Part 1 of this series covered the challenges Rubrik initially faced with its distributed database. Our applications had become quite complex to work around some of these challenges. Part 2 of this series covered how we chose a new distributed database (CockroachDB), and how we performed the migration. Next, we will dive into some of the challenges we faced after migrating to CockroachDB and how we developed on top of CockroachDB to mitigate them.
Part 1 of this series covered the challenges Rubrik initially faced with its metadata store. Our applications had to become quite complex to work around some of these challenges. We decided it was time to evaluate and switch to a different metadata store, and started building a database evaluation framework to help our decision process.
Ransomware isn’t just an internal threat for your organization, it’s also a global crime, and data breach notifications are governed by various laws, policies, and agencies. Let’s go over some common cyber-compliance questions about ransomware, data breach notification and reporting, and the laws that cover cybercrime.
Rubrik CDM is scale-out and fault-tolerant. Our software runs as a clustered system consisting of multiple nodes, where each node runs an identical copy of our software stack; each node is equally able to perform operations like data protection and recovery. To increase capacity a user simply adds more nodes. The system continues to operate when a node fails, other nodes pick up the workload while the node is offline. Scale-out, fault-tolerant products are built on distributed systems.
At the Rubrik Data Security Spotlight, we introduced Rubrik Cloud Vault, our fully managed, secure, and isolated cloud vault service built on Microsoft Azure. Rubrik Cloud Vault enables customers to build a comprehensive and multi-layered data protection strategy to be cyber resilient.
In part one of this two-part blog series, we analyzed the UK National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) guidance relating to backups and data protection. Now in this post, we will examine NCSC’s guidance around mitigating malware and ransomware attacks. Recall that NCSC, at present, provides information and practical guidance in various articles on its website rather than formal requirements or regulations.
Rubrik Continuous Data Protection (CDP) helps our customers protect mission critical VMware workloads with near-zero Recovery Point Objective (RPO). Recovery operations are available in both local and remote locations. It also integrates seamlessly with Rubrik Orchestrated Application Recovery to provide near-zero RPO and low Recovery Time Objective (RTO) disaster recovery for our customers.
Launched in 2016, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) provides advice and support to the public and private sectors on how to address cybersecurity threats. At the moment, NCSC provides information and practical guidance in various articles on its website rather than formal requirements or regulations. That said, NCSC security audits are currently underway, to assess existing solutions and their level of alignment with NCSC guidelines.
As organizations deploy more and more cloud native workloads, the ability to protect them in a secure and cost-effective manner is becoming increasingly important. Data access is also more widely spread, making it even more critical to meet this protection need with a secure, logically air-gapped copy of that data.
There’s no denying it: ransomware is now big business. Entire supply chains exist where organized criminals specialize in one or more parts of the crime. The growing popularity of Ransomware-as-a-Service significantly lowers the technical bar of entry for cybercriminals. Some specializations include gaining access to credentials, penetrating hosts, identifying data, delivering encryption payloads, and accepting and distributing the ransom money.
