2023 SC Awards Finalists: Best Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solution

Cohesity’s Data Cloud Platform aims to disrupt the legacy backup industry by offering an integrated solution for data security, management, and recovery. With a proven track record of bringing simplicity and efficiency to enterprise data backup, Cohesity has been deployed by top organizations in the financial services, pharmaceutical, and Fortune 100 sectors.

The platform’s innovative approach combines multiple features and capabilities in a single platform, managed from a single user interface. It supports rapid backup of all organizational data, AI-based anomaly detection, immutable file systems, automated disaster recovery, and cyber vaulting, offering a comprehensive data protection product. The platform integrates with various third-party apps and platforms, allowing for easy integration with leading security platforms and other services.

Cohesity’s Data Cloud Platform has been found to reduce the total cost of ownership by up to 50% compared to legacy point products. It offers several times a year updates and new solutions, ensuring the platform stays at the forefront of data protection and management.

Onspring’s Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) product offers a comprehensive, real-time approach to help organizations prepare for and respond to physical disasters and cyberattacks. The platform helps users maintain a single source of truth for continuity plans, communications, team assignments, and impacted assets. It also offers emergency alerts, scheduled BC/DR tests, and live reporting on task completion status. The product offers both business and technical advantages, such as systematic planning, quick recovery strategy implementation, a singular dashboard for managing continuity efforts, digital mapping of assets, and integration with external cybersecurity partners. Onspring’s no-code administration lets business owners create and edit reports or workflows independently, saving time and resources. With a flexible licensing model and the ability to scale, Onspring’s BC/DR offers a cost-effective option for organizations of all sizes. Updated quarterly based on customer feedback, the platform helps users stay within budget while delivering faster recovery and proactive testing for disaster preparedness.

Semperis has developed Active Directory Forest Recovery (ADFR) to automate the recovery of entire Active Directory (AD) forests, ensuring rapid, error-free, and malware-free restores. As cyberattacks targeting AD continue to escalate, having a dedicated recovery plan has become mission-critical for businesses of all sizes. Gartner reports the cost of downtime at $5,600/minute, and Sophos reports the average loss from a breach at $133,000. Any reduction in downtime and acceleration in time-to-recover will mitigate financial loss, reputational loss and, potentially, threats to public safety. ADFR offers numerous benefits, including malware-free AD backups, automated forest recovery that scales to large corporations, and the ability to restore to any hardware, physical or virtual. The product promises to reduce downtime by up to 90%, streamlines AD forest backup and recovery, and simplifies the development and testing of cyber-resilient AD backup and recovery plans.

Spin.AI now markets SpinOne, a comprehensive SaaS security platform designed to protect businesses from the rising threats of ransomware attacks and data breaches. As cybercriminals deploy increasingly sophisticated tactics, organizations are investing in advanced security products to safeguard their sensitive data and ensure business continuity. SpinOne offers a multi-layered approach to cloud security, delivering protection against ransomware, insider threats, and data breaches. Leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning, SpinOne detects potential threats and monitors user behavior for anomalies. The platform offers rapid incident response and automated remediation, minimizing downtime and data loss in the event of an attack. Designed to integrate seamlessly with popular cloud-based applications and services, SpinOne helps businesses efficiently manage their cloud security needs.

VMware has introduced a new ransomware recovery solution aimed at helping organizations combat the growing threat of ransomware attacks. As ransomware attacks continue to rise globally, causing significant financial and operational disruptions, businesses are seeking effective ways to protect their critical data and ensure business continuity. VMware’s ransomware recovery product offers comprehensive protection, rapid detection, and swift recovery in the event of an attack. By leveraging advanced analytics and machine learning, it identifies and alerts organizations to potential threats, allowing them to take proactive measures to prevent attacks. Additionally, the product features automated recovery processes that minimize downtime and data loss. This new, highly-focused ransomware recovery product from VMware was designed to integrate with existing IT infrastructure, reducing the complexity of implementation and management. With a strong emphasis on maintaining data integrity and availability, VMware’s ransomware recovery solution aims to become an essential tool for businesses looking to fortify their cyber defenses and maintain uninterrupted operations.