Hybrid and Multicloud Leader Strengthens
Networking, Storage and Virtualization Services
Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in private, hybrid and
multicloud computing, today announced additional ransomware
protections in the company’s cloud platform. These include new
threat monitoring and detection, as well as more granular data
replication and robust access controls一all natively built into the
Nutanix stack. These new capabilities build on Nutanix’s rich data
services for network security, files and objects storage,
virtualization, and business continuity to help enterprises
prevent, detect and recover against ransomware attacks across
multiple cloud environments. At a time when attacks are becoming
even more common due to the rise of remote work, these capabilities
make it easier to implement security and business continuity best
practices at the infrastructure level, rather than rely on a
complex matrix of bolt-on security products.
A recent Gartner report¹ shared that, “in 2020, in particular,
there have been swift changes to threats with increased remote work
and targeted malware campaigns that take advantage of worldwide
events, such as COVID-19. Ransomware has evolved beyond the
commodity, widespread attacks intended to infect a single endpoint
to include more advanced techniques, such as fileless malware and
data exfiltration [...]. These new strains of ransomware make
prevention and planning more important than ever to prevent
ransomware attacks.” Organizations, especially those with large
remote user populations or hybrid work environments, can no longer
rely on a single action or tool to protect themselves. They need to
ensure their IT infrastructure allows them to best respond to these
incidents.
Detect and Recover From Network and Data Threats
The Nutanix cloud platform now delivers anomaly detection based
on machine learning and IP reputation services with the company’s
security networking operations and monitoring solution, Flow
Security Central, a feature with Nutanix Flow. Flow Security
Central helps identify known attack vectors, including potential
ransomware, at the network level before reaching the application
and data layers. Specifically, Flow Security Central now monitors
networks for anomalies, malicious behavior, as well as common
network attacks that propagate by searching for additional
vulnerable targets. Flow Security Central also monitors endpoints
to identify traffic coming from disreputable locations, something
especially helpful for defending Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
(VDI) deployments that are prime targets for initial ransomware
infection and spread.
Closer to the application layer, the Nutanix cloud platform now
also includes native ransomware detection for file storage services
within Nutanix Files. File analytics, which is a feature included
with Files, now detects abnormal and suspicious access patterns and
identifies known ransomware signatures to block data access in
real-time. To help ensure snapshots are available when needed, File
analytics now identifies file shares where replication and
snapshots have not been configured appropriately and alerts IT
administrators to this potential risk. Nutanix Files also provides
immutable snapshots preventing tampering and deletion which are
common attack vectors in ransomware payloads to hinder recovery
attempts. Recovery is accelerated via native snapshot capabilities
when enabled on file shares. With these capabilities natively
integrated into Nutanix Files, IT professionals can not only detect
but also quickly recover from ransomware attacks using native
tools.
Protect Data and Applications
To further protect application data from ransomware attacks, the
Nutanix cloud platform now includes new features within the object
storage solution, Nutanix Objects. Objects includes more granular
permissions to access object data for primary and secondary
storage. Specifically, Nutanix Objects now offers the ability to
configure Write Once Read Many (WORM) policies for individual files
and objects selected by an IT team to help guard against
unauthorized deletion or encryption of data, thwarting many common
ransomware attacks. These WORM protections can be automated by
simply classifying data under a “legal hold” to prevent tampering
or malicious destruction. Additionally, Objects’ locking features
were reviewed and attested to by Cohasset Associates as meeting the
non-rewritable, and non-erasable storage requirements for
electronic records as specified under the relevant SEC, FINRA, and
CFTC regulations .
Objects now also provides data access permissions at a granular
bucket level so IT administrators can better secure multi-tenant
environments. Lastly, the Nutanix platform now delivers support for
Microsoft Windows Credential Guard for virtual machines and virtual
desktops running on the AHV hypervisor. Credential Guard adds
operating system (OS) protection from malware using credential
theft attacks on Microsoft OS environments, a common vector used by
ransomware to gain administrative privileges.
Ensure Business Continuity
While detection and prevention are both key aspects of an
effective strategy to protect against malware and ransomware, all
companies should have a plan to ensure business continuity in the
event of an attack. Nutanix Mine, the company’s secondary storage
solution, now provides direct backup to Objects when using Mine in
conjunction with solutions from partner HYCU Inc. This means all
ransomware protection natively available in Objects, such as
immutability and WORM, will also be applied to this secondary
storage solution. Additionally, Nutanix has obtained new
interoperability qualifications, including Veeam® Object
Immutability as well as certifications with other leading backup
vendors, to extend ransomware protections to secondary storage.
“CIOs and CISOs know that there is no one solution that provides
100% protection against ransomware or other types of malware
attacks, and the current remote and hybrid work models widen an
enterprise’s attack surface,” said Rajiv Mirani, Chief Technology
Officer at Nutanix. “Enterprises need a defense in depth approach
to security, starting with their IT infrastructure. However, the
right security tools need to also be simple and seamless to
implement. Nutanix delivers a strengthened cloud platform out of
the box, with an even richer set of ransomware protections
available now.”
All new features are currently available to customers. More
information on how Nutanix can help protect against ransomware is
available here.
¹ Gartner, Inc “How to Respond to the 2020 Threat Landscape,” 17
June, 2020, John Watts
About Nutanix
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hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, making computing invisible
anywhere. Organizations around the world use Nutanix software to
leverage a single platform to manage any app at any location at any
scale for their private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Learn
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