Availability of Arcserve Backup V.19 Software With Ransomware Defense

Arcserve, Inc. announced the availability of Backup 19 software, an enhanced version of its tape air gapping solution.

The V.19 delivers improved performance, security, and reliability over previous releases. Its air gapping technology provides a critical last line of defense by physically disconnecting digital assets from network connections as part of a data and ransomware protection strategy.

The software has been migrated to a newer development platform to improve performance and reliability. Security has also been strengthened with enhancements, including FIPS compliant secure communication updates and crypto libraries for customers demanding military-grade encryption.

V.19 certifies and adds support for popular platforms deployed in customer environments. This includes compatibility with Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2022 Hyper-V, SharePoint Server 2019, Oracle Database 19c on IBM AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX, AlmaLinux 8.x, Rocky Linux 8.x, FreeBSD 13.x, macOS Catalina (version 10.15.x), Debian 11.x, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x for IBM Z (Mainframe), Default Arcserve Backup Database (ASDB) upgraded from Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 2 (SP2) Express to Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Express.

Florian Malecki, EVP, marketing, Arcserve, said: “Tape air gapping is emerging as the most important ‘last line of defense’ from ransomware attacks. While most vendors don’t handle tape due to its complexity, Arcserve has been leading the market with this technology for decades. This gives us the unique ability to provide customers a complete 3-2-1-1 ransomware defense and recovery solution including on-prem, immutable storage, cloud services, and tape backup.“

The company led the market in tape-based data protection. With over 60 certified vendors, it offers a broad and deep support for tape-based media.