Takeaways
Data is the lifeblood of every organization. Unfortunately, with that, cyberattacks have intensified in recent times, and cyberthreats are growing more sophisticated and relentless. The challenge isn’t just to protect and back up data; it’s to protect it and bounce back. Veeam stands at the forefront of this mission, uniting data, security, and AI to deliver industry-leading cyber resilience. Veeam offers best-in-class threat detection, rapid recovery, cyber extortion readiness and response, and a robust ecosystem of security integrations. Veeam also empowers organizations to protect smarter, detect threats faster, and recover with confidence.
The New Reality: Why Data Resilience Matters
Cyberattacks happen every day. In 2024, 69% of organizations suffered a ransomware attack, and a staggering 89% had their backup repositories targeted. Even more alarming, 69% of those who paid a ransom were attacked again. The stakes are high: Downtime disrupts business, damages reputations, and can trigger legal consequences. Adding to that, regulatory demands are rising, and legacy infrastructure often can’t keep up.
Data resilience isn’t just about having backups; it demands robust security measures too. To truly protect and recover data from any disruption, organizations need security features built into their strategy. Security layers are essential for backup infrastructure, threat actors specifically target and compromise backup systems to prevent recovery. Therefore, data platforms must incorporate security features to defend against adversaries who actively seek to destroy your ability to bounce back and maintain cyber resilience.
Veeam’s Data Resilience Maturity Model (DRMM), developed in collaboration with McKinsey, supported by insights from George Westerman of MIT, Palo Alto Networks, and Splunk, reveals a sobering truth: Most organizations are overconfident in their resilience. While 74% believe they’re prepared, only 30% meet benchmark capabilities. The gap between perception and reality is risky, and Veeam is here to close it.
How Veeam can Help in Six Fundamental Security Areas
Veeam’s capabilities and benefits are built in six fundamental security areas, each addressing critical challenges faced by IT and security teams. They are as follows:
1. AI-Powered, Best-in-Market Threat Detection
Veeam offers scanning technologies for use before, during, after a backup. Proactively detect suspicious adversary activity which is then mapped to MITRE ATT&CK TTPs with Recon Scanner. Expose threats sooner and respond faster with AI-powered inline scans during backup. Veeam Threat Hunter uses machine learning and heuristic analysis to detect millions of malware variants on-demand or during recovery, allowing you to restore cleanly without reinfection.
2. Built-In Governance and Compliance
Measure and maintain secure backups and compliance with automated security best practices, documentation, and compliance checks by using tools like Veeam ONE, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, the Security and Compliance Analyzer, and programs like Veeam Cyber Secure. Audit-ready documentation, custom retention policies, and automated compliance checks help organizations stay ahead of evolving regulations.
3. Secure-by-Design and Zero Trust Principles
Security isn’t an afterthought; it’s embedded at every stage. Veeam products are built Secure by Design, integrating zero trust principles in core functionalities like multi-factor authentication (MFA), four-eyes authorization, and encrypted backups. Immutability and air-gapped backups protect against tampering and adversary access. Segmentation and architectural best practices empower organizations to proactively defend against threats and maintain compliance.
4. The Largest Ecosystem of Security Integrations
Veeam offers the largest ecosystem of security integrations supporting connections to dozens of SOC tools such as SIEM, SOAR, EDR, and XDR systems. This enables organizations to stream alerts and trigger recovery actions, giving security teams full visibility into threats across both production and backup environments. Veeam offers multiple co-developed integrations and marketplace apps.
5. Fast, Clean, Confident Recovery
When disaster strikes, rapid and clean recovery is essential. Veeam offers orchestrated, malware-free restores from isolated environments with Veeam Clean Rooms. Restore systems minimize downtime and safeguard business continuity with Veeam Instant Recovery, Cloud Restore, and Veeam Data Cloud Vault for immutable backup recovery. Veeam enables cross-platform recovery, increasing options for IT to restore systems and data.
6. Expert-Led Ransomware Readiness and Response
Veeam is the only data resilience vendor with in-house cyber extortion readiness and response services, powered by Coveware. Organizations receive direct access to expert guidance via the Veeam Cyber Secure program and Coveware Cyber Extortion Readiness & Response Retainer, which include rapid assessments, negotiation, settlement support, and assistance with data decryption. Veeam strengthens preparedness before a cyber incident and accelerates response during one.
Intelligence at the Core: AI-Powered Security
Veeam Intelligence, an AI-powered assistant, transforms how customers interact with and extract value from their Veeam environments. Available across Veeam ONE, Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Data Cloud, and Veeam Service Provider Console, it leverages GenAI and RAG techniques to enhance operations and security.
Veeam Intelligence provides a chatbot experience with instant answers and real-time insights for backup administrators and IT teams. It provides status, answers questions, and advises on security best practices. It uses GenAI the right way, with reliable product documentation sources and operational event data such as malware detection, alarms, and status of backups directly from Veeam environments.
Final Thoughts
Veeam’s leadership is recognized by all major analyst reports, including Gartner, Forrester, IDC, and GigaOM. Its unmatched capabilities in cyber extortion readiness, data portability, and threat detection set it apart from competitors.
As cyberthreats evolve, Veeam continues to innovate with the new hardened Veeam Software Appliance, integrated AI, an expanding ecosystem of third-party integrations, and refined security capabilities including upcoming acquisition of Securiti AI. The journey from risk to resilience is ongoing, but with Veeam, organizations are equipped to protect smarter, detect faster, and recover clean.
FAQs
1. Are Veeam products Secure by Design?
- Veeam’s “Secure by Design” approach is a foundational principle embedded across its product development lifecycle. It reflects a proactive, layered security strategy that aligns with global cybersecurity standards and regulatory frameworks. Veeam signed the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s Secure by Design pledge.
2. What are the six security areas where Veeam helps organizations?
- AI-Powered, Best-in-Market Threat Detection
- Built-In Governance and Compliance
- Secure-by-Design and Zero Trust Principles
- The Largest Ecosystem of Security Integrations
- Fast, Clean, Confident Recovery
- Expert-Led Ransomware Readiness and Response
3. Can you explain Veeam security capabilities and benefits to protect smarter?
- Prevent unauthorized access by reducing the attack surface through secure-by-design architecture with Veeam Software Appliance, MFA, least-privilege access, four-eyes authorization, and encrypted backups. This also prevents adversary lateral movement and potential insider threats.
- Tamper-proof and attacker-proof backups enabled by immutability and airgap backups across environments, ensuring long-term data integrity.
- Observability with security-focused dashboards designed to provide real-time visibility into the health, security, and compliance of your backup and data protection infrastructure.
- Ensure maximum security with Veeam-managed or third-party key management solutions (KMS) for data encryption and recovery.
- AI at your fingertips with Veeam Intelligence: Get the most out of your Veeam infrastructure with embedded, AI-driven operator assistance for security, data resilience best practices, and answers to Veeam questions.
- Ransomware readiness enablement With Veeam Cyber Secure and Coveware Cyber Extortion Readiness & Respond Retainer, customers receive the latest information and expertise from thousands of cyber extortion cases with the goal to prevent and prepare for cyberattacks.
4. Can you explain Veeam security capabilities and benefits to detect faster?
- Identify threats early, prevent escalation, and stop attacks sooner with Recon Scanner by detecting suspicious behavior and mapping it to known adversary TTPs.
- Detect hacker tools sooner and give security teams a head start on investigation and response, with the IOC Tools Scanner surfacing known indicators of compromise.
- Expose threats sooner and respond faster by performing inline scans with entropy analysis at the time of backup.
- Gain full visibility into your backup security posture to strengthen compliance and reduce risk, with Veeam Threat Center and Veeam Intelligence delivering a unified view of your Veeam environment.
- Extend data visibility with industry-leading integrations into SOC tools to enhance threat detection, response, and automation.
5. Can you explain Veeam’s security capabilities and benefits that help users recover clean?
- Veeam empowers teams to respond swiftly and securely to incidents by combining expert-led support with technology. With Veeam Cyber Secure, businesses gain access to seasoned professionals who guide assessment, negotiation and decryption efforts, helping reduce downtime and financial impact.
- Veeam Clean Rooms (powered by DataLabs) offer a safe isolated environment to validate backups before recovery, ensuring clean restores and data integrity.
- Integrated scanning through Veeam Secure Restore adds another layer of security, detecting malware by integrating Veeam Threat Hunter and YARA-rule scanning.
- With Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, organizations can automate and test recovery processes at scale, using built-in audit documentation to simplify compliance.