Ransomware is a new threat, and new threats require new strategies. Within the first 15 minutes this webinar will provide you key strategies for surviving a ransomware attack. During the event Storage Switzerland and Commvault cover the three P's of Ransomware survival: Prevention, Preparation and Practice. Join data protection experts with decades of experience protecting organization's digital assets.

1. 15 Minute Ransomware Survival Guide
Webinar
How To Prevent - Develop strategies to
prevent and limit the damage
How To Prepare - Modernize data protection
to eliminate ransom payments
How To Practice - Ransomware requires a
different recovery strategy
Learn the Three P’s
of Ransomware
Survival!
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3. Our Speakers
George Crump is the founder of Storage Switzerland, the leading storage analyst
focused on the subjects of big data, solid state storage, virtualization, cloud computing
and data protection. He is widely recognized for his articles, white papers, and videos
on such current approaches as all-flash arrays, deduplication, SSDs, software-defined
storage, backup appliances, and storage networking. He has over 25 years of
experience designing storage solutions for data centers across the US.
Gregg Ogden is a Solutions Marketer at Commvault, which helps companies protect,
access and use all of their data, anywhere and anytime - turning data into a powerful
strategic asset. Gregg has demonstrated success in multiple business-to-business roles,
leveraging experiences from a range of diverse technology companies in the US and the UK.

4. • What is Ransomware?
• How does it work?
• What is BitCoin?
Ransomware 101

5. • Data is compromised at
any time during the day
• Hundreds of thousands
of files are compromised
Why Is Ransomware Different?

6. • Train users about Suspicious Links
• Patch and Update Servers
• Contain User Access
• Limit Data Exposure
• Archive old data
• Maintain a disconnected copy
Prevention

7. • Alert of unusual modification levels
• List impacted files
• Suspend offending account
Implement A Detection System

8. • Ransomware can attach at
any point during the day
• CDP, Snapshots, CBT,
Replication
Increase Protection Frequency of
Unstructured Data

9. • Impacted data is likely unstructured
• Maybe hundreds of thousands of files
to recover
• Typically worst case scenario for
backup software
• Understand how your solution will
respond
Speed Up Recovery Capabilities

10. • Recovery from Ransomware is
unlike any other
• More widespread than a typical daily
recovery
• Not as widespread (in most cases)
as a complete data center outage
Practice

11. • Also you may be recovering into an
infected storage
• Practice recovering from
disconnected copy
Practice

12. Strategies to fend off Ransomware
Cloud Application
Backup
Endpoint Data
Protection
Disaster Recovery

13. Strategies to fend off Ransomware
Endpoint Data
Protection
• Collect and secure endpoint device data
• Auto detection
• Secure data transfers
• Data loss prevention
• Standardized platform

14. Cloud Application
Backup
Strategies to fend off Ransomware
• Secure data in/to/from the cloud
• Restricted access to Commvault databases
• Data loss prevention technologies/procedures
• Standardized platform

15. Disaster Recovery
Strategies to fend off Ransomware
• Isolate infection
• Offline backups
• Recover CommServer
• Recover data
• Standardized platform

16. Thank you!
Storage Switzerland
http://www.storageswiss.com
georgeacrump@storageswiss.com
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17. 15 Minute Ransomware Survival Guide
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