Quantum Partnering With Veeam To deliver enhanced ransomware protection

Quantum Corporation announced its ActiveScale S3-compatible object storage system has achieved Veeam Software, Inc. ready qualification for object and object with Immutability, extending its security capabilities for enterprises storing and managing unstructured data.

With this achievement for ActiveScale object storage, alongside Active Vault for its Scalar tape libraries and the forthcoming snapshot feature for its DXi backup appliances, Quantum is ensuring that all its products have a built-in option for ransomware protection and data security.

Assurance in threat landscape

The Object Lock feature within the ActiveScale solution enables organizations to protect their data vs. the ransomware threat by creating immutable backups. Together with Veeam, ActiveScale customers can prohibit deletion of an object or bucket for a defined period, thereby ensuring critical data will remain available and secure. The Object Lock functionality helps maintain compliance and avert the risk of data loss from accidental or malicious deletion, relocation, or encryption, assuring that data will remain in its original state.

“We know that businesses are facing a constant battle to protect their data, which is now their most valuable asset and critical to future growth,” said Bruno Hald, GM, secondary storage, Quantum. “The Object and Object Immutability Ready qualifications from Veeam ensure our customers can confidently deploy ActiveScale in a Veeam environment, knowing their data is secure, accessible, and protected from today’s most sophisticated attacks.“

“Quantum continues to expand its partnership with us and we are pleased to add ActiveScale object storage to a select group of S3 targets that can provide robust ransomware protection for our joint customers,” said Andreas Neufert, VP of product management, alliances, Veeam. “The combination of Veeam Backup & Replication and ActiveScale Object Lock functionality delivers simple, flexible, and reliable data protection for customers’ growth of unstructured data.“

ActiveScale object storage for private cloud offers value to Veeam customers through capabilities including:

• Dynamic Data Placement (DDP) and Dynamic Data Repair (DDR), for data’s long-term viability using erasure coding across drives
• End-to-end encryption in addition to support for Object Lock to secure data in flight and in place
• xpertise ensuring data availability and security in industries including life sciences, M&E, healthcare, and financial services.
• A history of collaboration with Veeam, including multi-tiered backup and replication to DXi appliances, across sites, to the cloud and to Scalar tape libraries.