Quantum Scalar Ransom Block
Quantum Corporation has announced its latest innovations to protect against ransomware and other forms of cyberattacks. Quantum’s Scalar Ransom Block is an industry-first feature of Quantum’s Scalar tape systems that eliminates the risk of data being accessed or compromised over the network. This patent-pending feature creates a hardware “block” between data stored on tapes and every network-connected device including the robotic tape system.
Ransom Block can be initiated remotely, does not require any person to handle tapes, ensures data cannot be accessed over the network even if the tape library is hacked, and preserves the ability to audit the tape library so customers know their data is safe and secure.
Tape Storage Devices
Storage Data Protection
Quantum Active Vault
The Active Vault feature can be considered “level 1” in the security hierarchy. Active Vault enables tapes to be moved into a secure, isolated in-library vault partition with no network connectivity that is invisible to any application or network. Providing an additional layer of security on top of tapes stored in an active partition…
Logical Tape Blocking
Logical Tape Blocking works in concert with Active Vault and represents “level 2” in the security hierarchy. Because tapes may be moved from the Active Vault partition using a remote GUI, there is a small chance that a sophisticated remote attacker could still access them. Logical Tape Blocking prevents this.
Ransom Block
All software can have vulnerabilities. No software can be guaranteed as 100% hackproof. Logical Tape Block is implemented in software, so the possibility exists, however unlikely, that a remote attacker could overcome it and gain the ability to attack vaulted tapes. Ransom Block completely eliminates…
