Its snapshots show hostages up
Sensitive data protector Panzura has invented a backup plan for restoring telco clouds that could save mobile network operators from destruction by cyber criminals. The fall back plan renders ransomware specialists impotent, since the hostage takers have no leverage over a company that can spring back into action. It could prove an effective insurance to mobile network operators, who are becoming increasingly vulnerable as they rush to bulk up on hyper-scale services.
Panzura’s new service takes snapshots of data blocks and can rapidly reassemble uninfected files, which in effect renders the data immutable, according to its press statement. The Panzura global file system would, logically, enable mobile operators to shrug off any attempts to hold them by the data assets, because the data managers who mastermind the telco cloud could then wriggle free from the kidnapper’s grasp.
With the help of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Panzura can restore the telco cloud of the affected mobile network operator within minutes. With the trend for cloud-native strategies among mobile network operators rushing to complete their digital transformation, the risk of ransomware attacks is becoming a worrying prospect. Panzura cut its teeth for companies like this, developing data safety strategies for public and private enterprises that needed to move their workloads into the cloud.
It says its distinctive design would allow even the most sensitive agencies, such as telcos with a cloud native strategy, to develop a plan of action to combat ransomware or internal threats. The system revolves around a Panzura global file system that can revert to seconds-old data blocks to rebuild itself. “We’ve never lost a file, and we share a common goal to make the world safe for data,” said Jill Stelfox, Panzura CEO. “We are building a system that will make ransomware obsolete.”
Researcher Gartner predicts that 85% of globalists will embrace a cloud strategy by 2025, committing to plans that force them to use perilous cloud-native designs and technologies. Panzura is one of the first companies to recognise this fatal flaw which the digital transformation evangelists don’t warn people about.
Satellite telecoms companies could be at risk since rocket data is highly regulated and highly sensitive, warned Brent Bradbury, Head of Software for Stoke Space Technologies. Bradbury briefed AWS GovCloud and Panzura to neutralise the risk of ransomware. “We’re trying to outpace our competition, so we can’t go hours without data due to attacks or infrastructure interruptions.”
“Security continues to be paramount for us,” said Howard Wright, VP and Global Head of Startups AWS. Panzura is for those who require this level of data protection, according to Wright, as cloud security is set to be a talking point at its annual show AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas on November 28.