Arcserve and Sophos Partnering

Arcserve, LLC announced an alliance with Sophos Ltd, in network and endpoint security, to provide organizations with a means to neutralize cyber-attacks.

Through this collaboration, organizations can employ a market solution that integrates anti-ransomware and other threat prevention technologies, such as deep learning for both known and unknown malware, and DR and HA capabilities for prevention against data loss. Together, the solution delivers a multi-layered approach to prevent, protect, and immunize backup data from cyber-attacks.

A report issued by Cybersecurity Ventures predicts the cost of ransomware to reach $11.5 billion in 2019 and $20 billion by 2021, with an attack on businesses every 14 seconds by the end of this year.

With cybercriminals continuously taking advantage of enterprises to turn profits, this alliance will provide organizations with a two-pronged approach to cyber-readiness and IT resilience. By combining both cybersecurity and data protection capabilities into a single offering, businesses will have a solution that covers their infrastructure needs.

The joint solution will be delivered via Arcserve’s Appliance Series, a self-contained appliances for DR and application availability. Powered by Arcserve Unified Data Protection (UDP), the appliances combine flash-accelerated deduplicated storage, robust server processing, and fast networking with redundant hardware and cloud services.

Arcserve Appliances will integrate Sophos Intercept X Advanced for Server, endpoint protection with AI, to deliver a protect-in-depth approach to accelerate data, system, and application resiliency.

“Increasingly cybercriminals are targeting backup systems as a way to increase the odds that compromised businesses will make a ransom payment. Having dedicated protection from both malware and the latest exploits ensures the backup data will stand strong against the most advanced threats,” said Francois Depayras, Sophos’ VP of OEM sales and alliances. “Sophos Intercept X for Server provides anti-ransomware, anti-exploit and deep learning technology to provide the highest level of protection. This makes the Arcserve Appliance the most secure solution available in the market.“

“Too many organizations are being forced to have the ‘how do we pay ransom’ conversation. We saw a market gap that needed to be filled, and Sophos was the natural fit. We know backup and they know cybersecurity,” said Oussama El-Hilali, CTO, Arcserve. “As threats become more difficult to combat, this alliance is transformative in the industry, taking our cyber protection to the next level and providing partners with the opportunity to educate customers on the unique benefits of an integrated, two-pronged defense against cybercrime.“

The integrated solution will ship in October 2019.