Cohesity announced new features for Cohesity NetBackup 11.0 aimed at enhancing data security against cyber threats. These updates include quantum-proof encryption, advanced user behavior monitoring, improved risk scoring, and expanded support for platform-as-a-service (PaaS) workloads. The new capabilities reflect the company's ongoing investment in its data protection solutions.
Vasu Murthy, senior vice president and chief product officer at Cohesity, stated, “This represents the most powerful NetBackup software release to date for defending against today’s sophisticated threats and preparing for those to come.” He emphasized the need for evolving defense strategies to combat increasingly sophisticated cybercriminal tactics.
Key features of NetBackup 11.0 include:
- Quantum-proof encryption guarding against quantum computing attacks, protecting data across various communication paths.
- Broadened user behavior monitoring to identify and respond to unusual actions that may indicate a data breach.
- Improved risk scoring that automatically recommends security setting values to strengthen data protection.
- Expanded cloud support to enhance efficiency and secure additional cloud workloads, enabling image replication and disaster recovery from cloud archive tiers.
NetBackup is endorsed by Sheltered Harbor for meeting stringent cybersecurity requirements, particularly for U.S. financial institutions. The latest release is available globally and aims to better equip organizations against current and future cyber threats.