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Your organization just got hit with a ransomware attack. Your cyber eIT departments are scrambling to get your incident response plan started eoperational. All of a sudden, everyone realizes that they cannot log in to anything.Active Directory (AD) must be offline!? Your organization’s authentication eauthorization tools are impacted.

After hours of triage eassessing the size of this problem, your cyber incident response team reports that restoring foundational AD eauthentication eauthorization services will take over a week, if everything goes well.

You thought your resiliency plan with AD backups ea SaaS identity platform was sufficient. But even with SaaS in the mix, recovery is complex emanual, delaying the path back to minimum viable operationswhen time matters most.Resilienzameans you can restore authentication eauthorization quickly epredictably in a trusted way, whether the disruption is malicious activity, an outage, or an accidental misconfiguration.

Understanding the Threat

Attackers target AD because it’s the identity control plane. Once they get a foothold, they’ll often establish persistence by creating shadow or backdoor accounts, then harvest credentials, eescalate privileges. With elevated access, they laterally move across systems eapplications, sometimes staying quiet long enough that the first clear signal is when authentication starts failing.

They gain a wealth of knowledge of the organizations network, people, eapplications. And when they’re ready to maximize impact, they can encrypt or corrupt the AD forest, disrupting logins ecomplicating recovery across the environment.

Why Identity (eWhy AD First)?

It’s common for an organization’s identity stack, especially AD eID Entra, to become complex over time. Forests expand, permissions sprawl, legacy policies accumulate, e“good enough” processes often turn into long-term security drift. That complexity creates blind spots, edefenders lose crisp visibility into how roles, privileges, epolicies evolve.

And it’s never “just AD.” Identity is an ecosystem: identity governance eaccess solutions (IGA), privileged access, customer identity, identity providers, authentication databases, esingle sign-on all connect back to the same truth. That’s why identity incidents (eeven everyday misconfigurations) can cause outsized disruption compared to many other infrastructure failures.

The recovery challenge is where most plans get exposed. Even with backups, forest recovery is a multi-step, high-stakes process, where guidance for manual recovery can involve 50 to 100 (or more) individual steps ecan take days to weeks, depending on environment complexity epreparedness.

The real question isn’t “do we have backups?” it’s “can the teams leverage the backups to cleanly execute under pressure, ehave runbooks been tested everified so recovery doesn’t become an error‑prone scramble at the worst possible time?”

La soluzione

The need to have a recovery plan is great. It needs to be tested everified. Organizations need to know eunderstethat your identity management platform is the No. 1 target for cyber criminals eattacks. It needs to be protected as such. It needs to be backed up, tested, everified it can be recovered. This includes:

  • Backups of AD, ID Entra, eIGA platforms.
  • Tested everified recovery plans.
  • Isolated recovery environments eRecupero in Cleanroom.
  • AD recovery workflow eautomation.

Strong identity governance emonitoring are still critical, but they’re only part of the equation. You want the ability to detect suspicious identity behavior early, contain it fast, erecover with confidence when something changes that shouldn’t (whether it’s malicious activity or an accidental modification that breaks authentication).

That also means you need to integrate identity account euser activity into SecOps econtinuously watch for signals like unauthorized account creation, privilege changes, eabnormal authentication patterns, ehave a recovery path that’s proven, repeatable, eclean.

Commvault eDeloitte: A Partnership for Identity Resilienza

La resilienza delle identità is a business challenge that requires strong governance, processes, controls, eenabling technology. That’s why Deloitte eCommvault have partnered to deliver comprehensive identity protection, recovery, eresilience programs that organizations can trust when it matters most. 

Deloitte brings deep expertise in cyber risk, enterprise resilience, eidentity eaccess management to help Fortune 100 to 1000 organizations design, implement, eoperationalize identity resilience programs.

These programs help clients assess security posture, improve detection eresponse capabilities, edefine minimum viable company requirements, ethen build tested, verified recovery plans with clear timelines eaccountability across business eIT stakeholders. Deloitte turns identity resilience into an executable program with runbooks, testing, ereadiness, so teams know what “prepared” looks like under pressure.

Commvault makes resilience programs operational with integrated protection eautomated recovery workflows across identity systems, plus Commvault AirGapeRecupero in Cleanroomto support repeatable, clean, validated recovery when it matters most. Commvault provides the technology foundation with identity resilience capabilities that include:

  • Protection for critical identity systems, including AD eID Entra, point-in-time comparison erollback support for unwanted or accidental changes.
  • Auditing edetection to surface suspicious modifications early (who changed what, ewhen), helping reduce the window for attackers to spread or persist.
  • Automated recovery workflows, including forest-level recovery automation, to help reduce the manual burden eerror risk during identity restoration.
  • Commvault Cleanroom to help validate identity recovery in isolation before reintroducing trust back into production.
  • Commvault AirGapto help maintain immutable, air-gapped backup copies, creating a protected foundation that supports clean recovery ecleanroom testing when identity (or the environment around it) can’t be trusted.

Take Action

If you want to pressure-test your cyber recovery readiness, start with a Deloitte Active Directory Workshop to map dependencies eproduce a clear, actionable plan to recover AD eworkloads to production. Then validate it the right way: using Commvault to rehearse recovery in a cleanroom before you ever need it in a real event.

For organizations ready to take the next step, we can extend this into a 30-day pilot that puts clean recovery etesting into motion with real artifacts emeasurable outcomes. Contact your Deloitte representative at commvaultsalesteam@deloitte.comor your Commvault representative atdeloittealliance@commvault.com.Dave Nowak is Cyber Defense & Resilienza Principal at Deloitte, eMichael Fasulo is Senior Director, Portfolio Marketing, at Commvault.

 

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Punti di forza

  • Il disallineamento tra IT e sicurezza aumenta il rischio informatico.
  • Commvault Cloud consente una risposta e Recovery unificati.
  • Arlie AI offre intelligence condivisa e azioni guidate.
  • I principi del “”Secure by Design” sono alla base della fiducia e della conformità.
  • Una visione condivisa è fondamentale per la resilienza informatica.

In today’s enterprise environment, cyber resilience depends on more than tools. It depends on whether IT and Security teams operate with shared intent. With Commvault Cloud, organizations gain a unified platform that connects detection, response, and recovery – helping CIOs and CISOs move forward together without compromise.

Comprendere il divario tra IT e sicurezza

IT and Security teams share a common mission: enable the business to succeed. Yet their paths often diverge through opposing objectives, siloed tools, and disjointed workstreams.
IT Operations prioritize speed, scalability, automation, and uptime.
Security Operations focus on protecting data, reducing risk, and maintaining compliance through the CIA triad – confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
When these perspectives collide without coordination, silos form. Communication slows. Risk increases.

Perché il disallineamento compromette la resilienza informatica

La mancanza di allineamento comporta conseguenze tangibili:

  • Rilevamento e risposta agli incidenti più lenti.
  • Recovery inefficiente e soggetto a errori.
  • Ampliamento del raggio d’azione durante gli attacchi informatici.
  • Maggiore attrito operativo durante le crisi.

La resilienza informatica richiede un’azione coordinata tra rilevamento, indagine e Recovery.

Colmare il divario con Commvault Cloud

Commvault demonstrates how technology can align teams instead of fragmenting them.

  • Faster, cleaner recoveries: Commvault provides threat insights, scanning against indicators of compromise and sharing insights with security tooling while enabling rapid, reliable recovery. Together, teams can identify affected systems and restore operations with confidence.
  • Targeted risk mitigation: Capabilities such as cyber resilience assessments, scenario simulations, and isolated testing in cleanrooms allow organizations to prepare without impacting production environments.
  • Unified incident management: Integrated workflows connect detection, investigation, and recovery, minimizing room for miscommunication, and helping to accelerate resolution.
  • Scalable, tailored services: Commvault incident response recovery services adapt to organizational needs, supporting resilience without overextending resources.
  • Shared expertise: Customers can benefit from combined guidance across architecture planning, process optimization, and operational readiness.

Arlie AI: intelligenza condivisa in azione

Arlie AI, Commvault’s Autonomous Resilience copilot, strengthens collaboration by delivering real-time insights and guided workflows.
Arlie helps:

  • Individuare anomalie e dati critici.
  • A guidare gli utenti passo dopo passo durante gli incidenti.
  • Ridurre la dipendenza da competenze tecniche approfondite.
  • Standardizzare la risposta tra i reparti IT e di sicurezza.

Grazie alle integrazioni senza codice e all’intelligenza sensibile alla piattaforma, Arlie elimina le congetture e rafforza l’esecuzione condivisa.

Sicurezza fin dalla progettazione, non per caso

Commvault integra la sicurezza a livello di codice attraverso i principi“Secure by Design“. Questo approccio è convalidato da iniziative quali l’adozione difunzionalità crittografiche post-quantisticheallineate ai nuovi standard NIST.

Queste misure riducono l’onere di conformità e supportano i settori regolamentati. Ulteriori certificazioni sono disponibili nelCentro fiduciario Commvault.

Passi verso una mentalità condivisa

Q: Why do IT and Security teams struggle to align?

A: They operate under different priorities, KPIs, and tools, which can create silos.
Q: How does Commvault help improve cyber resilience?

A: By unifying detection, response, and recovery within Commvault Cloud.
Q: What role do security integrations play?

A: Commvault security integrations allow sharing threat insights cross-functionally and help inform faster recovery.
Q: What is Arlie AI?

A: Arlie is Commvault’s AI copilot that delivers guided, real-time resilience insights.
Q: Why is “Secure by Design important?

A: It helps reduce risk at the code level and helps support compliance from the start.
Q: How can organizations measure alignment success?

A: Through shared KPIs like time to detection, recovery speed, and readiness testing

Pauline List is a Product Marketing Specialist at Commvault.

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Punti di forza

  • L’accesso laterale negli ambienti di intelligenza artificiale consente agli autori degli attacchi di spostarsi tra i sistemi collegati sfruttando la fiducia condivisa e le autorizzazioni eccessive.
  • I flussi di lavoro basati sull’IA possono nascondere i movimenti laterali, poiché gli attacchi spesso imitano il normale comportamento del sistema.
  • Defense in depth – including identity isolation, segmentation, and dynamic access control – helps reduce the spread of compromise.
  • La pianificazione della Recovery deve essere considerata un controllo fondamentale, non un elemento secondario, per ripristinare la fiducia dopo violazioni laterali.
  • Commvault supporta la resilienza aiutando a garantire un Recovery affidabile e isolato e un rapido contenimento quando si verificano incidenti di accesso laterale.

Modern AI systems are built for speed and connectivity. That same design also makes lateral access one of the most dangerous and least visible failure modes in AI-enabled environments.

Large language models, retrieval pipelines, orchestration layers, and downstream services continuously interact to generate value. When those interactions rely on shared trust and overly broad permissions, a single compromise can spread far beyond its original scope.

What Is Lateral Access in AI Environments?

Lateral access occurs when an attacker compromises one component and then moves horizontally across connected systems by exploiting trust relationships, shared identities, or overly broad permissions.

In modern AI environments, this type of movement is especially dangerous. Models, retrieval services, orchestration layers, and data stores are designed to communicate continuously, often using shared credentials and implicit trust. Once a single component is compromised, attackers can move quickly across the environment without triggering obvious alerts.

Because AI workflows generate large volumes of legitimate activity, lateral movement often blends into normal system behavior until the blast radius already has expanded.

Why Lateral Access Is Especially Dangerous

Lateral access undermines security assumptions that many organizations still rely on. Traditional defenses focus on preventing initial compromise or vertical privilege escalation. Lateral movement bypasses those controls by abusing legitimate access paths that already exist.

In AI-enabled environments, the impact compounds rapidly. Compromised services may continue to generate valid outputs while attackers move across models, data sources, and tenants at machine speed. What begins as a single breach quickly can expand into a systemic incident.

Recovery is also more complex. When identities, orchestration layers, or shared data stores are involved, organizations must assume broader contamination and restore trust across multiple systems rather than a single endpoint.

Common Causes of Lateral Movement

Most lateral access exploits are enabled by architectural decisions rather than novel vulnerabilities. In modern AI environments, speed and integration are often prioritized before identity discipline and segmentation are fully enforced.

The most common causes include:

  • Autorizzazioni eccessive concesse a servizi di IA, agenti o account di automazione.
  • Identità condivise tra le funzioni di acquisizione, recupero, inferenza e orchestrazione.
  • Applicazione inadeguata dei controlli di accesso basati sui ruoli e sugli attributi.
  • Segmentazione insufficiente tra tenant, ambienti o carichi di lavoro.
  • Mancanza di backup immutabili e flussi di lavoro di Recovery isolati.

Addressing these issues requires architectural discipline and recovery planning, not reactive controls applied after compromise.

Reducing Lateral Risk with Defense in Depth

Reducing lateral access risk in AI environments requires more than perimeter controls or isolated fixes. It requires defense in depth that assumes compromise and limits how far attackers can move once inside.

Effective design focuses on four core principles:

  • Enforce identity isolation: Each AI function should operate with its own narrowly scoped identity. Ingestion services, retrieval components, orchestration layers, and inference engines should never share credentials. When identities are isolated, a single compromise cannot automatically spread across systems.
  • Apply context-aware access controls: Permissions should be evaluated dynamically based on role, environment, tenant, and operation. Combining role-based and attribute-based access controls limits abuse of legitimate access paths and reduces the opportunity for lateral movement.
  • Segment data paths and execution environments: AI components should be isolated from one another and from core business systems. Segmented networks, service boundaries, and controlled data paths help restrict how far attackers can move and contain the blast radius when compromise occurs.
  • Plan for recovery as a control: Prevention alone is insufficient. Organizations must assume lateral movement will occur and design recovery workflows that help them isolate compromised components, restore trusted systems, and reestablish control without reintroducing risk.

Together, these principles shift lateral access from an uncontrolled cascade into a contained and recoverable event.

Detecting and Responding to Lateral Behavior

Early detection is critical in limiting the impact of lateral access. Because lateral movement often mimics legitimate system behavior, traditional alerting focused on perimeter breaches or privilege escalation is frequently insufficient.

Effective detection focuses on behavioral signals rather than individual events. Unexpected interactions between services, sudden expansion of access scope, and anomalous identity usage patterns can indicate lateral movement even when individual actions appear valid.

When suspicious behavior is identified, response must prioritize containment and trust restoration. Compromised identities should be revoked quickly, affected components isolated, and recovery initiated using trusted data in controlled environments. The goal is not only to stop movement, but to reestablish confidence in system integrity.

Why Commvault Matters for AI Resilience

AI systems increase speed and scale across the enterprise. Attackers benefit from that same speed when lateral access is left unchecked.

Commvault helps organizations reduce the impact of lateral access by providingbasi di Recovery affidabiliche supportano il contenimento, l’isolamento e il Recovery su larga scala. Quando si verifica una compromissione, la capacità di ripristinare i dati da fonti note come affidabili diventa un controllo fondamentale.

Commvault può aiutare le organizzazioni a:

  • Conservare punti di Recovery affidabili che rimangano disponibili anche in caso di compromissione su larga scala.
  • Ripristinare sistemi e dati in ambienti isolati per la convalida prima della reintroduzione.
  • Ripristinare i servizi dipendenti dall’identità senza amplificare la contaminazione laterale.
  • Ridurre i tempi di inattività e ristabilire più rapidamente la fiducia operativa.

Resilience against lateral access is not about eliminating connectivity. It is about controlling it, monitoring it, and making sure that recovery remains possible.

Final Thought

Lateral access is not a failure of individual controls. It is a consequence of how modern AI systems are designed to connect and trust one another.

As AI environments continue to scale, resilience depends on disciplined identity design, intentional segmentation, and the ability to recover quickly from trusted data. Organizations that plan for containment and recovery alongside innovation are best positioned to limit blast radius and preserve trust when compromise occurs.

Learn how Commvault helps organizations strengthen AI resilience and accelerate recovery when it matters most.La versione della piattaforma Commvault Cloud Unityconsente di unificare la sicurezza dei dati, la resilienza delle identità e il ripristino informatico su scala aziendale.

Domande frequenti

Q: What does “lateral access” mean in AI-enabled environments?
A: Lateral access refers to an attacker’s ability to move horizontally between interconnected systems after compromising one component. In AI environments where models, retrieval layers, and data sources share trust, this movement can go unnoticed and expand quickly.

Q: Why is lateral access particularly dangerous for AI systems?
A: Because AI ecosystems are highly interconnected, a single compromise can cascade across multiple components. Attackers can maintain legitimate-looking activity while accessing sensitive data or systems, making detection difficult and recovery complex.

Q: What are the most common causes of lateral movement?
A: Excessive permissions, shared identities across AI services, weak access control enforcement, lack of segmentation, and missing immutable backups all create opportunities for lateral exploitation.

Q: How can organizations reduce lateral access risk?
A: Implementing identity isolation, dynamic (context-aware) access control, and segmentation across AI components limits how far attackers can move. Recovery strategies should be built into architecture to enable containment and safe system restoration.

Q: What role can Commvault play in defending against lateral access?
A: Commvault strengthens resilience by enabling organizations to maintain trusted recovery points and isolate restoration. Its tools are designed to validate, recover, and reestablish trust quickly, helping reduce downtime after compromise.

Q: How should teams detect and respond to lateral movement?
A: Commvault recommends focusing on behavioral anomalies – such as unexpected service interactions or expanded access scopes – rather than traditional alerts. Once detected, revoke compromised credentials, isolate affected systems, and recover from verified data backups.

Chris DiRado is Principal, Product Experience, at Commvault.

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At Commvault, support exists for one reason: to solve customer challenges as quickly and confidently as possible. Every process we refine, every tool we introduce, and every investment we make is guided by that goal – helping customers feel supported when it matters most.

Over the years, we’ve learned that great support isn’t just about resolving tickets. It’s about clarity during high-pressure moments, honest communication, and building trust that lasts beyond a single interaction. Those lessons have shaped a support ecosystem designed to move fast without losing the human connection.

Competenza umana, potenziata dall’IA

Speed and empathy don’t have to compete. That’s why our approach to AI is built around partnership, not replacement. AI helps us move faster; people are dedicated to making sure we move wisely.

Arlie, our AI-enabled support assistant, analyzes logs, recognizes patterns, and surfaces insights early – often before issues escalate. Customers can use Arlie directly to find answers in real time, while our engineers use those same insights to focus less on data gathering and more on understanding each customer’s unique environment.

This balance matters. Support interactions often happen during moments of risk or stress, when customers want reassurance that a real person is invested in their success. By handling the repetitive and time-consuming tasks, AI creates space for meaningful conversations – the kind that build confidence and trust.

Il team dietro ogni risoluzione

Behind every fast resolution is a global team of highly skilled engineers who continuously learn, collaborate, and share knowledge. Our Center of Excellence model allows expertise gained in one region to strengthen support everywhere, ensuring customers benefit from collective experience – not just individual cases.

Training, certifications, case reviews, and simulations are part of everyday life for our support teams. This preparation means that when a ticket arrives, engineers respond with clarity, purpose, and deep technical understanding across cloud, storage, backup, databases, and security.

AI strengthens this model even further by capturing insights from past cases and making them instantly accessible, so knowledge never stays siloed.

Un’esperienza di assistenza in continua evoluzione

The result is a support experience that feels both efficient and personal – one where customers can self-serve when they need speed, connect with experts when they need guidance, and trust that every interaction is backed by experience, empathy, and continuous learning.

We’re continuing to invest in proactive monitoring, smarter self-service, and learning paths that help customers and engineers grow together. Progress is ongoing, but the direction is clear: faster resolutions, stronger partnerships, and support that customers can truly rely on.

If you’ve interacted with Commvault Support recently, we’d love to hear your feedback. Thank you for being a Commvault customer and for providing insights that help us keep improving – for every customer, every day.

 

 

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Backup and recovery integrations depend on secure workload credentials. A single compromised credential can open access far beyond one system, and threat actors know it.

The best static credential is the one you don’t have. Where feasible, move from secret-based authentication to managed identities or other “secretless” approaches, so credentials are issued, protected, and rotated by the platform rather than stored and handled manually. However, we realize this is not always possible for some legacy systems and configurations.

The good news: Even when using long-lived secrets, hygiene can reduce your risk and blast radius.

This post outlines a practical routine that can help ensure your business remains cyber resilient: Rotate credentials, minimize scope, and enforce Conditional Access where possible.

Il punto di partenza: tre controlli chiave

Strong credential hygiene comes down to three pillars: rotation, least privilege, and Conditional Access. While you won’t always be able to implement all three for every credential type, these are the right places to start for any environment:

  1. Rotation and monitoring: Rotate credentials regularly and review authentication activity for anomalies.
  2. Least privilege: Scope permissions so credentials can perform only the required backup/restore actions. Practical steps include:
    • Separare le credenziali in base al carico di lavoro.
    • Limitare le autorizzazioni al minimo necessario per set di dati, siti, caselle di posta o database.
    • Evitare ruoli amministrativi di ampio raggio, a meno che non siano assolutamente necessari.
  3. Conditional Access: Where supported, set policies to limit when and where credentials can be used, such as:
    • Posizioni e intervalli IP attendibili
    • Segnali di rischio
    • Controlli su dispositivi e sessioni

When Conditional Access Isn’t Feasible, Rotation is the Compensating Control

Non tutti i tipi di credenziali soddisfano i requisiti dell’accesso condizionale. In questi casi, la rotazione limita il periodo di utilità di una credenziale rubata, mentre il monitoraggio aiuta a individuare rapidamente eventuali abusi.Le linee guida di Commvaultsottolineano l’importanza di ruotare regolarmente password, segreti e credenziali in tutti gli ambienti. Per le registrazioni di app Azure a tenant singolo che proteggono carichi di lavoro M365/D365/Entra ID,Commvault raccomanda90-day rotation cycles. Many common security and compliance frameworks (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST) also expect disciplined credentials management, including periodic rotation and review of access.

Consultate il vostro team di sicurezza

Credential hygiene is most effective when it’s consistent. Align with your security team on:

  • Intervalli di rotazione (per tipo di credenziale e livello di rischio).
  • Conditional Access policy design (what’s enforceable without breaking automation).
  • Regole di accesso privilegiato, requisiti di registrazione e cicli di revisione.

Guida alle risorse

Le risorse riportate di seguito offrono ulteriori approfondimenti e indicazioni specifiche per ambiente sulla protezione delle credenziali e sui controlli di accesso.

Commvault
Microsoft
AWS
Google Cloud (GCP)

Will Galway is Deputy Chief Security Officer at Commvault.

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Punti di forza

  • Commvault sta ampliando la protezione di Google Workspace con funzionalità avanzate di ricerca eDiscovery a supporto della conformità normativa, delle indagini e dei contenziosi.
  • The new capabilities allow faster, more precise discovery across Gmail and Google Drive using keyword, phrase, and metadata filters.
  • Flexible export options help legal teams streamline reviews and reuse standardized export sets for recurring cases.
  • A centralized discovery interface enables organizations to manage eDiscovery across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and endpoints from one platform.
  • The solution aligns with Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) standards and is available in early access, with general availability targeted for the first half of 2026.

Google Workspace is central to how many organizations communicate and collaborate, containing business-critical emails, files, and messages that are often essential forcompliance, investigations, and litigation.

As a key source of discoverable data, organizations needefficient eDiscovery processesto help quickly locate, manage, and export pertinent electronically stored information (ESI) across Google Workspace services to help meet modern legal and regulatory requirements. Delayed responses and incomplete or inaccurate ESI collection can drive up legal costs, increase regulatory risk, and lead to fines or failed compliance obligations.

To help address this need, we are expandingexisting Google Workspace protectionbyadding advanced compliance search capabilities for our eDiscovery offering. These eDiscovery capabilities for Google Workspace join existing eDiscovery support for Microsoft 365 and endpoints, making it easier to unify compliance across multiple workloads from a single platform.

Simplifying Compliance Search for Google Workspace Environments

With this release, customers can locate, filter, and export relevant data, such as email messages and files, across their Google Workspace backups faster for audits, litigation, sia suinvestigations. This expanded support is designed to help organizations reduce the time and costs associated with eDiscovery and support their legal and regulatory obligations.

Key features and benefits:
  • Advanced search: Quickly find relevant emails and files using keyword, phrase, and metadata searches with granular filtering controls. Run centralized searches across Gmail and Google Drive or target a specific service to narrow the scope for focused investigations.
  • Flexible export options: Export all search results or select items for legal review or external production. Utilize standardized export sets for recurring investigations to help minimize manual effort and expedite response times for future requests.
  • Centralized discovery experience: Perform discovery across Google Workspace today, with the flexibility to extend searches to Microsoft 365 and endpoint data – all from a single, centralized interface.
  • EDRM-compliant solution: Helps maintain EDRM compliance, adhering to identification, collection, and processing protocols.

Compliance search capabilities for Google Workspace are currently available in early access and are targeted for general availability in the first half of 2026.

Ready to Learn More?

EsploraCommvault Backup & Recovery for Google Workspace, sia surequest a personalized demoto see the new compliance search capabilities in action.

Domande frequenti

Q: Why is eDiscovery important for Google Workspace data?
A: Google Workspace contains critical emails, files, and communications that are often required for legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. Efficient eDiscovery helps organizations quickly locate and produce accurate ESI while controlling costs and risk.

Q: What types of data can be searched with Commvault eDiscovery for Google Workspace?
A: The solution supports searches across Gmail and Google Drive, allowing organizations to locate relevant emails and files. Searches can be centralized across services or scoped to a specific workload for focused investigations.

Q: How do advanced search capabilities improve compliance response times?
A: Keyword, phrase, and metadata-based searches with granular filters help teams quickly narrow large data sets. This helps reduce manual effort and enable faster responses to audits, litigation, and investigations.

Q: What export options are available for legal and compliance teams?
A: Users can export all search results or select specific items for review or external production. Standardized export sets can be reused for recurring matters, enabling more consistent and efficient workflows.

Q: How does this fit into a broader, multi-platform compliance strategy?
A: Commvault provides a centralized discovery experience that spans Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and endpoint data. This unified approach helps enable organizations to manage compliance across multiple workloads from a single interface.

Q6: When will compliance search for Google Workspace be generally available?
A: The capabilities are currently available in early access and are targeted for general availability in the first half of 2026.Katharine Colucci is a Product Marketing Manager at Commvault.

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Punti di forza

  • L’estorsione tramite deepfake trasforma il ransomware da una minaccia all’accesso ai dati in una crisi di fiducia, utilizzando i dati rubati per creare falsificazioni verosimili.
  • Il successo degli attacchi deepfake deriva dal facile accesso agli strumenti di IA generativa, dalle limitate capacità di rilevamento e dal fatto che l’onere della prova ricade sulle vittime.
  • True defense lies in protecting and proving the authenticity of data – not chasing every fake artifact.
  • L’archiviazione immutabile e i punti di ripristino affidabili consentono alle organizzazioni di dimostrare cosa è reale quando sono sotto pressione.
  • Commvault può aiutare a rafforzare la resilienza garantendo l’integrità dei dati in tutti i flussi di lavoro di Backup and Recovery, consentendo alle organizzazioni di recuperare rapidamente la propria credibilità.

Ransomware has evolved from disrupting operations to undermining truth itself. Today’s attackers steal sensitive data and use generative AI to fabricate emails, audio, and video that appear authentic enough to deceive customers, partners, regulators, and internal teams. The challenge is no longer just restoring systems. It is proving what is real under pressure.

Quando il furto di dati diventa furto d’identità

Il ransomware tradizionale nega l’accesso ai dati.Il deepfake attaccala fiducia stessa.Gli autori degli attacchi sottraggono informazioni aziendali sensibili, tra cui comunicazioni dei dirigenti, registrazioni di riunioni e documenti interni, per poi utilizzare l’IA generativa per creare falsificazioni convincenti. I file audio o video falsificati possono apparire sufficientemente autentici da fuorviare clienti, partner, autorità di regolamentazione e persino i team interni.

In questi attacchi, l’identità e l’autenticità non sono più date per scontate. La percezione diventa l’arma.

Perché l’estorsione tramite deepfake funziona

L’estorsione tramite deepfake ha successo perché tre realtà strutturali convergono contemporaneamente.

  • Generative tools are widely accessible: High-quality AI tools are readily available and require little expertise to operate.
  • Detection lags creation: Even experienced analysts struggle to distinguish sophisticated deepfakes from authentic content in real time.
  • The burden of proof shifts to the victim: Organizations must demonstrate that content is fabricated, often under extreme time pressure and public scrutiny.

Senza basi di dati affidabili e una provenienza dei dati dimostrabile, la verità diventa negoziabile.

Difesa: rendere i dati protetti, privati e dimostrabilmente reali

L’estorsione tramite deepfake è efficace solo quando gli aggressori hanno accesso a dati di origine autentici. Quando tali dati sono protetti e verificabili, i contenuti falsificati perdono credibilità e potere di pressione.

Una difesa efficace inizia con il riconoscimento che l’estorsione tramite deepfake non è un problema di contenuti. È unproblema di integrità dei dati. L’obiettivo non è quello di dare la caccia a ogni singolo artefatto inventato, ma di consentire alle organizzazioni di dimostrare cosa è autentico quando conta di più.

La difesa deve quindi concentrarsi su tre principi architettonici:

  • Protect the source data: Sensitive information must be secured before it can be exfiltrated. Executive communications, recordings, and internal documents should be tightly controlled so they cannot be repurposed for manipulation.
  • Preserve data integrity: Authentic data must remain provably unchanged.L’archiviazione immutabile aiuta a impedire che i backup e i registri storici vengano alterati, anche da parte di aggressori con accesso privilegiato. Questa immutabilità fornisce un punto di riferimento affidabile quando l’autenticità viene messa in discussione.
  • Recover from a position of trust: When incidents occur, recovery must be based on verified, clean data. Restoring systems and records from trusted sources allows organizations to reestablish credibility quickly, rather than amplifying doubt through contaminated recovery points.

Together, these principles shift the balance of power. Instead of reacting defensively to fabricated content, organizations can retain the ability to prove authenticity, restore trust, and remove the attacker’s leverage.

In che modo Commvault sostiene la verità e la resilienza

Commvault aiuta le organizzazioni a rafforzare la resilienza contro le estorsioni basate sui deepfake, proteggendo l’integrità dei dati nei flussi di lavoro di backup, Recovery e recupero.

Mantenendopunti di Recovery affidabilie isolando i dati integri da qualsiasi manipolazione, Commvault consente alle organizzazioni di rispondere ai tentativi di estorsione con prove concrete anziché con incertezza.

Commvault aiuta le organizzazioni a:

  • Protect authoritative data sources so authentic records remain available when credibility is challenged.
  • Isolate punti di Recovery affidabiliper impedire che la manipolazione si diffonda tra i vari ambienti.
  • Restore systems and data from verified sources without reintroducing uncertainty.
  • Re-establish operational and reputational trust as AI-enabled attacks scale.

Ciò consente alle organizzazioni di reagire con decisione quando sono sotto esame, utilizzando dati affidabili per guidare le azioni anziché reagire in modo difensivo a narrazioni inventate.

Pensiero finale

L’estorsione tramite deepfake non è solo un problema di sicurezza informatica. È una sfida alla verità stessa. Le organizzazioni che non sono in grado di dimostrare l’autenticità dei propri dati rischiano di perdere la fiducia proprio quando l’attenzione è al massimo. In quei momenti, il dubbio si diffonde più velocemente dei fatti.

Progettando la resilienza informatica attorno a dati protetti e verificabili e a un Recovery affidabile, le organizzazioni possono mantenere la capacità di dimostrare ciò che è reale e reagire con decisione sotto pressione.

Domande frequenti

Q: What is deepfake extortion, and how does it differ from traditional ransomware?
A: Traditional ransomware denies access to data, while deepfake extortion manipulates trust. Attackers steal sensitive information and use generative AI to create fake but convincing content, such as videos or emails, that exploit public perception.

Q: Why are deepfake attacks so effective?
A: They work because advanced generative AI tools are widely available, detection technologies lag behind creation, and organizations must prove that fabricated content is false – often under intense time pressure.

Q: How can organizations defend against deepfake extortion?
A: Defense should focus on protecting the integrity and authenticity of source data. This includes securing sensitive data, maintaining immutable backups, and verifying that recovery processes rely only on verified, clean data.

Q: What role does Commvault play in combating deepfake extortion?
A: Commvault helps maintain punti di Recovery affidabili, isolate clean data from manipulation, and enable organizations to respond confidently with verified information instead of speculation.

Q: Why is data integrity critical during a deepfake crisis?
A: When false content circulates, organizations quickly must prove what is real. Immutable and verifiable data provides the evidence needed to restore trust, counter manipulation, and maintain credibility under scrutiny.

Q: What’s the key takeaway for business leaders?
A: Deepfake extortion isn’t just a cybersecurity issue – it’s a truth crisis. Building cyber resilience around protected, provable data allows organizations to respond decisively and maintain trust when it matters most.

Chris DiRado is Principal, Product Experience, at Commvault.

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Punti di forza

  • I cicli di fuga di dati emergono quando le informazioni sensibili introdotte nelle interazioni con l’IA vengono conservate, recuperate e rafforzate nel tempo.
  • Questi loop sono difficili da individuare perché ogni fase appare come un normale comportamento del sistema piuttosto che una tradizionale violazione della sicurezza.
  • L’iniezione immediata, il recupero eccessivamente ampio e la conservazione eccessiva sono i tre meccanismi fondamentali che consentono la fuga di dati guidata dall’intelligenza artificiale.
  • Una sicurezza AI efficace richiede l’integrazione di contenimento, privilegi minimi e verifica continua direttamente nella progettazione dell’interazione.
  • Le funzionalità di protezione, isolamento e ripristino rapido aiutano le organizzazioni a limitare il raggio d’azione dell’impatto in caso di esposizione involontaria.

Il rischio maggiore dell’intelligenza artificiale non è ciò che dicono i grandi modelli linguistici, ma ciò che ricordano. Una singola chiave API copiata, un record cliente o un documento interno incollato in un prompt possono persistere silenziosamente, riapparire e diffondersi ben oltre il loro contesto originale. Ogni prompt, recupero e risposta in un sistema di IA crea il potenziale per un’esposizione involontaria dei dati. Ogni richiesta, recupero e risposta in un sistema di IA crea il potenziale per un’esposizione involontaria dei dati. Credenziali, proprietà intellettuale, informazioni di identificazione personale e dati dei clienti possono essere introdotti nei flussi di lavoro dell’IA senza intenzioni malevole. Nel corso del tempo, queste esposizioni si accumulano, formando invisibili cicli di feedback di rischio fino a quando l’esposizione non diventa diffusa. A differenza delle violazioni tradizionali, i cicli di fuga di dati raramente si manifestano apertamente. Crescono in modo incrementale, interazione dopo interazione, fino a quando le informazioni sensibili non vengono disperse tra sistemi, utenti e output che non avrebbero mai dovuto venirne a conoscenza.

I cicli di fuga di dati seguono uno schema semplice. I dati sensibili vengono introdotti in un’interazione AI, memorizzati o incorporati dal sistema, recuperati in un secondo momento in un contesto non previsto e rafforzati con ogni utilizzo successivo. Poiché ogni fase sembra un normale comportamento del sistema, il ciclo spesso passa inosservato fino a quando l’esposizione non è ormai diffusa.

Quando l’intelligenza crea fughe di notizie

Le organizzazioni adottano l’IA generativa per accelerare la produttività, automatizzare le decisioni e migliorare l’esperienza dei clienti. La sfida non risiede nell’intento, ma nell’architettura. I sistemi di IA sono progettati per acquisire, recuperare e contestualizzare le informazioni. Quando le misure di sicurezza sono insufficienti, frammenti di dati sensibili introdotti durante un’interazione possono riemergere in risposte non correlate in un secondo momento. Ogni utilizzo rafforza quello successivo, creando un ciclo autosufficiente di esposizione.

L’architettura dei cicli di fuga dei dati

La fuga di dati nei sistemi di IA si manifesta tipicamente attraverso tre meccanismi interconnessi:

  • Prompt injection (intentional or accidental): Users knowingly or unknowingly include sensitive data in prompts, such as passwords, customer records, or proprietary information, which the system processes and may retain.
  • Over-broad retrieval: AI systems retrieve information from data sources they should not access due to weak permissions or insufficient context filtering.
  • Excessive retention: Interaction histories, embeddings, and logs are stored longer or more broadly than necessary, allowing sensitive data to persist and resurface.

Insieme, questi meccanismi formano dei circuiti di retroazione in cui ogni interazione aumenta l’esposizione cumulativa.

Difesa nella progettazione dell’interazione con l’intelligenza artificiale

L’ipotesi progettuale più sicura è che qualsiasi informazione fornita a un sistema di IA possa essere conservata, riutilizzata o divulgata. Questo modo di pensare cambia radicalmente il modo in cui i sistemi di IA dovrebbero essere protetti. La protezione deve essere integrata nella progettazione dell’interazione piuttosto che applicata dopo che si è verificata l’esposizione. La sicurezza nei sistemi di IA parte dal presupposto che l’esposizione sia possibile, il che rende il contenimento, il privilegio minimo e la verifica continua requisiti fondamentali della progettazione. In pratica, ciò significa:

  • Applicarei principi dello zero trusta ogni interazione con l’IA.
  • Verifica e limitazione dell’accesso ai dati in ogni fase della gestione tempestiva, del recupero e della generazione delle risposte.
  • Riduzione al minimo delle autorizzazioni tra prompt, fonti di recupero e livelli di archiviazione.
  • Applicare l’autorizzazione sensibile al contesto all’interno delle pipeline di recupero al momento della query, anziché fare affidamento su autorizzazioni statiche definite al di fuori del flusso di lavoro dell’IA.
  • Progettare sistemi per contenere l’esposizione piuttosto che presumere che la prevenzione sia sufficiente.

Questo approccio trasforma la sicurezza dell’IA da una pulizia reattiva a una resilienza proattiva.

Il ruolo di Commvault

Commvault aiuta le organizzazioni a proteggere i dati che alimentano i sistemi di intelligenza artificiale, inclusi i dati di addestramento, le fonti di recupero e i percorsi di ripristino, prima, durante e dopo l’interazione. Fornendo protezione, isolamento e capacità di ripristino rapido, Commvault consente alle organizzazioni dilimitare il raggio d’azionedell’esposizione involontaria e ripristinare gli ambienti AI da fonti di dati affidabili. Con Commvault, le aziende possono contribuire a:

Se abbinati a controlli di accesso ai dati dettagliati, le organizzazioni possono innovare con l’IA senza creare cicli di rischio composti.

Pensiero finale

I circoli viziosi di fuga dei dati rappresentano uno dei rischi più sottili e pericolosi nell’adozione dell’IA. Non si presentano come attacchi, ma indeboliscono continuamente la sicurezza. Trattando ogni interazione con l’IA come una potenziale esposizione e integrando protezione, isolamento e Recovery nelle architetture di IA, le organizzazioni possono far crescere l’IA contribuendo al contempo a preservare la fiducia.

Domande frequenti

Q: What is a data leakage loop in AI systems?
A: A data leakage loop occurs when sensitive data is introduced into an AI interaction, stored or embedded, later retrieved in an unintended context, and reinforced through repeated use. Over time, this creates a self-sustaining cycle of exposure that can spread across systems and users.

Q: Why are data leakage loops harder to detect than traditional breaches?
A: Unlike conventional breaches, data leakage loops do not trigger clear alerts or single points of failure. They grow gradually through normal-looking interactions, making exposure visible only after it has already spread widely.

Q: How does prompt injection contribute to data leakage?
A: Prompt injection occurs when users accidentally or intentionally include sensitive information in prompts. If safeguards are weak, that data can be processed, retained, or reused by the system beyond its original context.

Q: What role does AI system architecture play in preventing leakage?
A: Architecture determines how data is ingested, retrieved, stored, and reused. Designing AI systems with i principi dello zero trust, least-privilege, and context-aware authorization helps contain exposure instead of relying solely on prevention.

Q: How can organizations reduce risk without slowing AI adoption?
A: Organizations can reduce risk by embedding security directly into AI interaction design and planning for containment and recovery. This approach enables innovation while limiting cumulative exposure as AI usage scales.

Q: How does Commvault support protection against data leakage loops?
A: Commvault helps protect the data that fuels AI systems by providing backup immutabili, isolation, and rapid recovery. These capabilities help enable organizations to limit the impact of unintended exposure and restore trusted AI environments quickly.

Chris DiRado is Principal, Product Experience, at Commvault.

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The board meeting started with a simple question: “Are we ready for the next disruption?”

I gave them an honest answer: “That depends on which disruption we’re talking about.”

Because here’s the reality every CIO knows but doesn’t always say out loud: Readiness isn’t a checkbox. It’s not something you achieve once with a great recovery plan or a perfectly executed disaster recovery test. Readiness is a muscle you build, test, and rebuild constantly as the threat landscape shifts beneath your feet.

That’s why we created the Readiverse. Not another content library. Not another vendor resource hub. It’s a space where CIOs, CISOs, and technology leaders can get the intelligence they need to help them stay ready – whether that means anticipating the next ransomware variant, navigating AI governance challenges, or simply having a straight answer when the board asks, “Are we protected?”

Due tipi di preparazione

In my role, I need two things that rarely live in the same place:

Strategic insight for the boardroom: Intelligence briefs that analyze emerging threats through a business impact lens. Quick-hit perspectives from executives who’ve been in your chair – 60-second Bold Takes on what matters now. Conversazioni tra pari with other CIOs who’ve navigated market disruptions and transformation challenges.

Practical guidance for implementation: valutazioni della Readinessper misurare il vostro livello di maturità. Guide sulla conformità normativa che aiutano a mappare i requisiti alle capacità.Workshop di Recovery ed esperienze pratiche that sharpen your team’s ability to respond when it matters most.

The Readiverse brings both together. Because you can’t lead from the boardroom without understanding implementation realities. And you can’t build resilient systems without connecting them to business outcomes.

Pronti. O no.

That’s the choice we face every day as technology leaders. We can be ready – with tested plans, trained teams, and intelligent defenses. Or we can be caught off-guard when disruption arrives.

That’s why we’re launching our new, six-part podcast series, Pronti. O no., on the Readiverse. Our host, comedian Nathan Macintosh, and his guests cut through the AI hype and cybersecurity complexity with humor and straight talk. Check out our first episode – «AI: Agents of Good, Meet Agents of Evil – with guest Reid Blackman, founder and CEO of AI risk consultancy Virtue.

Oltre il rumore

The Readiverse exists to give you the intelligence, perspective, and practical guidance you need to build resilience that works – not just resilience that sounds good in a slide deck.

Because the board will keep asking if we’re ready. And we owe them – and ourselves – an honest, confident answer. Explore the Readiverse, and we’ll stay ready together.

Ha Hoang is Chief Information Officer at Commvault.

 

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Belgium-based xyzt.ai was founded to help customers gain insight from their location data. Read on to hear why the company chose Clumio, a Commvault company following its nel 2024, per ridurre i costi di backup AWS e migliorare significativamente i tempi di ripristino.

Q: Lida, can you start by telling us what xyzt.ai does?

Lida: We are a cloud-based, no-code analytics platform that helps customers turn massive volumes of sensor, IoT, and mobility data into meaningful insights. We process billions of records and make it easy for users to visualize patterns, identify anomalies, and make data-driven decisions. Our customers span maritime, mobility, smart cities, and connectivity – anyone who needs to understand location-based behavior at scale.

Q: As a growing startup, how did backups fit into your early strategy?

Lida: In the beginning, AWS-native backups worked well for us. They were simple, integrated, and aligned with our cloud-first architecture. Unfortunately, over time, as our data grew, our AWS backup bill grew with it. It wasn’t dramatic at first, but every year the cost kept climbing.

Q: At what point did rising AWS backup costs become something you needed to solve?

Lida: After about five years of steady growth, the trend was impossible to ignore. Our costs were increasing year over year simply because we were scaling our data footprint. That’s when we realized we needed a more sustainable, predictable option.

Q: What led you to evaluate Clumio?

Lida: Initially, we were looking purely for cost reduction. Once we saw thedemo di Clumio, we realized the value was much broader. Compliance, recovery, data isolation, pricing predictability – those were all important features Clumio provided.

Q: How would you describe your onboarding experience?

Lida: Surprisingly fast. We expected a time-consuming migration, but it was incredibly smooth. We had our first backup running within 30 minutes. That’s not something you expect when switching a core infrastructure component.

Q: Many organizations worry not just about backup costs but also how quickly they can recover. How has recovery performance changed since moving to Clumio?

Lida: Recovery speed is one of the areas where we saw the biggest improvement. With AWS-native tools, restoring large datasets could take hours – sometimes longer – because recoveries were tied to the time it took to fully rehydrate data back into our AWS environment. That lag was a real challenge when we needed fast access for troubleshooting or when customers required immediate data validation.

With Clumio, the experience is dramatically different. The Instant Access feature lets us mount backups in minutes without waiting for full restores. That means our team can start working with the data almost immediately, whether it’s for verification, investigation, or full-scale recovery.

The time savings are enormous – it’s not just faster, it fundamentally changes how quickly we can respond to issues. For a real-time analytics platform like ours, that makes Clumio far more effective than AWS-native options.

Q: Let’s talk results. What impact did Clumio have once you were up and running?

Lida: The most immediate impact with Clumio was cost savings. Using AWS Storage Lens, we confirmed that backups through Clumio were 66.7% cheaper than what we were paying previously. That validation came quickly, and it accelerated our internal approval to move forward.

We also gained stronger resilience by storing backups outside our main AWS environment, which improved our security and compliance posture.

Q: What advice would you share with other AWS-native startups evaluating their backup strategy, and how does Clumio fit into your long-term plans?

Lida: I would tell other startups not to be intimidated by the idea of switching backup providers. The migration was much easier than we expected, and the payoff was immediate.

If your AWS costs are climbing or your compliance requirements are evolving, it’s absolutely worth exploring alternatives. Data protection is central to our business, so we need solutions that scale with us without introducing unpredictable cost spikes – and Clumiogives us that confidence.

Cara Peterson is Voice of the Customer Manager at Commvault.

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New Yorkers don’t settle. They expect the fastest service, the toughest infrastructure, and the boldest ideas. So it’s no shock that when it comes to data security, their expectations soar.

But here’s the twist: According to a recent Commvault-commissioned survey of more than 1,000 New Yorkers, consumers hold businesses to uncompromising security standards, even as many admit they don’t follow those same practices themselves.

This isn’t just an interesting quirk. It’s a signal about the future of trust, resilience, and loyalty.

Two Standards, One City

The survey makes one thing clear: In New York, trust isn’t given – it’s earned. And it’s earned through action.

Most respondents said they would stop using, or seriously consider leaving, a company after a breach. Many already have. They reward businesses that prove they take data protection seriously, not just talk about it.

Yet, while they demand resilience from brands, their own habits tell a different story. Password reuse? Still common. Public Wi-Fi? Still tempting. Even with rising awareness and firsthand experience of cyber incidents, inconsistent behaviors persist.

Is that hypocrisy? No. It’s human nature.

People want safety, but they also want convenience, speed, and simplicity. And when those collide, personal cyber hygiene often slips.

Businesses don’t have that luxury.

Why This Gap Is a Leadership Mandate

The takeaway isn’t to judge consumers; it’s to understand them. Consumers can take steps to protect themselves (and many do), but they can’t single-handedly defend against sophisticated, AI-enabled threats. Nor should they have to.

That’s where the expectation gap becomes a leadership mandate. Cyber resilience is a shared responsibility, but businesses must lead. And leadership shows up in three ways:

  • Protect before the breach: Build strong defenses, zero-trust controls, and unified resilience platforms that keep pace with evolving threats.
  • Respond fast when things go wrong: Consumers judge a breach not just by its occurrence, but by how quickly and effectively youriportandoli.
  • Communicate with transparency: Silence erodes trust faster than bad news. Honesty wins.

The alignment of these elements strengthens consumer trust.

New York as a National Signal

Trends start in New York. Expectations crystallize here. Sentiment swings hard here. If New Yorkers are signaling that trust is a primary factor in brand choice, companies nationwide should pay attention. What starts in a major market rarely stays there.

Sicurezza expectations are only intensifying. And in the AI era, the cost of losing trust is steeper than ever.

Resilience Is the New Loyalty Program

For years, brands have poured billions into personalization and convenience. But today’s research suggests something different is rising to the top: Consumers stay loyal to businesses they believe will protect and riportandoli their data, not just collect it.

Sicurezza, resilience, and trustworthiness aren’t just back-office concerns anymore. They’re front-of-brand differentiators that shape purchasing decisions, referrals, and long-term relationships.

And in a season when people are traveling, shopping, and accessing sensitive information on the go, often across unsecured networks, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

The Moment to Lead

Consumers have clear demands: People know what they expect, what they’ll tolerate, and what they won’t. And they’re watching you closely.

For businesses, the opportunity is profound: Invest in resilience today and earn loyalty tomorrow. Because when it comes to cybersecurity, consumers don’t just want to feel protected, they want to be protected.

The companies that deliver on that promise will define the next era of trust.

Vidya Shankaran is Field CTO at Commvault.

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Punti di forza

  • Arlie Data Sense aiuta a trasformare i dati della rete (registri, audit, cronologie dei lavori) in riepiloghi chiari e fruibili con suggerimenti di follow-up e query in formato libero.
  • New root-cause analysis helps scan failures, spots anomalies, and delivers plain-language diagnostics with recommended next steps – no manual log-diving required.
  • Video Bytes in Arlie Responses jumps you to the exact timestamp in long-form videos that answer your question, helping speed up problem-solving.
  • Behind the scenes, Arlie orchestrates ETL, PII masking, and analysis agents to help generate contextual insights you can act on quickly.
  • Arlie and its agent library are available in Commvault SaaS with phased rollout, bringing parity with Commvault software deployments.

IT teams are under pressure to do more with less. You’re expected to spot risks early and optimize performance while juggling growing infrastructure and managing thousands of daily backup events. Generating insights from this constant stream of activity across platforms can be incredibly difficult.

This allows vulnerabilities to quietly creep in, waiting to expand into a major issue. Your dashboard says green. Backups seem to be running. But behind the scenes, something’s building: a silent timeout, a log full of subtle warnings, a spike in retries you didn’t notice. By the time a backup admin spots it, it’s already an incident.

The fact is, modern IT environments don’t fail loudly – they fail subtly. And most of the time, the data that could have warned you is already there. It’s just buried in audit trails, scattered across consoles, or trapped in a 40-minute training video.

This is where Arlie really shines. Arlie isn’t just an AI assistant – it’s the intelligent, unified interface designed to help find, understand, and resolve issues faster. Arlie orchestrates advanced backend workflows (agents) that help interpret data, identify anomalies, and generate insights – and then communicates the findings to you through a simple, conversational experience.

With Arlie Data Sense and Video Bytes in Responses, Arlie brings context, clarity, and speed to every interaction – without the hunting. Let’s take a look at what’s new.

Grid Data Analysis: From Data Overload to Data Insight

Modern environments generate an overwhelming amount of data‌: ‌logs, alerts, warnings, and more. On the Commvault platform, these manifest as audit trails and job histories, with hundreds or even thousands of events occurring every day.

Businesses often don’t know where to begin when analyzing their environments. Backup admins are tasked with making sense of this flood, manually scanning through sprawling rows of data across multiple consoles just to understand what’s happening. And with so many actions being logged every minute, it’s easy to miss early warning signs that could escalate into larger issues.

That’s where Arlie Data Sense and its grid data analysis capability come in. It ingests your platform data and distills it into clear, actionable summaries. Instead of forcing teams to scroll through thousands of rows, Arlie Data Sense identifies the most relevant information, delivers those summaries, and highlights what’s actionable in a clear, conversational way. Users can expect:

  • A highlighted executive summary tailored to the user’s environment.
  • Suggested follow-up questions to help explore emerging issues.
  • The ability to ask free-form questions for deeper analysis.

What’s more, Arlie Data Sense highlights ransomware protection-related events and major changes, proactively surfacing insights that help users stay ahead of potential risks.

However, behind the scenes is where the magic truly happens. Arlie orchestrates multiple backend workflows – retrieving data from Commvault, performing ETL and PII masking, and leveraging analysis agents to generate insights. Arlie’s reasoning and knowledge augmentation capabilities then transform this into actionable intelligence for the user.

With a simple click of a button, backup admins can derive key insights that highlight the exact points needed. Essentially, this allows you to converse with your platform’s data and gain a much clearer understanding of where the system stands in real time.

It’s not just alerting; ‌it’s contextual understanding. No more digging through logs. No more endless tab-hopping. It’s a smarter, faster way to help you monitor system health, troubleshoot issues, and understand your risk landscape. This kind of insight drastically improves efficiency, especially for lean teams managing complex environments‌, ‌allowing them to focus on what truly moves the needle.

Root-Cause Analysis: Turning Raw Logs into Real-Time Answers

Reading logs is no one’s idea of fun. Yet buried in those logs are critical clues: ‌why something failed, where the system is strained, and what’s likely to break next. Given the monotonous nature of scouring through large volumes of log data for answers, many teams struggle to diagnose job failures.

Arlie Data Sense and its root-cause analysis capability do the detective work. It scans job failures, identifies root causes, spots anomalies, and generates clear, human-readable explanations – all without manual log interpretation.

Integrated directly into the Send Log Files workflow and Command Center, the agent processes log files to deliver detailed diagnostics along with potential resolutions. Arlie then communicates those findings and recommendations to users, providing clarity and saving valuable troubleshooting time.

Let’s say a job has failed intermittently over the past week. Instead of manually combing through five different logs, Arlie Data Sense can help flag recurring timeouts linked to a specific virtual machine (VM). Or, if backups are running slower than usual, it can help identify the underlying issue.

So, whether you’re managing a handful of backup jobs or orchestrating across hundreds of environments, Arlie helps you cut through the noise and act faster by presenting the right insights at the right time.

Ever found the perfect video that promises to answer your question‌, only to realize it’s 30 minutes long? The exact answer you’re looking for could be 20 seconds or 20 whole minutes into the video, and you have no idea where it’s actually buried. Even after finding this video, locating your answer could be a tedious, time-consuming endeavor.

With Video Bytes in Arlie Responses, that frustration is gone.

Now, when Arlie knows there’s helpful information available within Documentazione or the Readiverse, it doesn’t just share the link‌ – ‌it pinpoints the exact moment in the video that answers your question. Just ask something like “How can I reduce my VM costs?” and Arlie will jump straight to the timestamp where that topic is addressed‌ – ‌say, Minute 12 of a 30-minute walkthrough.

This enhancement means that you don’t have to rely strictly on Documentazione or lengthy videos to resolve your issues. It’s a smarter, more efficient, and highly focused approach that gives you exactly what you need.

From Answers to Actions: Arlie, Evolved for You

These exciting new capabilities mark a new chapter in Arlie’s journey, transforming it from being an AI assistant that helps to one that understands. Whether it’s generating key summaries or diagnosing failures through Arlie Data Sense or jumping to exactly what you need with Video Bytes, Arlie is AI designed specifically for you.

In a world where IT complexity is only growing, the real edge lies in proactive, contextual intelligence. With Arlie, you don’t just fix issues faster – you prevent them from happening. With minimal user input, Arlie allows you to see more, do more, and be more.

Now Available in Commvault SaaS

Commvault’s AI capabilities – including Arlie and its agent library – are now available in Commvault SaaS. This brings feature parity with Commvault software deployments, giving SaaS customers the same intelligent, AI-enabled experience. This brings feature parity with Commvault software deployments, giving SaaS customers the same intelligent, AI-enabled experience.

These capabilities are rolling out in phases, and you’ll begin seeing them appear in your SaaS environment in the coming weeks.

With these enhancements, Arlie brings the future of intelligent, contextual resilience directly into your hands – across both Commvault software and SaaS. Get ready for faster insights, fewer surprises, and a more connected, proactive experience – all with Arlie at the center.

If you’re using Commvault software, you can enable Arlie today by following the instructions in our Documentazione.

If you’re using Commvault SaaS and would like to enable these features early, please contact your Commvault representative.

FAQs

Q: What exactly is Arlie, and how is it different from a typical chatbot?
A: Arlie is a unified, conversational interface that orchestrates backend workflows –ingesting platform data, running analyses, and returning concise, actionable guidance – so you can move from “searching” to “solving.”

Q: How does the grid data analysis feature help me day to day?
A: Instead of sifting through thousands of rows across consoles, Arlie Data Sense highlights the most relevant signals, summarizes them for your environment, and proposes next questions to dig deeper, reducing noise and accelerating decisions.

Q: What problems does the root-cause analysis feature tackle?
A: It analyzes failures and anomalies across logs to pinpoint likely causes – like recurring timeouts tied to a specific VM – and offers human-readable explanations with potential resolutions, saving significant troubleshooting time.

Q: How do Video Bytes in Arlie Responses speed up learning and support?
A: When a relevant video exists, Arlie links directly to the precise timestamp that answers your query, eliminating the need to scrub through lengthy recordings to find the right segment.

Q: Where can I access these capabilities, and when will I see them?
A: Arlie and its agents are available in Commvault SaaS with feature parity to software deployments, and the enhancements are rolling out in phases over the coming weeks; contact Commvault to enable early access.

Q: How does this tie into resilience and business continuity efforts?
A: Proactive insight and faster root-cause analysis complement disaster recovery programs by helping teams act before minor issues escalate – supporting broader goals of resilience and continuity highlighted in industry cyber and disaster recovery practices.

Teja Medasani is Principal Product Manager, AI, and Mrityunjay Upadhyay is Director, Development, at Commvault.

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The threat of disruption – from ransomware attacks to natural disasters – has never been greater. For businesses, downtime isn’t just an inconvenience; it’s a direct hit to revenue, reputation, and customer trust. This reality has pushed cyber della resilienza to the forefront of IT strategy, demanding solutions that not only protect data but also maintain its continuous availability.

HPE e Commvaultstanno rafforzando la loro collaborazione di lunga data per aiutare a soddisfare questa esigenza fondamentale. Offrendo il software HPE Zerto con laplatform Commvault Cloud , questi due leader del settore stanno fornendo una soluzione potente e unificata per garantire cyber della resilienza avanzata, protezione dei dati e disaster recovery in tutti cloud ibridi aziendali.

A Leader in Continuous Data Protection 

We’re proud to announce that the HPE Zerto Software from Commvault solution is now generally available (GA) – ready for organizations everywhere. HPE Zerto Software from Commvault is a leading solution for data della resilienzaCaratteristiche principali

Crittografia in tempo reale

  • Real-time encryption to enable ransomware della resilienza.
  • Disaster recovery for virtualized infrastructures and cloud environments, including on-premises, public clouds (AWS, Azure), and hybrid environments. Protect workloads across different environments and cloud providers, creating a comprehensive disaster recovery solution.
  • Workload mobility delivered by simple automation and orchestration of failover, failover tests, and recovery, making it suited for cloud migrations and workload mobility.
  • Cyber della resilienza with a combination of regular data protection, real-time encryption detection, and immutable data recovery data.
  • Scalability and reliability with features like near-synchronous replication that can reduce recovery times significantly.

Ogni cliente ha esigenze e requisiti diversi e non esiste una soluzione valida per tutti. Tra i fattori da considerare vi sono i workload , le dimensioni e la portata dell’ambiente, l’obiettivo di punto di ripristino e l’obiettivo di tempo di ripristino desiderati, nonché il costo della soluzione.

Commvault si concentra sulla fornitura di soluzioni end-to-end che non solo rispondono alle esigenze di resilienza operativa e disaster recovery dei nostri clienti, ma consentono anche la preparazione e il ripristino informatico, la governance e la conformità, nonché la rapida ricostruzione delle applicazioni cloud .

Il software HPE Zerto di Commvault è il riflesso diretto di questo impegno. HPE Zerto si integra perfettamente

Each customer has different needs and requirements, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Among the factors to consider are the workload types, the size and scale of the environment, the desired recovery point objective and recovery time objective, and the cost of the solution.

Commvault is focused on delivering end-to-end solutions that not only address the operational della resilienza and disaster recovery needs of our customers, but also enable cyber readiness and recovery, governance and compliance, and rapid rebuilding of cloud native applications.

HPE Zerto Software from Commvault is a direct reflection of this commitment. HPE Zerto fits well within Commvault’s Autonomous Recovery offering, providing customers regular replication and operational della resilienza for most critical virtualized workloads that cannot afford any downtime.

Amplificare i nostri punti di forza

This offering is a testament to the deep, strategic relationship between HPE e Commvault. We amplify each other’s portfolio strengths, creating a synergy that enhances the overall value and effectiveness of our solutions. And what we jointly offer to our customers goes beyond just data protection; it’s the confidence that comes from knowing your operations are set up to be resilient and ready to face the uncertainties of the digital age.

To learn more about early access to HPE Zerto offering from Commvault, please reach out to your account team.

Siete pronti per iniziare?

The GA launch of HPE Zerto Software from Commvault means now is the time to act – don’t wait. Schedule a demo with your Commvault account team.

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Punti di forza

  • Il ransomware rispecchia il ciclo di vita di un uragano: gli avvertimenti precoci vengono spesso ignorati, l’impatto è paralizzante e un recupero coordinato è fondamentale.
  • I sistemi di identità (Active Directory ed Entra ID) sono spesso le prime vittime; senza di essi, il recupero dei dati e l’accesso si bloccano.
  • The cost of unpreparedness is high – weeks of downtime and seven-figure losses – making identity-centric resilience a business imperative.
  • La preparazione dovrebbe includere backup puliti, immutabili e isolati di AD/Entra ID, oltre a regolari esercitazioni di ripristino dell’intera foresta.
  • A practical blueprint – assess, protect, isolate, recover, evolve – enables faster, cleaner restoration of data, identity, and trust.

Ransomware has become the digital equivalent of a hurricane – powerful, unpredictable, and capable of wiping out years of progress in a single strike. Like natural disasters, cyber disasters are no longer if events, but when events. The question every organization must answer is not “Can we prevent the storm?” but “Will we survive and recover when it hits?”

This paper explores the parallels between ransomware and hurricanes, with a special focus on della resilienza delle identità – including Active Directory(AD) eMicrosoft Entra ID. These identity systems are often the first casualties of a ransomware event. When identity is compromised, recovery stalls – just as losing your address and keys after a hurricane leaves you locked out of your own home.

1. Il parallelo tra tempeste e attacchi informatici

Hurricane Lifecycle
Ransomware Lifecycle
Shared Lesson
Formation: Warm waters and unstable air pressure form the perfect storm. Exposure: Unpatched systems, weak credentials, and flat networks create ideal attack conditions. Le fondamenta deboli portano al disastro.
Warning: Meteorologists issue alerts days in advance. Alerts: Security Information and Event Management, Endpoint Detection and Response, and threat intelligence show early warning signs – often ignored. Rilevare senza agire significa negare.
Landfall: The hurricane makes impact – power lines fall, flooding begins, and communications fail. Detonation: Malware encrypts systems, disables security tools, and shuts down AD. Entrambi provocano una paralisi operativa totale.
Response: First responders triage, reroute power, and rescue survivors. Response: Incident response teams isolate affected systems, assess backups, and begin recovery procedures . Velocità, coordinazione e chiarezza sono le chiavi del successo.
Recovery: Homes are rebuilt, infrastructure restored, and new defenses added. Recovery: Clean data and identity are restored, enabling business continuity. Recovery must include identity – not just data.

2. Il costo nascosto della perdita di identità

When a hurricane destroys your home, you can’t just rebuild walls – you need new keys, insurance, and documents to reclaim ownership. In a ransomware event, the same is true: Without AD or Entra ID, you can’t re-enter your own network.

Identity is the “address” of your digital home – lose it, and you’re stranded outside your own infrastructure.

3. Il costo della mancanza di preparazione

Quando gli uragani colpiscono, le comunità impreparate subiscono perdite catastrofiche. Quando il ransomware colpisce ambienti non protetti, i risultati sono altrettanto devastanti:

Unprepared organizations struggle not only to restore data but also to rebuild trust chains between systems, domains, and users – often forcing a complete forest rebuild that takes weeks or months.

4. Lezioni dalla tempesta: costruire la resilienza informatica e dell’identità

A. La preparazione è prevenzione

  • Esportare e convalidare regolarmente i backup dello stato del sistema AD e le configurazioni Entra ID.
  • Implementare l’accesso basato sui ruoli e la gestione delle identità privilegiate per limitare il raggio d’azione.
  • Archivia copie pulite e immutabili degli schemi AD on-premise e Entra ID in un archivio sicuro e isolato.
  • Condurreesercitazioni di recupero forestaleche simulano ricostruzioni complete con AD.

B. Resistere all’impatto

  • Segmentare l’infrastruttura di identità e limitare i percorsi di replica.
  • Utilizza le politiche di accesso condizionale e di autenticazione avanzata in Entra ID per applicare una protezione adattiva.
  • Applicare i principi dello zero trust per contenere i movimenti laterali e l’escalation dei privilegi.

C. Recuperare con fiducia

  • Commvault full forest recovery helps automate the end-to-end rebuild of AD forests – restoring DCs, trusts, and configurations from clean, immutable backups.
  • Entra ID Protection si integra con i flussi di lavoro di ripristino in modo che cloud , le politiche di autenticazione a più fattori e le impostazioni di accesso condizionale vengano ripristinate in modo sincronizzato.
  • Automated validation helps verify there’s no reinfection and no cross-contamination of credentials.

5. Il piano di resilienza: dal disastro alla continuità

  • Assess: Identify your “digital coastline” – the systems and identities that define business continuity.
  • Protect: Harden your identity and data perimeter through zero trust and ongoing validation.
  • Isolate: Maintain immutable, air-gapped copies of AD, Entra ID, and critical data.
  • Recover: Use orchestrated tools like Commvault’s full forest recovery to restore identity and access rapidly.
  • Evolve: Update and retest your plan with every new patch, policy, or platform integration.

6. Prospettiva Commvault: Recupero più rapido. Recupero pulito. Recupero dell’identità.

Grazie aripristino completo della foresta per AD e alla protezione integrata Entra ID, Commvault helps enable organizations to restore on-prem and cloud data and identities with integrity, speed, and confidence after a ransomware incident.

A hurricane tests the strength of your walls. Ransomware tests the strength of your resilience. You cannot stop every storm – natural or digital – but you can decide whether it destroys or defines you.

Domande frequenti

Q: What makes identity loss so disruptive during ransomware recovery?
A: If AD or Entra ID is compromised, organizations can’t authenticate, authorize, or re-establish trust across systems – effectively locking themselves out of their own environment. Attackers often target domain controllers and trust relationships, so recovery must start with clean identity restoration before broader services can come back online.

Q: How big is the downtime and cost risk?
A: The paper cites typical ransomware downtime measured in weeks and total incident costs in the seven-figure range, with identity systems among top targets. These impacts compound when teams lack forest-level recovery capabilities or clean, immutable backups of identity configurations.

Q: What preparation steps most effectively reduce impact?
A: Regularly export and validate AD system-state and Entra ID configurations; apply role-based access and privileged identity management; keep immutable, air-gapped copies of identity schemas; and run full-forest recovery exercises to validate speed and coordination under pressure.

Q: How should recovery be orchestrated after an attack?
A: Start by isolating affected systems and pivot immediately to identity restoration from clean, immutable backups, then rebuild domain controllers, trusts, and policies in sync with cloud identity settings. Automated validation helps confirm a clean state and prevents credential cross-contamination during bring-up.

Q: What does a resilience blueprint look like in practice?
A: Follow five steps: Assess critical “digital coastline,” protect with Zero Trust and continuous validation, isolate with immutable air-gapped copies, recover with orchestrated full-forest workflows, and evolve by testing after every change in patches, policies, or platform integrations.

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University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) is home to more than 34,000 studentse13,000 facultyestaff. Technology Solutions, UIC’s central IT organization, is responsible for ensuring the resilience of research, clinical,eadministrative systems.

We spoke with Dean Dang, Director of Enterprise ApplicationseServices, about UIC’s data protection journeyehow Commvault helps the university safeguard mission-critical operations.

 

Q: Can you start by introducing yourselfegiving us a sense of UIC’s missionewhat drives your IT strategy?

Dean: My name is Dean Dang,eI serve as the Director of Enterprise ApplicationseServices within Technology Solutions. We support the university’s administrativeeacademic functions, aligning IT with UIC’s mission: to provide the broadest access to the highest levels of educational, research,eclinical excellence. Our commitment to access, vitality, empowerment,ecreativity is our strength.

 

Q: Before onboarding Commvault, what were the biggest data protectioneresilience challenges UIC was up against?

Dean: Our legacy backup system, Spectrum Protect, had accumulated years of technical debt. Recovery was painfully slow — restoring large file servers could take weeks. We also dealt with decentralized IT management across 20+ departments, inconsistent backup policies, inefficient tape storage,eno cloud options. The risks of data lossedowntime were too high for a university of our size.

 

Q: When it came time to modernize, what stood out about Commvault that made it the right fit for UIC?

Dean: We’d known Commvault for over a decadeetrusted it for Active DirectoryeExchange backups. When we evaluated options, Commvault stood out. The ability to takeVM snapshots without server agents was huge. Even more important was the multi-tenant model. It let us provide departmental autonomy while maintaining centralized governanceesupport — exactly what higher ed needs.

 

Q: What changes have you seen since implementing Commvault,ehow has it elevated UIC’s cyber resilience?

Dean: With Commvault, we do nightly backups with deduplicationesynthetic fulls. That reduces storage demandespeeds up restores. Departments get their own “tenants” to manage backups, but we still enforce policieseprovide support. All backups are encryptedecan be stored on-prem or in the cloud.

We also use Air Gap Protect for immutable copieseCleanroom Recovery for safe recovery testing. This setup means we can recover mission-critical systems in under 8 hours — compared to days or weeks before.

 

Q: If you were talking to other higher-ed IT leaders, what top lessons or best practices would you share about building cyber resilience?

Dean:

  1. Enforce multifactor authentication everywhere, especially admin accounts. Everyone can be phished.
  2. Build a pragmatic, team-driven DR plan. Don’t try to solve everything at once — build consensuseclarity.
  3. Test nightly backups. Make them immutable, air-gapped,evalidated so you know you can restore when it matters.

 

Q: How do you communicate cyber risks to non-technical leaders?

Dean: We translate risk into business terms. How many hours of downtime? What does that cost in productivity, reputation,ecompliance? We use “what if” scenarios, dashboards,eregular updates on metrics like backup healtherestore times. When leaders see the financialemission impact, the case for resilience is clear.

 

Q: Looking ahead, how does Commvault fit into UIC’s long-term strategy?

Dean: UIC is hybrid — on-campus, cloud,eSaaS. Commvault covers all of it, from VMsedatabases to M365eeven emerging AI workloads. With 95%+ deduplicationetiered storage, we keep costs under control. And with anomaly detection, automation,ecleanroom testing, we’re preparing for a future where downtime is measured in hours, not days.

Read more about the University of Illinois of Chicago’s data protection journey here.

 

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The psychologist Abraham Maslow famously said that if the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. And everywhere you look these days, companies are wielding AI like a hammer, hoping it can solve all their pressing business problems: “How can we use AI? How can we sell AI? How can we make money on AI?”

But here’s the thing – if you’re starting with those questions, you’re starting with a broken assumption. The right question isn’t “How do we use/sell/make a fortune with AI?” The right question is “What problems are we trying to solve?”

What Problem Are You Solving?

Technology should make us more capable of doing uniquely human work, not replace our capacity to think, create, and connect with each other. The approach of starting with the tool instead of the problem is why we’re seeing many AI implementations stall. Companies are throwing technology at problems they haven’t properly defined or understood.
The approach I recommend to any leader considering AI: Start by listing your actual problems. Not theoretical problems, not problems you think you should have, but the real pain points keeping your teams from working fast. Then ask: What tools do I have that can help solve these problems? AI might be one of those tools. It makes sense to explore AI solutions for tedious, repeatable, manual tasks. You likely can identify those opportunities in your organization easily.
But let’s say your employee engagement is suffering, and people have expressed needing better support during difficult times. You want human connection and emotional intelligence here, not algorithmic responses. Starting with the problem helps reveal the appropriate solution.

Should We Engineer Out the Human Element?

Today, AI excels at automating repetitive tasks – the digital equivalent of assembly line work. If your backup administrators are turning the same widgets over and over, or your data entry teams are focused on purely laborious spreadsheet work, AI absolutely can help. But I believe relationship building, creative problem-solving, and complex decision-making require human judgment, intuition, and contextual understanding that no algorithm today can yet replicate.
At Commvault, we’re committed to the ethical development and deployment of AI. We’ve employed it for tasks like turning complex regulatory documents into succinct summaries or helping create targeted versions of content. Saving this time for employees to focus on more value-added activities. None of this work happens without careful human oversight.
The companies I see succeeding understand this distinction. They use AI to eliminate tedious tasks so workers can focus on what humans do best: nuanced decision-making, building trust, navigating complex stakeholder relationships, and thinking through problems that don’t have clear precedents.

A Framework for Smart AI Adoption

Before implementing any AI solution, leadership teams should ask themselves these questions:

  1. What specific problem are we solving? Be concrete. “We want to be more efficient” isn’t specific enough.Try: “We want to automate X.”
  2. Why is this problem worth solving? What’s the real business impact?
  3. Where do we need human judgment to remain in the loop? Identify the decision points, beyond just high-risk scenarios, that demand wisdom, not just intelligence.
  4. How will we measure success? Not just adoption rates, but actual problem resolution.
  5. Revisit the conversation. Successful AI adoption is not a point-in-time measurement.

Read more inPrincipi guida per un’IA responsabile.

Il percorso da seguire

Make time to establish procedures for data handling, privacy protection, and decision-making authority.Who controls what information gets fed into AI systems? What data absolutely cannot be uploaded to external AI platforms? How do you prevent customer data from being used to train models?

When you put information into an AI system, you may be sharing it not only with that vendor, but also with its cloud providers, sub-processors, and others in its data supply chain. A secret known by more than three people isn’t a secret anymore – so be careful before you hand yours to dozens of entities.
Learn more about Commvault’s approach at Principi per un’intelligenza artificiale responsabile.
Danielle Sheer is Chief Trust Officer at Commvault.

 

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We are in the most consequential moment of change in our industry, with the widespread adoption of AI reshaping how enterprises operate, how data flows, and how decisions are made.This introduces new challenges and vulnerabilities for you to manage. Like the explosive growth of data; the evolving governance requirements for human and non-human identities; and new threats to AI-oriented identities, supply chains, and models.To make matters worse, the pressure is on you and your teams to enable your business to embrace AI with data that’s distributed and fragmented across clouds, applications, and endpoints. All of which introduces business risk while increasing the fragility of your AI systems.In anticipation of this evolution, Commvault has been broadening its industry-leading resilience focus to help you to secure data at source; to control identity access; and predictably and cleanly recover following an inevitable cyberattack or disruption.We call it ResOps, or resilience operations. It’s not a product – it’s a new operational approach that enables you to actively manage resilience across increasingly complex emerging AI environments.As you know, Commvault always has been obsessed with solving our customers’ most significant resilience challenges with elegant and innovative solutions. And today, we are taking it even further with the introduction of Commvault Cloud Unity – our next-gen platform to enable ResOps.The platform was built from the ground up to help unify previously disparate data security, identity, and recovery processes across today’s workloads and tomorrow’s emerging AI stacks. It no longer matters where your data lives – if it’s on-prem, cloud-bound, cloud-borne, or an emerging AI workload.In fact, Commvault has the broadest workload support. Across the multi-cloud alone, we cover more than 160 regions and over 200 public cloud services. And we simply manage it all through a single policy engine and a unified pane of glass.None of this would have been possible without our team’s foresight, engineering prowess, and commitment to continuously innovating to solve our customers’ hardest challenges.Want to learn more about ResOps and Commvault Cloud Unity? Clicca qui per guardare Commvault’s SHIFT event on demand, and read our whitepaper ResOps: il futuro del business resiliente nell’era dell’IA.

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Punti di forza

  • Streamlined process: Simplifies recovery through enhanced threat detection and validation.
  • Integrated experience: One simple process from threat identification to production recovery.
  • Readiness: Configure, plan, and test cyber recovery plans to uncover gaps.
  • Rapid detection and validation: Quickly identify clean points and validate recovery.
  • Confident recovery: Helps organizations confidently recover clean data, apps, and infrastructure.

In today’s landscape of relentless cyber threats, organizations are grappling with an unprecedented challenge: maintaining business continuity in the face of potential data loss and system compromise. The recent surge in sophisticated ransomware attacks has underscored the critical need for strategie cyber resilience solideche vadano oltre i tradizionali metodi di backup e ripristino.Commvault Cloud Cleanroom Recoveryintroduce un approccio innovativo a questa sfida. Creando un ambiente on-demand, sicuro e isolato, le aziende possono testare i loro piani di ripristino, condurre indagini forensi approfondite ed eseguire ripristini di produzione senza rischiare di interrompere ulteriormente le loro attività.

Prontozza/Test di Cyber Recovery + Forensics = Ripristino ottimale

Ransomware threats targeting backup systems have become increasingly common, highlighting the vulnerabilities in conventional recovery processes. It’s no longer sufficient to simply have a recovery plan in place; organizations must rigorously test and validate their strategies to prepare to withstand real-world cyberattacks.

Cleanroom Recovery can help organizations seeking to maintain uninterrupted operations amid disruption. Testare i propri piani di ripristino informaticoè una parte fondamentale per raggiungere una vera resilienza informatica. Facilitando un ripristino rapido e affidabile, riducendo al minimo i tempi di inattività e ottimizzando i processi, i test svolgono un ruolo vitale nel rafforzare la continuità operativa.

Mentre le organizzazioni continuano a dare priorità a solidi piani di ripristino informatico, l’importanza di test rigorosi non può essere sopravvalutata. Con protocolli di test efficaci, le organizzazioni possono identificare le vulnerabilità e verificare che le loro strategie di ripristino siano sempre in linea con l’evoluzione delle minacce informatiche. Una volta che un’organizzazione ha impostato una scansione regolare delle minacce informatiche su tutti i backup e ha testato i suoi piani, può condurre un’analisi forense per identificare la causa principale di un attacco e indagare su tutti i sistemi interessati. Questi due casi d’uso aumentano la fiducia nell’esecuzione di un ripristino ottimale.

What’s New in Cleanroom Recovery?

Building on its foundation, the latest Cleanroom Recovery innovations are introducing significant enhancements that further strengthen cyber recovery capabilities. These advancements deliver new capabilities that help organizations protect their critical infrastructure and data.

Recent and upcoming developments have bolstered Cleanroom Recovery’s capabilities in orchestration, security, and scalability, including early access to:

  • Cleanroom creation automation: Automate cleanroom deployment, cross hypervisor recovery and threat scanning inside the cleanroom to remove manual intervention​. (Generally Available)
  • Runbook experience: Ability to create multiple runbooks for critical assets for different use cases. Runbooks provide step-by-step execution playbooks with optional manual steps.​ (Early Access)
  • Expanded workload support: You can recover Active Directory forest along with VMs and files into a cleanroom for end-to-end application validation. ​(Early Access)
  • On-premises deployment capabilities: You now can use Cleanroom Recovery to recover critical application into an isolated recovery environment in an on-premises data center using air-gapped Hyperscale X (Early Access)

These advancements illustrate a continued focus on expanding the features, capabilities, and scale of Cleanroom Recovery. This is the next phase in Cleanroom Recovery’s evolution. The solution helps provide customers with enhanced efficiency, scalability, and adaptability, with the flexibility to deploy isolated cleanroom in cloud and on-premises.

Cleanroom Recovery helps enable customers to effortlessly spin up automated cleanrooms with streamlined runbooks and features threat scanning capabilities for comprehensive threat detection and recovery.

With this new evolution, organizations will be enabled to quickly and safely test their cyber recovery plans, validate applications, and execute a confident cyber recovery. Commvault is delivering one integrated experience from identifying threats to production recovery.

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Q: What is Cleanroom Recovery, and why is it important?
A: Cleanroom Recovery is a secure, isolated environment that enables organizations to test recovery plans and conduct forensic analysis without risking production systems. This helps organizations maintain continuous business operations and improve cyber resilience against modern ransomware threats.

Q: How does Cleanroom Recovery enhance cyber recovery readiness?
A: By automating cleanroom creation to conduct recovery testing and enabling forensic investigation, it helps organizations validate their recovery strategies, uncover vulnerabilities, and execute faster, more confident recoveries after cyber incidents.

Q: What are the main new features in the Cleanroom Recovery release?
A: Key innovations include automated cleanroom deployment, new runbook capabilities for multiple recovery scenarios, support for Active Directory recovery, and the ability to deploy in on-premises data centers with air-gapped Hyperscale X.

Q: How does Cleanroom Recovery improve security during recovery operations?
A: It isolates the recovery environment, scans for threats pre-/post-recovery, provides controlled orchestration, and helps reduce the risk of reinfection or unauthorized access during recovery.

Q: Can Cleanroom Recovery be deployed both on-premises and in the cloud?
A: Yes, organizations now can deploy Cleanroom Recovery in both cloud and on-premises environments, providing flexibility for hybrid infrastructures and diverse security requirements.

Q: Who benefits most from Cleanroom Recovery?
A: Enterprises seeking to strengthen their cyber resilience, particularly those facing ransomware risks or complex recovery needs, gain value from its automation, scalability, and integrated testing capabilities.Toussaint Brock is a Product Marketing Manager at Commvault.

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