文章來源 / Dell Official Blog
For over six centuries, Himeji Castle in Japan has stood as a marvel of strategic defense. With sprawling moats and fortified walls, it shielded its kingdom from threats, enduring through wars and disasters. Its thoughtful design ensured resilience and adaptability, traits equally essential in securing today’s organizations.
Enter the Dell PowerProtect Data Domain Platform, a collection of advanced data services that provides unmatched data protection and cyber resiliency capabilities. With deployment options spanning on-premises appliances, software-defined solutions, and public cloud integrations, it delivers the adaptability needed to enable businesses to build their modern data fortress in an era of escalating cyber risks.
Built for Integrity at Every Level
Himeji Castle’s longevity is rooted in its precision design. Similarly, the Data Domain Platform ensures consistency and dependability through features engineered for secure data integrity.
Central to this reliability is the Data Invulnerability Architecture (DIA), which safeguards against corruption and silent threats like bit flips or bit rot. It ensures 100% validation of your data, from end to end. This means no corrupted or tampered data—just a clean, recoverable version of exactly what you backed up. Every piece of data ingested is rigorously validated, ensuring backups remain accurate and recoverable. Like the castle’s impenetrable walls, DIA preserves data reliability, offering organizations a clean, dependable foundation for recovery.
Adding another layer of confidence is the Hardware Root of Trust, which secures the underlying system firmware and operating system. By preventing tampering at this foundational level, it bolsters the integrity of the entire data protection framework. Together, DIA and the Hardware Root of Trust create a resilient foundation, ensuring your data stays reliable no matter the circumstances.
Defense Through Encryption
Himeji’s moats served as an essential barrier to ward off intruders. Similarly, the Data Domain Platform employs end-to-end encryption to shield your data. Encryption guarantees data remains inaccessible to unauthorized parties—even during transmission or if compromised.
Additionally, encryption supports compliance with stringent regulations. This dual benefit ensures data security while meeting legal requirements, offering peace of mind to organizations operating in regulated industries.
Immutable Backups as a Shield
Fortified walls and hidden chambers protected Himeji’s core. Likewise, the Data Domain Platform employs immutable backups with Retention Lock as a secure barrier against ransomware. Once locked, backups cannot be altered or deleted, thwarting efforts to compromise recovery options.
Adding to this protection is Dell’s Cyber Recovery Vault, acting as the last bastion of cyber defense—akin to Himeji Castle’s central keep. Strategically isolated from the production network and accessible only through one-way replication protocols, the digital vault ensures that critical data stays safe from cyber threats. Its use of non-standard data formats further shields backups, hiding them “in plain sight” from malicious actors.
AI and ML – The Defenders’ Watchtower
Himeji Castle’s elevation gave defenders a strategic advantage by allowing them to spot potential threats from afar. Similarly, the Data Domain platform harnesses the power of AI and Machine Learning (ML) in the Cyber Recovery vault through CyberSense to strengthen data protection.
CyberSense actively scans backups to detect anomalies or potential malware indicators, ensuring data integrity and providing invaluable insights for recovery if corruption or attacks occur. And by accelerating the detection of clean backups during ransomware attacks, in combination with Data Domain appliances, it cuts recovery time significantly—by as much as 75%. This rapid response helps organizations preserve operations, maintain revenue, and protect their reputation.
Flexible Deployment Options
Adaptability was a hallmark of Himeji Castle’s effectiveness. Reflecting that, the PowerProtect Data Domain Platform is designed for flexibility, supporting diverse deployment needs.
Organizations can choose from a broad portfolio of PowerProtect Data Domain appliances – including appliances for enterprise-grade security on-premises and software-defined solutions to scale dynamically. The Data Domain Platform effortlessly integrates with leading public cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, ensuring seamless compatibility and enhanced flexibility. This adaptability ensures consistent data protection as businesses evolve, whether expanding workloads or transitioning to hybrid infrastructures.
From edge systems to muticloud environments, the platform delivers unified protection, enabling organizations to respond to shifting demands without compromising security.
Comprehensive, Layered Defense
Like the layers of fortification at Himeji Castle, the Data Domain Platform employs a multilayered approach to defense. Key components include:
Data Invulnerability Architecture (DIA): Protecting backup accuracy.
Hardware Root of Trust: Ensuring base-level infrastructure integrity.
End-to-end encryption: Shielding sensitive data.
Immutable backups with Retention Lock: Safeguarding recovery options.
CyberSense AI analysis: Proactively detecting and isolating anomalies.
This robust architecture has enabled organizations like the State of Oklahoma to defend against an onslaught of cyberattacks across global IT landscapes. Whether on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge, this layered resilience ensures continuous operations and data reliability.
A Fortress for the Hybrid Multicloud Era
Himeji Castle’s design combined durability and elegance, enabling it to stand strong for centuries. Similarly, the Data Domain Platform blends uncompromising resiliency with innovation, ensuring secure, seamless data protection and cyber resiliency in a multicloud world.
The platform’s unique combination of data integrity, encryption, immutability, Hardware Root of Trust, AI-driven monitoring, and multicloud extensibility allows enterprises to confidently face today’s digital adversaries. Whether battling disruptive ransomware or adapting to new workloads across hybrid infrastructures, Data Domain is the multicloud cyber resilient foundation your business needs.
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