Recap of Our Backup Exec Webinar on Cyber Resiliency with Microsoft!

We recently hosted an exciting and highly informative webinar in partnership with Microsoft, themed "Cyber Resiliency."

This event was aligned with the launch of the new Veritas Backup Exec, aimed at transforming how SMBs approach data protection. We were thrilled by the enthusiastic participation and engagement from our audience, which made the event a resounding success.

Key Highlights of the Webinar

1. Introduction of New Cyber Resilient Backup Exec

The webinar kicked off with the introduction of the latest release of Veritas Backup Exec.

This version includes several innovative and powerful features designed to enhance data protection for SMBs. Key features include:

• AI-Powered Anomaly Detection: Strengthens the platform’s capabilities by covering detection, prevention, and recovery within the backup environment.
• Malware detection?– Equips SMBs with another line of defense against viruses propagating within their data environment. Veritas Backup Exec malware detection, powered by Microsoft Defender, can be used to scan both VMware and Hyper-V backup sets at any time or prior to recovery.
• Role-based security?–?Limits access to data based on a user’s specific role. In the event an account is compromised, hackers can only corrupt the small volume of data associated with that specific user’s account.
• Faster backup and recovery?– Optimizes protection performance with forever incremental backup of VMware and Hyper-V. Protection of virtual machines is now faster with parallel backup of multiple virtual disks and the included ability to recover virtual machines instantly.

2. Insights from Microsoft

We were honoured to have Daphne Choong from Microsoft join us for the webinar.

She brought invaluable insights into our longstanding and strategic relationship with Microsoft, emphasising how our combined expertise has been delivering top-notch data management and business optimisation solutions to organisations globally for over two decades.

A bit of history on Backup Exec and Microsoft integration

Daphne delivered an insightful presentation on the long-standing and strategic relationship between Veritas and Microsoft. She highlighted how our combined efforts have provided robust data management and business optimization solutions to organizations worldwide for over two decades.

For a significant part of the past couple of decade, Backup Exec and a variety of Microsoft solutions have integrated to enhance data management for organizations. By combining Backup Exec’s robust simple, secure, and unified data protection capabilities, which ensure ransomware-resilient backup and recovery, with Microsoft’s solutions like Microsoft 365, Exchange, SQL, SharePoint, Windows Operating Systems, Azure, and many others, organisations can establish a cohesive data protection and cyber resiliency framework that ensures compliance and effectively mitigates data loss risks.

Daphne also emphasized the critical importance of cyber hygiene for SMBs and shared five fundamental steps to enhance organizational cyber resilience. These steps are vital in protecting against ransomware and other malicious cyberattacks.

Additionally, she discussed the key findings from the Microsoft Digital Defense Report, offering valuable insights into the current cybersecurity landscape.

3. Cyber Resiliency Capabilities

The new Cyber Resiliency capabilities of Backup Exec garnered significant interest and led to a lively Q&A session. The audience was particularly interested in how these features can help them bolster their cybersecurity measures.

The robust discussions and numerous questions highlighted the relevance and importance of these capabilities in today’s threat landscape.

4. Engaging Quiz Competition

To keep the audience engaged and make the session more interactive, we hosted a quiz competition. This activity not only tested the participants' knowledge but also provided a fun and competitive environment that kept everyone engaged for over an hour.

Conclusion

The "Cyber Resiliency" webinar was a fantastic opportunity to showcase the powerful new features of Backup Exec and to highlight our strong partnership with Microsoft. We are grateful for the active participation and the insightful questions from our audience, which made the event both informative and engaging.

For those who missed the webinar or would like to revisit the presentation, we have provided a link to the presentation slides here.

Congratulations to all the quiz competition winners and a special thanks to everyone who joined us. Your interest and engagement are what drive us to continue delivering innovative solutions and valuable insights.

Stay tuned for more exciting events and updates. We look forward to having you join us again soon!

Want to learn more?

To delve deeper into downloading and implementing the new cyber resilient Backup Exec and unlocking its full potential, visit: www.backupexec.com.