In an eracharacterized bythe rise ofAI-assisted bad actors and the interconnectedness of businesses,the threat of ransomwarestilllooms over us like a dark cloud. Cue gloomy music.  

We all knowthatan organization'sdatais its second mostvaluable assetafter its peopleand ransomware has its sights set directly onit. Ransomware attacks can tarnish an organization's brand image, erode customer trust, undermine businessrelationships,and threatenitsviabilityandcontinued operations. While preventing ransomware isalwaysthe goal, whenthatisn'tpossible, swiftand effective recovery measures are crucialto recoveringand restoringfull operational readiness. 

Unfortunately, when it comes to ransomware recovery,organizations todayonly have a couple of choices;either pay the ransom and hope theattackerssuddenly develop a consciousand restore yourdata,orhopethatyour last known good backupwas done recently enough that you don'tneed to recreatevaluable businessdata thatmay have been lost. Either way, today's ransomware solutions are less than ideal -it'sexpensive orit'sfrustrating, sometimesit'sboth.

For the first timewithCisco XDR,Security Operations Center (SOC) teamscanautomatically detect, snapshot,and restore business-critical data at the very first signs ofa ransomwareoutbreak; oftenbefore it has had a chance to move laterally through the network to reach the high-value assets. Partnering withCohesity, aninfrastructure and enterprise data backup and recovery vendor, Cisco is excited to announce the first integration of this kindto ensure up-to-date recovery and rapid automated responses. 

Cohesity has a proventrack recordof innovation in data backup and recovery capabilities.Cohesity'sproductsprovideconfigurable recovery points and mass recovery for systems assigned to a protection plan. The new features evolve this core functionality further and are designed to preserve potentially infected virtual machines for future forensic investigation, while simultaneously protecting data and workloads in the rest of the environment. 

Cohesity's new integration complements Cisco XDR's robust detection, correlation, and integrated response capabilities, enabling customerstobenefitfrom accelerated response for data protection and automated recovery from potential ransomware attacks as soon as the intrusions are detected. 

Cisco's open approach to XDR means that recovery actions can be taken across all integrated solutions, across multiple security vectors, and even third-party vendors.So, what does this all mean? Customers no longer mustchoose to either pay a ransomor hope theywon'tlose too much data when restoring from the last known good restore point... and ransomware gangs die a slow death as theirsources of revenue dry up. 

Implementing robust recovery solutions is a proactive measure that bolsters an organization's resilience against cyber threats. Prevention will always be our first principle at Cisco, but when everything else goes wrong and the adversary has found a way in, there is Cisco XDR. 

Stop by the Cisco booth atBlackHat, at Booth#1532, and join our Lunch and Learn session with Cohesity on Wed, Aug 9 at 12:05 -1:30pm PTfor an in-person demonstration and discussion.  

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