How to Improve Cyber Resiliency and New Age Data Security for Enterprises?

Published on 20 April 2023

In the rapidly evolving digital world, cyber threats and data breaches are becoming more common, which highlights the need for better cybersecurity measures. One way to achieve this is through a comprehensive ransomware protection strategy that covers all bases. By implementing such a strategy, enterprises can improve their cybersecurity posture and reduce the risk of data breaches. 

The Importance of End User Data Resiliency Backup

In today’s digital age, data has become the backbone of every organisation. With the increasing dependency on data, it is crucial to ensure its protection and availability at all times. This is where end-user data resiliency backup comes into play. End-user data, which includes files, emails, and documents, is critical to the productivity and success of an organisation. In the event of data loss or corruption or ransomware attack, recovering this data can be a time-consuming and costly process.

A resiliency backup solution provides peace of mind by automating the backup process and ensuring the protection and recovery of data. With the right solution in place, end users can confidently recover their data after a potentially otherwise devastating cyber attack. Therefore, they can get back to work with minimal disruption. A comprehensive end-user data resiliency backup strategy should include regular backups and immutable storage. By prioritising data resiliency end-user backup, organisations can minimise the risk of data loss especially from cyber attacks and maintain productivity.

Having a Data Resiliency Strategy for Backup is Crucial for Business Continuity and Security

Data is at the heart of every organisation. While infrastructure data plays a critical role in keeping businesses up and running. The impact of a data loss event can be disastrous, ranging from lost productivity to damaged reputation and revenue loss. That’s why it’s important for businesses to have a solid infrastructure data resiliency backup strategy in place. With the increasing complexity of modern IT environments, we need to ensure that all critical data is backed up. Having a data resilient infrastructure backup in place can provide businesses with the peace of mind they need to continue operating without interruption.

Creating an Air-Gapped Environment — an Essential Data Security Measure

Creating an air-gapped environment is a crucial step in ensuring the security and resiliency of sensitive data by placing it in an isolated environment. An air-gapped environment refers to a system or network that is physically isolated from any other network or system and is not connected to the internet. This isolation creates a high degree of protection against cyber-attacks. The potential of unauthorised access or data leakage is prevented significantly. However, creating an air-gapped environment is not without its challenges.

Creating an air-gapped environment requires a thorough understanding of the data flow and dependencies. It also needs careful planning to ensure that the necessary data is available when needed. Additionally, maintaining an air-gapped environment typically adds additional cost and requires additional effort. Nonetheless creating an air-gapped environment is an essential security measure for organisations that handle sensitive data, as it provides an extra layer of protection against cyber threats.

Case Study: How AsiaPac created an Air-gapped Environment to Safekeep User Data 

As a solutions provider with over two decades of experience, AsiaPac has successfully deployed air-gapped environments for many enterprises in the region. Below, we showcase the steps we take for full-fledged enterprise deployment.

Backup of Client Data

AsiaPac has taken the first step in creating an air-gapped environment by implementing a backup strategy for ad-hoc or scheduled backups of clients on the network. This approach helps to ensure regular backups of critical user data. This data can be restored in the event of a cyberattack or other data loss scenario. By backing up data to isolated immutable storage, we can ensure the effective isolation of the data from the network and protection from potential threats. This is an important first step in creating an air-gapped environment, which provides an extra layer of security for sensitive data by physically isolating it from the network and other potential attack vectors.

CDR of Files

AsiaPac’s second critical step in creating a resilient data backup solution involves the use of a CDR (Content Disarm and Re-construction) solution. This solution sanitises files and transforms them into safe copies. This process ensures the removal of any potential malware or other security threats from the original files. Creating a secure copy that can be used without fear of it compromising the user environment. By implementing this step, AsiaPac is taking proactive measures to protect user data whilst maintaining its integrity. The use of a CDR solution is a critical component in ensuring that all files are free from potential security risks from malware and viruses

Storage of Files to Immutable Object Storage

Lastly, the CDR’ed copy of the files will be sent to an Immutable Object Storage via a proxy.  This proxy further isolates the air-gapped environment by ensuring that only backup traffic (and no other traffic) is transmitted to the air-gapped environment only at certain times. This is an essential isolation step to ensure that the air-gapped environment is further protected from any potential cyber threats. Sending the CDR’ed Copy to an Immutable Object Storage that cannot be modified, ensures that the Backup copies themselves cannot ever be modified, Additionally, using Object Storage helps to optimize storage costs and provide scalability. As a result,  it becomes a reliable and efficient solution for managing and storing large volumes of data.

Safe Virus and Malware-Free Restoration

With the above processes, if indeed a cyber incident occurs.  Users are ensured that the latest copy of their files can be restored with the assurance that these files are free from Viruses and Malware.

Why Choose AsiaPac for your Cyber Resiliency and Data Protection and Security?

AsiaPac’s comprehensive approach to cyber resiliency and data protection is built upon a solid foundation of reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. The creation of a secure virus and malware-free backup  is achieved through a series of well-designed steps. It ensures that businesses have a safe and secure repository for their critical user data. AsiaPac’s solutions are scalable, agile and efficient, allowing for  the safe restoration and recovery of data. Furthermore, CDR ensures that customers are well-protected against cyber risks from viruses and malware. AsiaPac’s commitment to innovation, data protection and cyber resiliency makes us a reliable partner for any enterprise seeking to safeguard their critical data and ensure business continuity.

Tags:  Air-Gapped Environment, CDR Solutions, Content Disarm and Re-construction, cyber resilliency, data protection, Data Security, end user data, End User Data Resiliency Backup, Immutable Object Storage, Resilliency Backup Strategy, 

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