Trucks are the lifeblood of any economy, especially a vast, complex and distributed economy such as the United States, where truckers transport all essential goods and services. One company at the heart of the supply chain is Vertrax, headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.<\/p>\n
\u201cVertrax was created by truckers, for truckers,\u201d the company proudly states. \u201cWe took our insights from across the industry and developed products that help fleets deliver smart and swift results.\u201d Its specialty: supply chain management solutions for the bulk oil and gas distribution market, akin to an economy\u2019s blood circulation.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur solutions drive optimization and never-seen-before visibility, value-added analytics, and insight,\u201d says Rob Ljunggren, Vertrax\u2019s Head of IT. \u201cWith built-in Amazon Web Services (AWS) integration, Vertrax stands out against the competition in terms of breadth of solution and native cloud benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n
The firm used Veeam to back up its core data on Microsoft 365. Until a ransomware attack threatened to ground everything to an abrupt halt. \u201cThe hackers not only encrypted our files on OneDrive, but they also corrupted our backups which were on-prem,\u201d Rob says. \u201cWe were placed in an impossible situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
The complication? Vertrax\u2019 contract with a data center to manage backups didn\u2019t include support, stifling his staff\u2019s ability to make changes or retrieve backups. Moreover, different Veeam consoles were operated independently, so Rob\u2019s team had little visibility of what was being backed up. And with Covid-19, staff were forced to work remotely, which required additional layers of data security.<\/p>\n
The status quo couldn\u2019t continue; we had to find a solution \u2013 fast. We went through the options and zeroed in on Druva. It offered simple and reliable data protection and management-as-a-service. For implementation, we selected Cloud Kinetics, who had the experience and expertise to get us back on track. Rob Ljunggren, Head of IT, Vertrax\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Sunnyvale, California-headquartered Druva enables cyber, data and operational resilience with its Data Resiliency Cloud, the industry\u2019s first SaaS solution. It allows enterprises to simplify data protection, streamline governance, and gain visibility and insights into their data on the cloud. Druva pioneered a SaaS-based approach to eliminate complex infrastructure and related management costs.<\/p>\n
CK set up a team to help Vertrax get its siloed data centralized, its multiple backups organized, and its numerous management consoles focused on a single pane of glass. \u201cWith Veeam, it took us 30 minutes to restore a file; Druva helped us do this in three minutes,\u201d Rob said. \u201cMy team had previously no insight into what was being backed up. Now we have everything in one management console. I even get automated email updates, so I always know where we stand.\u201d<\/p>\n
We helped Vertrax implement Druva across the enterprise with a single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, role-based access, and controls to guard against cyberattacks. The result: 10x faster data restoration compared to Veeam, 4x reduction in management time, and 50% cost savings compared to Veeam. Wen Chi Li, CTO, Cloud Kinetics<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ransomware is taking a toll on companies globally. The threat landscape is a moving target \u2013 and so are the sums demanded. The average ransom demand in 2021 is US$5.3 million, up 518% from an average of US$847,000 in 2020, according to data collated by Palo Alto Networks\u2019 Unit 42.<\/p>\n
According to a recent study by ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association), the Asia-Pacific region is a hotspot for ransomware attacks. In its State of Cybersecurity 2021<\/a> report, ISACA states that 33% of IT leaders in Singapore and Malaysia expect their organization to experience a cyberattack in 2022.<\/p>\n
Almost 30% of respondents indicated that their enterprises were getting hit more often than a year ago. ISACA provides security training and advisory services. In late 2020, it surveyed 3,659 executives, including 154 from Malaysia and Singapore, 65% of which represent organizations with more than 1,500 employees.\u00a0The key reasons: organizations in Asia take 1.7 times longer than the global average to detect a breach; 70% of organizations lack a good understanding of their cyber posture, and investments in cybersecurity are 47% lower than in North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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