Nutanix Adds Additional Ransomware Protections
Nutanix has added additional ransomware protections to its cloud platform to help enterprises prevent, detect and recover from ransomware attacks across multiple cloud environments, according to a statement from the company.
These protections, available now to partners and customers, are built in to the Nutanix stack and include new threat monitoring and detection, as well as more granular data replication and access controls, according to the statement.
Nutanix Adds Additional Ransomware Protections
The Nutanix cloud platform, via the Flow Security Central feature of Nutanix Flow, now offers anomaly detection based on machine learning (ML) and IP reputation services, according to the company. Flow Security Central helps identify known attack vectors, including potential ransomware, at the network level before it can reach the application and data layers. Specifically, Flow Security Central now monitors networks for anomalies, malicious behavior and common network attacks. Flow Security Central also monitors endpoints to identify traffic from suspicious locations, according to the statement.
The Nutanix cloud platform now also includes native ransomware detection for file storage services within Nutanix Files. File analytics now detects abnormal and suspicious access patterns and identifies known ransomware signatures to block data access in real-time, the company said. In addition, File analytics also identifies misconfigurations and allows for immutable snapshots capabilities, according to the statement.
New features within the Nutanix Objects storage solution also protect application data, according to the statement. Objects includes more granular permissions to access object data for primary and secondary storage and offers the ability to configure write once, read many (WORM) policies for individual files and objects to guard against unauthorized deletion or encryption of data, according to the statement. Additionally, Objects’ locking features meet the non-rewritable and non-erasable storage requirements for electronic records as specified under the relevant SEC, FINRA, and CFTC regulations, according to the…
