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Global business relies on the constant flow of data across interconnected networks, and digital transformation leads to an increase of sensitive data transfer. This increased data flow presents ample opportunity for cyber threats and exposure of data for ransom, corporate espionage, or even cyber warfare.
Dell APEX Block Storage for Public Cloud brings the PowerFlex advantages of scale, performance, and a robust feature set, including local and remote replication, high availability (HA), resiliency, and CloudIQ security. It can be rapidly deployed through a web portal that automates the initial deployment, or used to expand an existing PowerFlex system.
Dell PowerProtect Data Manager enables users to protect, manage, and recover data in on-premises, virtual, or cloud deployments. The PowerProtect Data Manager platform provides centralized governance that helps mitigate risk and assures compliance of SLAs and SLOs through protection workflows. The PowerProtect Data Manager enhances protection by sending data directly to the Dell PowerProtect DD series to gain benefits from high efficiency, deduplication, performance, and scalability.
Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery protects business-critical data and minimizes the impact of a cyberattack.
This whitepaper describes how mission-critical business data and technology configurations can be stored in a secure, logically air-gapped environment on Amazon Web Service (AWS). This secure copy allows for forensic analysis of the protected data to uncover unusual behavior that is indicative of a cyberattack. This analysis includes file corruption, encryption of files or pages in a database, or deletions and creations. Also, a secure copy of critical data has no access from the production network.