Peering Through the Clouds Into Evolving Data Protection

Data, data, data … It’s like standing on a mountaintop, looking down at the vast expanse of your organization’s data below. You can’t see it all; what you can make out is a blur of scattered points, and much of it remains hidden, buried beneath layers too deep to reach. And if you listen closely, you can almost hear the echoes of past breaches reverberating off the other mountaintops, a haunting reminder of the stakes involved. 

From the prospects and customers we speak with regularly, this is the challenge they face when managing their crown jewels—navigating sprawling data environments, knowing what they don’t know, staying compliant with ever-evolving regulations, protecting sensitive information against increasingly sophisticated threats, and much more.

At Dasera, we’ve worked with these partners to understand that staying ahead of these challenges requires more than incremental updates; it demands a sophisticated approach that evolves continuously alongside the customers’ environments and the threats they face. This is the story behind our Rocky Mountain 9.0 release.

Reaching New Peaks in Data Protection

Picture this: a growing company with an incredible amount of data scattered across various cloud platforms and storage solutions. The team knows that protecting this data is critical, but their tools are often disconnected, offering only fragmented insights into their security posture. The risk of missing a vulnerability or a compliance issue remains a constant worry.

Enter Dasera’s Rocky Mountain 9 releases. Named for the high peaks that help organizations scale, this release is designed to provide a clearer, more unified view of the data security landscape. Our new Data Security & Governance Dashboard is the heart of this initiative. It offers a panoramic view of your data security posture, focusing on the risks and exposures that might go unnoticed. With this dashboard, teams can finally see the big picture—where their data is most vulnerable, how it’s being accessed, and what steps need to be taken to secure it.

A Strategic Partnership for Deeper Protection

In today’s world, data security can’t be managed in silos. Recognizing this, we formed strategic partnerships with Cohesity, Panoptica, and Commvault, each a leader in its own right, to address the multifaceted challenges of modern data protection.

With Cohesity, we’re tackling one of the most pressing issues companies face: ensuring that every corner of their data landscape is secure and compliant. Through our integration, organizations can automatically identify gaps in their data protection strategy and take immediate action to close them. It’s about more than just compliance; it’s about ensuring that your most sensitive assets are shielded from the start.

Our collaboration with Panoptica enhances data security across dispersed environments. By integrating Dasera’s robust Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) capabilities with Panoptica’s Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), we provide a consolidated view of your data estate, prioritize vulnerabilities, and fortify resilience against cyber threats. This partnership bridges gaps in data protection, offering in-depth insights into possible attack paths and risk remediation.

Finally, our partnership with Commvault focuses on automating secure backup and recovery operations. When Dasera’s alerts identify potential issues, Commvault ensures rapid, encrypted backups and recovery, minimizing downtime and preserving data integrity. This integration strengthens data governance throughout the data lifecycle, ensuring your data remains protected and recoverable at all times.

Together, these partnerships create a layered defense strategy, empowering organizations to manage and secure their data with confidence, no matter where it resides or how it’s accessed.

Bringing All Data Into the Light

But Rocky Mountain 9.0 isn’t just about big-picture views; it’s also about diving deep into the specifics. Today's companies store more unstructured data than ever—emails, documents, and files scattered across various platforms. Often, this data is the most vulnerable, sitting in the shadows, overlooked by traditional security tools.

We expanded our data discovery capabilities to include support for EFS Volumes on AWS, Google Drive, GCP Spanner, and EBS Volumes to address this. Now, organizations can bring all their data to light, ensuring that even the most hidden files are classified, protected, and compliant with the latest regulations.

Supporting Global Compliance Efforts

Compliance isn't optional in today’s global market. Companies operating in India, for example, must now comply with the new Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act. With Rocky Mountain 9.0, Dasera provides built-in support for DPDP compliance, making it easier for organizations to automatically classify sensitive data and align their security practices with the latest legal requirements.

A Unified Approach to Modern Data Security

The release of Rocky Mountain 9.0 is more than just a technical update; it’s a step with our customers and partners toward a more secure, compliant, and manageable data environment for organizations of all sizes. By offering a unified dashboard, deeper integrations, and expanded discovery and classification capabilities, we teams can more easily take control of their data protection journey.

At Dasera, our goal is to make data protection second nature. With Rocky Mountain 9.0, we’re helping companies build an even better data protection program, ensuring that data security is not just a challenge to be managed but a peak to be conquered.