The most secure storage on the planet now provides even more peace of mind

Ransomware attacks continue to pose one of the most significant threats to organizations worldwide, no matter what industry you’re in. According to a recent article in TechTarget, ransomware attacks in 2024 disrupted almost every industry and resulted in tens of millions of dollars in payouts.

While many IT security solutions focus on network and endpoint protection, detecting ransomware at the storage layer has emerged as a crucial component of a comprehensive defense strategy. That’s because ransomware protection embedded in storage offers unique advantages in real-time detection and rapid recovery. So today, we are unveiling a new program to give you even greater confidence in NetApp^® ransomware protection solutions.

 Also being announced today is our expansion of NetApp BlueXP™ ransomware protection capabilities. We added new features to automatically protect more volumes within your specified workloads, and now you can simulate attacks and recovery on demand to ensure you are prepared for a ransomware attack with rapid recovery. Find out how to outsmart ransomware with BlueXP ransomware protection.

Storage-level ransomware detection operates on a fundamental principle: Monitoring and analyzing your data—in real time and directly where data lives at the storage layer—provides critical visibility into data behavior that traditional security tools outside of the storage layer can miss. When ransomware breaches IT defenses and begins encrypting files, it creates distinctive patterns in how data is read, modified, and written back to storage. These patterns serve as early warning signs that, if detected, can trigger immediate protective actions.
 

In the evolution of storage-based data protection, traditional backup solutions have long been considered the last line of defense against ransomware. NetApp has broken new ground by developing increasingly sophisticated detection capabilities in the form of AI-powered Autonomous Ransomware Protection. When ransomware strikes, deviations from normal patterns are immediately flagged in real time. In this way, NetApp ONTAP^® ransomware detection achieves a remarkable 99% precision for file workloads, a feat recently validated by an independent SE Labs study. And later this year, NetApp ONTAP built-in ransomware detection will support block workloads and VMs, using the same type of AI algorithms that analyze data patterns to establish baselines for normal behavior.

With the NetApp Ransomware Recovery Guarantee, we guarantee no data loss during a ransomware attack. And we at NetApp are so confident in our autonomous ransomware detection capabilities that we are now introducing the groundbreaking NetApp Ransomware Detection program. This program represents an unprecedented advancement in storage-based ransomware detection and sets a new standard for the industry. Under the program, NetApp commits to providing data recovery assistance if a customer suffers from certain successful ransomware attack vectors that evade detection by NetApp Autonomous Ransomware Protection.

The Ransomware Detection program is built on NetApp intelligent data infrastructure, enhancing the most secure storage on the planet to provide the most confidence in securing our customers’ data. It gives organizations like yours the confidence that not only will NetApp intelligent data infrastructure detect ransomware attacks, but also NetApp will assist in recovery efforts.

Sign up today to opt in to the new NetApp Ransomware Detection program and to increase your resilience against an attack. And learn more about NetApp ransomware protection solutions and start protecting your data where it lives—at the storage layer.

Statements by NetApp about unreleased offerings and future plans are for informational purposes only, are subject to change without notice, and should not be relied upon for purchasing or other decisions. Such statements do not constitute a commitment, obligation, guarantee, or warranty of any kind by NetApp, including about availability, functionality, pricing, or timing.

Disclaimer: Terms and conditions apply. No ransomware detection or prevention system can completely guarantee safety from a ransomware attack. Although it’s possible that an attack might go undetected, NetApp technology acts as an important additional layer of defense, and our research indicates NetApp technology has resulted in a high degree of detection for certain file encryption-based ransomware attacks.