Veeam Data Platform V.12.3 Including Microsoft Entra ID Protection

Veeam Software, Inc. announces the availability of Veeam Data Platform v12.3.

This anticipated release encompasses 3 key objectives for enterprises: protecting identity and access management with support for backing up Microsoft Entra ID, powering proactive threat analysis with Recon Scanner and Veeam Threat Hunter, and utilizing GenAI to deliver more intelligent protection of enterprise data with advanced reporting powered by Veeam Intelligence.

In addition, Veeam Data Platform v12.3 expands data portability by offering complete Nutanix AHV protection with application-aware processing, in-depth alerting and analytics for Nutanix AHV workloads. Now fully integrated with Veeam Data Cloud Vault v2, this latest update from the company provides instant access to secure, air-gapped, encrypted and immutable cloud storage that is predictably priced.

“Security starts with identity and authentication, which is why providing backup for Microsoft Entra ID is an important addition to Veeam Data Platform v12.3. Now, we can protect the most used identity and access management system and combine it with new proactive threat analysis tools that better prepare enterprises for cyber threats,” said Anand Eswaran, CEO, Veeam. “As enterprises bolster their security posture and prioritize data mobility, Veeam Data Platform brings the broadest set of capabilities to ensure their data is not only backed up and protected, but resilient. That’s critical to keeping business running no matter what happens.”

As organizations continue their digital transformation journeys, the cloud plays a crucial role in driving innovation and efficiency. To ensure protection of identity and access management services, organizations require robust data resiliency capabilities integrated into their chosen data resilience platform. Veeam Data Platform v12.3 is designed to address these needs, empowering businesses with Entra ID protection and cybersecurity innovation.

Identity and access management (IAM) is the source of truth for enterprises, and protecting it is paramount. For many organizations, Microsoft Entra ID serves as a requirement to ensure business operations. New Veeam protection capabilities for Microsoft Entra ID swiftly brings businesses back on track within seconds, mitigating latent cyber threats and accidental misconfigurations that hinder productivity. With accelerated change detection, simplified compliance, and the rapid restore of operations, businesses can now protect both on-premises Active Directory and Microsoft Entra ID, ensuring uninterrupted access and reducing the risk of cyber threats, attacks, and human error.

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Veeam Data Platform v12.3 introduces tools to strengthen cyber resilience, including:

Recon Scanner provides proactive threat assessment technology, identifying adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) before a cyber-attack. Built from patent-pending Coveware technology used in 1,000s of ransomware incidents, this first integration of Coveware technology into Veeam Data Platform, solidifies Veeam as the 1st and only platform vendor offering this advanced level of proactive threat assessment technology.
IoC Tools Scanner enables organizations to be notified on the appearance of indicators of compromise (IoC) tools that are commonly used by cybercriminals including different techniques such as lateral movement, exfiltration, command + control, credential access, and more on protected machines. This tool significantly reduces the Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) threats, providing an opportunity to react before an attack.
Veeam Threat Hunter offers accelerated signature-based malware scanning, allowing organizations to cast a wider net and detect dormant threats in their backups, facilitating the rapid implementation of essential security measures to ensure business continuity. Built into Veeam Data Platform, Threat Hunter employs ML and heuristic analysis to identify advanced threats such as polymorphic malware, with threat signatures and ML models updated multiple times per day to expand detection to newly developing threats.

Enhancements to Veeam Data Platform v12.3:

Complete Nutanix AHV protection: Strengthening data resilience for all hypervisors, Veeam Data Platform v12.3 unleashes complete Nutanix AHV security with application-aware processing, inline threat detection during backup, and deep data observability for Nutanix environments. Protecting important applications and accessing needed information should not require extensive knowledge or specialized expertise in Nutanix AHV. With Veeam Data Platform, users can simplify and streamline the process, eliminating the need to navigate complex reports and dashboards.
Integration with Veeam Data Cloud Vault: With this latest release, Veeam Data Cloud Vault is completely integrated into Veeam Data Platform making it simpler for customers to streamline immutable, offsite backup. Vault is a fully-managed, secure, and cloud-based storage service that leverages the power of Microsoft Azure and simplifies storing backups of mission-critical data and applications offsite for unmatched business resilience. This integration provides users with instant access to predictably priced cloud storage and is securely architected to Zero Trust Data Resilience (ZDTR) standards to help achieve the 3-2-1-1-0 rule for data protection. This philosophy forms the foundation of a solid data protection strategy and data resilience initiatives, ensuring the integrity and availability of backups.
Veeam Intelligence: With additional GenAI capabilities, Veeam Data Platform v12.3 delivers proactive intelligence and AI-driven insights with Veeam Intelligence. Administrators can optimize backup performance, address potential risks, and make data-driven decisions quickly and efficiently, reducing the workload on IT resources.

Veeam Data Platform v12.3 is available.

Supporting quotes:
“For IT and security teams, addressing evolving threat vectors and reducing the time to detect and recover from a cyber-attack are top of mind. This necessitates next-generation, AI-driven threat detection and intelligence such as that brought to bear by Coveware’s integration into Veeam. Also critical in this most recent VDP release is the ability to protect both Active Directory and Entra ID because identity-based attacks are massively on the rise. Hackers are choosing to log in as opposed to hacking in whenever possible. Finally, optimizing flexibility in data and workload placement is also top of mind. Given more hosting options than ever before, organizations are evaluating their environments for cost-efficiency, security, and specific capabilities. And they are looking for long-term flexibility, as needs and providers’ feature sets and pricing evolve. The ability to have data portability is fundamental in this equation.” said Krista Case, research director, The Futurum Group

“Ultra Energy operates in nuclear and aerospace industries, where data is especially prone to malicious attacks and highly sensitive. With the launch of Veeam Data Platform v12.3, we see cyber resilience taken to the next level with new capabilities such as Proactive Threat Assessment, IoC Tools Scanner and Veeam Threat Hunter, which expands protection against millions of known malware strains. With Veeam constantly evolving and releasing new technologies, we have added confidence that our data is safe and in our control.” said Paul Sylvester, head, technical services, Ultra Energy.

Resources:
Veeam Data Platform v12.3 solution overview
Veeam Data Platform v12.3 feature comparison
Backup & Recovery – Release Notes
Monitoring & Analytics – Release Notes
Recovery Orchestrator – Release Notes
What’s new: Backup & Recovery, Monitoring & Analytics, Recovery Orchestration
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