The threat of ransomware demands a proactive defense that can identify and contain an attack in its earliest stages. Arctera is addressing this critical need with new AI-powered features in its Arctera InfoScale platform. These capabilities enable real-time, context-aware anomaly detection that spans all vendors' applications, data, storage, and infrastructure. By learning behavioral patterns across the entire stack, the system can instantly recognize the traits of a successful ransomware breach and automatically trigger responses to contain the impact before it causes significant downtime.
Arctera has added AI-powered real-time anomaly detection to its InfoScale platform.
The technology detects ransomware by monitoring live data-access activity across the full stack.
It uses adaptive AI to continuously refine behavior baselines and reduce false positives.
The system can trigger predefined, application-aware recovery policies upon detection.
This approach moves beyond backup-centric detection, which can delay recognition of an attack.
The capabilities are available now for physical, virtual, and hybrid cloud deployments.
A key limitation in many current ransomware defense strategies is their narrow scope and reliance on backup data for detection. Arctera's approach is designed to overcome this by monitoring the entire IT environment in real-time. As Bhooshan Thakar, GM and VP of Data Resilience at Arctera, explained, focusing only on protection data or a single vendor's infrastructure creates a "false sense of security." By analyzing the full stack, InfoScale can find evidence of ransomware exactly where it is actively harming an organization.
The new AI-powered features are built to provide a comprehensive defense. They include Real-Time Data Behavior Analysis to detect attacks as they occur, and Adaptive AI Learning that continuously improves detection accuracy. The system also provides Context-Rich Alerts to help teams quickly isolate issues and Application-aware Actions that enable automated recovery policies, creating a closed-loop system for cyber resilience.
The need for this type of solution is underscored by industry research. Christophe Bertrand, Principal Analyst at theCube Research, noted that enterprises now consider "full-stack visibility and application awareness critical to recovery planning." He highlighted that AI-powered tools capable of detecting and initiating recovery from anomalies before they impact availability represent "a significant step forward in minimizing the impact of ransomware."
The primary value proposition is speed. Traditional backup-centric detection can mean discovering an attack hours or days after it began. Arctera's real-time approach aims to detect suspicious behavior within seconds of primary application data being written. This speed is critical for stopping the lateral spread of ransomware, preventing data exfiltration, and avoiding cascading system failures that lead to operational downtime.
Arctera helps organizations around the world thrive by ensuring they can trust, access, and illuminate their data from creation to retirement. Created in 2024 from Veritas Technologies, an industry leader in secure multi-cloud data resilience, Arctera comprises three business units: Data Compliance, Data Protection and Data Resilience. Arctera provides tens of thousands of customers worldwide, including 70% of the Fortune 100, with market-leading solutions that help them to manage one of their most valuable assets: data.
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