution that provides integration of backup with full-stack next-gen anti-malware protection and endpoint management tools.