The surge in artificial intelligence adoption and the evolving nature of cyber threats are leading businesses to reconsider their IT strategies. In today’s digital landscape, safeguarding data extends beyond basic operational procedures; it is a vital component of business continuity, critical for maintaining customer trust and ensuring organizational success. Dell Technologies is addressing this challenge with significant enhancements to its cyber resilience portfolio, aimed at empowering organizations to secure and recover their data more effectively.
Understanding the Importance of Cyber Resilience
As IT environments grow increasingly complex—comprising on-premises infrastructure, multicloud environments, and edge computing—the incidence of cyberattacks has escalated dramatically. According to a report from Cybersecurity Ventures, global cybercrime damages are expected to reach over $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, underscoring the urgency for robust cybersecurity measures. In response to these threats, Dell has introduced innovative solutions designed to enhance data protection, detection capabilities, and recovery processes, enabling businesses to navigate today’s cybersecurity landscape with greater confidence.
Enhancements to the PowerProtect Cyber Resilience Portfolio
PowerProtect Data Manager: A Flexible and Comprehensive Solution
Dell’s PowerProtect Data Manager has undergone significant enhancements, promoting operational efficiency and infrastructure flexibility without sacrificing security. The introduction of Linux Installation Options enables seamless deployment on physical servers running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (SLES15) SP6, offering organizations the ability to tailor their infrastructure to their specific needs.
Furthermore, the Generic Application Agent with Custom Script Support extends the solution’s capabilities to modern databases, including MySQL, MariaDB, and MongoDB. This accelerates the time it takes to achieve data protection for new workloads. Enhanced visibility and management features, such as Multisystem Reporting with Power BI support, allow centralized monitoring of up to 150 data manager instances via preferred visualization tools, thereby driving operational efficiency across distributed environments.
PowerProtect Cyber Recovery and CyberSense: Enhanced Ransomware Resilience
PowerProtect Cyber Recovery and CyberSense features have also been revitalized to tackle the pressing challenges associated with ransomware recovery and multicloud protection. The new CyberSense Analytics enhancements facilitate 99.99% accurate data integrity validation within Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery vaults located in Azure environments. According to Dell’s latest documentation, these improvements ensure faster and more reliable recovery from cyber threats.
Additions to recovery processes simplify policy restoration, improve management across multiple Data Domain systems, and enhance recovery orchestration, ultimately minimizing complexity and optimizing recovery time objectives (RTOs). These updates empower businesses to restore data more rapidly and confidently, bolstering operational continuity.
Data Domain Operating System: Security and Usability Upgrades
The enhancements to the Data Domain Operating System focus on both security and usability. Updates include SAML-based Single Sign-On (SSO), support for Common Access Cards (CAC) and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards, alongside one-time password Multi-factor Authentication with leading platforms such as Google and Microsoft. These upgrades not only enhance security but also improve system reliability through KMS cluster support, ensuring uninterrupted operations.
NetWorker: Improving Performance and Compliance
NetWorker has also received vital upgrades focused on performance, efficiency, and security capabilities. Key enhancements include modernized tape and library management, orchestrated replication, and improved resource monitoring for high-density NAS. Additionally, compliance measures have been fortified through OpenSSL 3.0 support alongside JAVA JDK17 and JRE17, offering organizations enhanced regulatory adherence.
The Path Forward in Cyber Resilience
Dell Technologies is setting the standard for developing scalable, cyber-resilient IT infrastructures that are equipped for future challenges. With comprehensive solutions such as PowerProtect Data Manager, PowerProtect Cyber Recovery, and PowerProtect Data Domain, organizations are provided with the necessary tools to safeguard their data and ensure continuous operation, even amid evolving cyber threats.
For more information and to download these updates, please visit the Dell Support page. Organizations are encouraged to connect with their Dell account representatives to explore these enhancements further and stay updated on the latest developments in cyber resilience.