The two companies are presenting five innovations for data resilience, ranging from backup for HPE Morpheus VM Essentials to improved storage efficiency with HPE StoreOnce. Veeam and HPE are focused on simplifying data protection in hybrid cloud environments. Trust, resilience, and availability are key areas of focus. The strengthened collaboration aims to give companies more control over their data, regardless of where it is located.
No matter what advanced security mechanisms your organization has in place, everything falls if basic security measures fail. In the KNP attack, Akira targeted the company's internet-facing systems, found an employee credential without multi-factor authentication, and guessed the password. Once inside, they deployed their ransomware payload across the company's entire digital infrastructure. But the hackers didn't stop at encrypting critical business data. They also destroyed KNP's backups and disaster recovery systems, ensuring that the company had no path to recovery without paying their ransom.