Ransomware Attacks Continue to Rise

A recent report from Sophos surveyed 5,400 IT professionals from mid-sized organizations. 37% reported they had experienced a ransomware attack, and 54% confirmed their data had been encrypted. The average overall cost of these attacks was $1.85 million. Another study by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 showed the average ransom demand for cases they consulted on increased 144% over the last year to $2.2 million, while the average payment rose 78% to $541,010. The impact of such an attack can devastate a business.

Keep Your Data Safe From Ransomware With Fortis Knox!

Fortis Knox combines Sentinel's AnyCloud Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Fortis by Sentinel's ActiveDefense™ Security Operations Center (SOC) monitoring in a platform to protect and recover your data. Your organization receives a cyber vault connected to AWS where it will store immutable backups (optional all-flash safe mode appliances also available). Even if a ransomware attack is successful and bad actors manage to access to your cyber vault, immutable backups prevent the deletion or encryption of the data.

The Fortis Knox vault is protected by a virtual air gap that includes firewalled connection protection and 24x7x365 monitoring by the Fortis ActiveDefense™ SOC. Our SOC continuously scans for any indicators of compromise, including unusual traffic, scanning, backup job changes, attempts to delete files, and other atypical activity. Alerts are issued at the first sign of trouble so Fortis by Sentinel’s award-winning ActiveRecovery™ incident response experts can take immediate action. Regular penetration tests are also conducted by Fortis Advisory Services to ensure all strict vault policies remain enforced.

Benefits

• Immutable Recovery – hardened appliances powered by Veeam with secure network connections, ALWAYS CONNECTED to the Sentinel NOC & SOC
• Rapid Recovery – many hardware options, from spinning disk to all-flash recovery
• Local and Cloud Recovery – enable on premises or AWS protection with recovery to AWS
• Monitored by Fortis ActiveDefense™ SOC 24x7x365 – provides constant insight that jobs, backups, snapshots, and hardened ports are all functioning as expected
• Validated by Fortis ActiveRecovery™ Incident Response Teams – quarterly testing of operations and recovery readiness delivered by Sentinel’s award-winning ActiveRecovery™ incident response experts
• Delivered as a Service – complete solution delivered as a Service by Sentinel AnyCloud and Fortis by Sentinel experts for the life of the contract – purchase options up-front or monthly recurring over the duration of the contract
• Flexible Pricing Options – monthly, pre-paid annual, pre-paid in full and bring your own options available with “flex” retainer services useful for any Sentinel or Fortis service offering