Acronis announced the release of Acronis Cyber Protect 15, a B2B solution which integrates backup, disaster recovery, next-generation antimalware, cybersecurity, and endpoint management tools into a single solution. The findings of the Acronis Cyber Readiness Report 2020 illustrate why organisations need a cyber protection solution that reduces complexity and improves security while remaining cost-effective.
With Acronis Cyber Protect 15’s unique integration of data protection and next-generation cybersecurity capabilities – including AI-based behavioural detection that stops zero-day attacks, URL filtering, vulnerability assessments, videoconference protection, and automated patch management – organisations protect against modern cyberthreats while ensuring they can recover their data and systems in the shortest time possible.
The just-released Acronis Cyber Readiness Report, which surveyed 3,400 global companies and remote workers in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, revealed that 92% of the companies surveyed say they’ve adopted new technologies to enable remote work, including workplace collaboration tools, privacy solutions, and endpoint cybersecurity.
Only 12% of global employees chose full office work as an ideal work arrangement. A new normal will likely emerge. Among the 33% favouring “50% office / 50% remote” split, there are the following EU country-level outliers: Sweden – 40%, the Netherlands – 39%, Italy – 39%, Germany – 38%.
The report reveals that as hackers target remote workers, phishing, distributed denial of service (DDoS), and videoconferencing attacks are the most common tactics used.
- Phishing attacks are occurring at historic levels, which is not surprising: research showsonly 2% of companies prioritise URL-filteringwhen choosing a cybersecurity solution. That oversight leaves remote workers vulnerable to fraudulent websites.
- 39% of the companies surveyed experienced videoconferencing attacks in the past three monthsas workers rely on apps like Zoom, Cisco Webex, and Microsoft Teams.
- Acronis Cyber Protection Centers (CPOCs) found that35% of customer endpoints were exposed to malware attacks that were still getting throughthe defences of organisations before the deployment of Acronis Cyber Protect.
The findings illustrate why organisations need a cyber protection solution that reduces complexity and improves security while remaining cost-effective.
The changing cyber threat landscape demands modern protection
“Traditional stand-alone antivirus and backup solutions are unable to protect against sophisticated modern cyberthreats in a dramatically changing environment.” said Serguei “SB” Beloussov, founder and CEO of Acronis. Hence, organisations that modernise their stack with integrated data protection and cybersecurity not only gain greater security, but benefit from cost reduction and other scale effects. “The automation and streamlined management of Acronis Cyber Protect 15 means any business can decrease their risk, avoid downtime, and increase their IT team’s productivity,” the founder and CEO of Acronis added.
With Acronis Cyber Protect 15’s unique integration of data protection and next-generation cybersecurity capabilities organisations protect against modern cyberthreats while ensuring they can recover their data and systems faster than any other solution.
- The videoconferencing protection prevents the exploitation of apps like Zoom, Webex, and Microsoft Teams. In fact,Acronis Cyber Protect prevented code execution exploits in Webex before it was patched by Cisco.
- Testing by independent cybersecurity labs such as AV-Test and Virus Bulletin shows that Acronis Cyber Protect’s antimalware detects 100% of malware attacks with zero false positives.
“Acronis continues to extend the functionality of their technology to meet the modern market needs of their sports partners. Arsenal use Acronis for backup and storage, but their newest offering – Acronis Cyber Protect – provides a complete solution by integrating multiple Cyber Protection capabilities into one product.”
-Christelle Heikkila, Head of IT, Arsenal
More information about Acronis Cyber Protect 15 and the Acronis Cyber Readiness Reporthere.
About Acronis
Acronis unifies data protection and cybersecurity to deliver integrated, automated cyber protection that solves the safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security (SAPAS) challenges of the modern digital world. With flexible deployment models that fit the demands of service providers and IT professionals, Acronis provides superior cyber protection for data, applications, and systems with innovative next-generation antivirus, backup, disaster recovery, and endpoint protection management solutions. With award-winning AI-based antimalware and blockchain-based data authentication technologies, Acronis protects any environment – from cloud to hybrid to on-premises – at a low and predictable cost.
Founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland in 2008, Acronis now has more than 1,500 employees in 33 locations in 18 countries. Its solutions are trusted by more than 5.5 million home users and 500,000 companies, including 100% of the Fortune 1000, and top-tier professional sports teams. Acronis products are available through 50,000 partners and service providers in over 150 countries in more than 40 languages.
