Ransomware has moved past prevention. Attackers dwell for weeks, encrypt the backup catalog first, and detonate the primary payload when it hurts most. The question is no longer whether an attack gets in, but how fast you can bring back a copy you can trust. For most teams the answer is measured in days on slow disk and tape, while the business sits idle and the ransom clock runs.
Cyber Resilience with the VAST AI Operating System
Recover from Any Attack in Minutes, Not Days
Ransomware crews now hunt the backups before they touch production. VAST DataStore keeps immutable snapshots on the primary all-flash tier or backup images from one of our supported partner solutions, under a retention policy no stolen credential can override. When an attack detonates, you verify a known-clean point in time, roll it back at flash speed, and keep the business running.
The Recovery Gap
When the Attack happens, the Clock Starts and Recovery Speed Matters
Backups Are the First Target
Modern attacks hunt the backup catalog before the production data. Once the recovery copies are encrypted or deleted, the last line of defense is gone and the ransom demand becomes the only path left.
Restore Takes Days, Not Minutes
Recovering petabytes of data from deduplicated disk or an offsite tape vault is bottlenecked at a few hundred megabytes per second. Critical systems stay dark for days while revenue, trust, and regulatory clocks all keep running.
You Cannot Trust the Copy
Weeks of dwell time mean the payload may already live inside your snapshots. Without immutable, verifiable points in time, recovery risks reinfecting the environment with the exact malware you are trying to remove.