Acronis, Cohesity, Commvault and Veeam

About Cohesity

Cohesity sells Cohesity Data Cloud, a platform to protect, secure and gain insights into enterprise data. Cohesity says Cohesity Data Cloud is a single platform to protect 1,000+ workloads across cloud, on-prem and SaaS. Cohesity says Cohesity Data Cloud has built-in zero-trust principles and AI-powered threat detection, and immutability. Cohesity says Cohesity Data Cloud can improve AI outcomes with secure, trustworthy, AI-ready enterprise data.^[1]

Cohesity says Cohesity Data Cloud protects 1,000+ workloads across hybrid cloud and SaaS environments. Cohesity says Cohesity Data Cloud can strengthen threat detection, automate cyber recovery and reduce compliance risk. FortKnox isolates backup data in an immutable, air-gapped cyber vault. FortKnox copies data into a vaulted environment that is isolated from production networks. FortKnox is available for both DataProtect or NetBackup as a fully managed cyber vault hosted on AWS, Azure and GCP. Cohesity says integrated anomaly detection and threat scanning in FortKnox confirm data cleanliness before restore.^[7]

Cohesity says Cohesity Data Cloud includes Google Threat Intelligence in its backup scanning workflows. Cohesity describes a Sophos-powered malware scanning engine for inspecting backups. Cohesity CERT steps in to help contain the damage and initiate recovery. Cohesity says cyber recovery orchestration helps teams orchestrate and rehearse cyber recovery workflows to respond and recover faster after a cyberattack. Cohesity Data Cloud includes blueprints that sequence recovery steps in a visual workflow. Cyber recovery orchestration integrates natively with Cohesity DataProtect and Cohesity NetBackup. Cohesity says its cyber clean room design isolates impacted systems in a controlled environment for detailed threat analysis.^[8][9][10]

Cohesity Gaia is used through the Cohesity Data Cloud and through agentic AI tools. Gaia makes protected enterprise data AI-ready in place, searchable, summarizable and agent-accessible, without moving a byte or rebuilding permissions. Gaia can run as SaaS or fully self-managed on-prem, including fully air-gapped environments. Gaia connects to agentic tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini and Glean, which is marked as coming soon. Cohesity offers Cohesity Data Security Posture Management, powered by Cyera. Cohesity says it supports identity security, protection and recovery for organizations that rely on AD, Entra ID or a hybrid model.

For long-term retention, Cohesity names three archival solutions: CloudArchive, CloudArchive Direct and Cloud Tier. Cohesity says CloudArchive, CloudArchive Direct and Cloud Tier can archive data either to public clouds or S3 compatible targets. Cohesity says unified backup and automated disaster recovery solutions can deliver near-zero application downtime and no data loss. Cohesity offers data classification solutions to discover and classify sensitive and critical data with ML-based scanning. Cohesity describes protection for VMware vSphere, VMware vSAN, VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware Cloud Director. Cohesity says VMware users can globally search and then instantly recover dozens to thousands of virtual machines using instant mass restore. NetBackup supports backing up and recovering Kubernetes workloads and applications. NetBackup Powered Appliances give fast and flexible deployment with hardened, multi-layer security. Cohesity says teams using RecoveryAgent can build, test and validate recovery plans.^[10][13][14]

Cohesity says Cohesity Data Cloud is available as Cohesity-managed, self-managed or partner-managed offerings. Cohesity says Cohesity Data Cloud runs in public clouds and on-premises on certified platforms. A Cohesity-Powered service provider can manage Cohesity Data Cloud on a customer's behalf. Cohesity says customers can run Cohesity software in a data center, in the cloud or at the edge with certified solutions from Cohesity and its partners. Cohesity works with Cisco, HPE and more on certified hardware.^[15]

Cohesity says 12,000+ customers rely on it for their cyber resilience. Cohesity says its platform is for organizations of all sizes, across all industries. AutoNation is a Cohesity customer that says the software-defined platform for data management improved reliability and lowered TCO. Sky Lakes Medical Center says it used Cohesity to recover machines and file shares, verify they are clean and bring applications back online.^{[3][8][14][16]}

About Commvault

Commvault sells Commvault Cloud, a platform that unifies data security, identity resilience and cyber recovery at enterprise scale. Commvault says Commvault Cloud transforms resilience from a passive backup plan into an active operating model that helps enable the AI-driven enterprise. Commvault describes ResOps as the new way to help secure, govern, and restore all your data, all the time. Commvault Cloud Unity is built on Metallic AI, which Commvault describes as an automation engine. Commvault names MCP Server and Commvault Data Activate as capabilities that extend resilience into an AI ecosystem.^[4][6]

Commvault Cloud finds and classifies sensitive data across data, apps and identities. Commvault Cloud applies consistent policies for access, encryption and retention. AI-powered detection in Commvault Cloud identifies unusual activity across data and identity systems. Commvault says Commvault Cloud protects every workload that keeps a business running, from SaaS apps to AI stacks. Commvault Cloud covers SaaS platforms such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Salesforce.^[4][6]

On the backup side, Commvault Cloud unifies governed backup and cyber recovery with cleanroom testing, runbooks and audit-supporting evidence. Commvault says its unified control plane sets policy, access and visibility once across hybrid and multi-cloud. Commvault says immutable, air-gapped patterns help protect recovery points from tampering and credential abuse. Commvault describes runbooks as a way to coordinate multi-system sequencing under pressure and to recover critical services first. For hybrid estates, Commvault says a unified policy engine governs protection across cloud-native, multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge workloads. Commvault unifies protection policies across cloud-native, hybrid and multi-cloud workloads from the Command Center. Cloud Backup & Recovery for Databases is designed to protect enterprise and cloud native databases from ransomware and other threats. Commvault Cloud Compliance helps companies address their legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements, and it supports eDiscovery. Dedicated Instance combines full environment isolation with SaaS agility and is managed through a single unified control plane.^[4][7][8]

For cyber recovery, Commvault defines a Cleanpoint as a backup from a point-in-time that has been scanned for threats and none have been found. Commvault tests data integrity in an isolated Cleanroom and scans data for malware before recovering it into the customer environment. Synthetic Recovery creates a curated recovery point that combines the most recent clean version of files across all backups into a single recovery point. Synthetic Recovery is integrated with Cleanroom Recovery, so a clean recovery point can be restored into a Cleanroom for observability and validation. Commvault Cloud Threat Scan automatically scans backup files for malware, detects data anomalies and enables fast, clean recovery. Threat Scan automatically quarantines infected files from the backup content and skips them during recovery. Threat Scan uses more than 100 million threat intelligence indicators to identify new threats. Threat Scan can send alerts to Splunk, Palo Alto Networks XSOAR or Microsoft Sentinel.^[4][9][10]

For identity, Commvault offers recovery of Active Directory and Entra ID environments from ransomware, operational mistakes and insider threats. Commvault automates and accelerates recovery of the AD forest to a pre-attack state. Commvault provides granular recovery of missing, damaged or misconfigured objects and attributes, including users, groups, app registrations and roles. Commvault interactive comparisons identify all changes in the domain between two points in time and allow recovery of deleted objects or rollback of overwritten attributes from the report. Commvault restores compromised forests onto a new, trusted operating system to help prevent the reintroduction of malware.^[2][4]

Commvault AirGap is a fully managed cloud storage target. Commvault AirGap offers Frequent, Infrequent Access and Archive storage tiers. Commvault AirGap isolates data copies in an air-gapped, immutable security domain. Commvault Data Access Governance delivers real-time, policy-based controls across hybrid environments to reduce exposure without slowing innovation or breaking workflows. Satori helps enforce who can access data, what they can see and what they can do. Satori can mask or redact fields without changing the underlying data or breaking applications. Commvault Geo Shield is designed for real-world regulation, enabling configurable controls across data while adapting to evolving customer sovereign needs in modern hybrid cloud environments. Commvault partners with STACKIT Sovereign Cloud to deliver cyber resilience for organizations across Germany and Austria. Commvault integrates with CrowdStrike’s Falcon XDR platform to detect indicators of compromise quickly and identify clean data for recovery.^{[4][11][12][13][15]}

Commvault lists SOC 2 Type II Certified, ISO/IEC 27001 Certified and FedRAMP High Authorized status. Commvault delivered data protection for UNC Health with encryption, RBAC, immutable backups, and integrated auditing to meet HIPAA and internal governance requirements. Bilthoven Biologicals recovered from ransomware using Commvault and restored operations within days. Wealthsimple moved to a need-to-know access model for highly sensitive financial and PII data. Gong controls access to sensitive customer data across multiple platforms. Pragya Systems adopted Commvault Cloud Rewind to protect GCP environments. Commvault says customers can get started directly through the cloud provider’s marketplace.^{[4][7][8][13]}

About Veeam

Veeam sells backup and recovery software and services, including Veeam Data Platform, which is self-managed, and Veeam Data Cloud, which is a SaaS solution. Veeam Data Cloud provides data protection and data recovery for multicloud data, delivered through cloud-native backup and storage services. Veeam Data Cloud currently supports Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Salesforce and Azure. Veeam Data Cloud can be purchased through the Microsoft Marketplace, a Veeam Reseller or a Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Partner.^[8][13]

Veeam describes a single, self-managed platform to protect and manage all workloads, apps and data. One Veeam package includes Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE and Veeam Recovery Orchestrator. Veeam describes one platform that protects every workload across cloud, virtual, physical, applications and unstructured data. Veeam Data Platform is available in three editions. Veeam Data Platform can automatically create and manage snapshots and backups of AWS VMs, along with VM configuration. Veeam offers a free Community Edition for backup, recovery and replication of up to 10 workloads. Veeam offers purpose-built backup and data protection for cloud native Kubernetes applications.^{[5][7][10][14][15][16][17]}

Veeam lets customers scan any restore point for malware before it goes back into production. Veeam can automatically spin up every backup in an isolated lab and verify it as recoverable. Veeam applies the right backup policy automatically to every VM added to a tagged or grouped set. Veeam can recover a single email, database table or AD object straight out of a VM-level backup. Veeam can move a VM from a backup to another hypervisor, or to Azure, AWS or Google Cloud. Veeam can boot critical workloads directly from backup, with no full restore required. Veeam describes a self-describing, portable format for recovering to the cloud, with no dedicated DR site to build or maintain. Veeam describes a pre-hardened, pre-configured Linux appliance, built around a DISA STIG baseline, on which customers deploy their backup.^[15][16][18]

During backups, Veeam performs entropy analysis, scans for ransom notes, and flags known file signatures and dark web links. Veeam uses machine-learning enhanced malware scans that check restore points against millions of malicious hashes, with automated signature updates. Veeam sends threat detection telemetry to SIEM and SOAR platforms. Veeam can trigger automated response, such as halting backup or replication, flagging compromised recovery points and automating recovery workflows. Veeam Recovery Orchestrator is one option for automating recovery workflows. The Veeam Incident API is a RESTful interface that lets external security and monitoring tools report incidents and anomalies directly to Veeam Backup & Replication. Veeam also names Veeam Data Cloud Vault, a hardened repository, object storage immutability and a dedicated storage appliance as ways to keep backups untouchable by ransomware, rogue admins or accidental deletion.^[16][19][20]

Veeam describes Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) as discovering and classifying sensitive data across a hybrid estate, whether structured, unstructured or streaming, then graphing how data, access, policy and AI usage connect. Veeam DataAI Command Platform maps which AI can reach what data, using whose identity, and how it is protected. Veeam Intelligent ResOps is an add-on for Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 that helps organizations get their data ready for AI, audits and incidents by bringing contextual intelligence and controls. The DataAI Command Graph is a unified intelligence layer that continuously maps data, AI agents, permissions, access and protection status across the entire Microsoft 365 tenant and backup estate. Veeam describes seeing exactly what AI agents can touch and rolling back the mistakes they make.^[1][5][21]

Coveware by Veeam has handled 1,000’s of cyber extortion matters. Veeam offers end-to-end incident response services backed by Coveware. Veeam describes expert-led incident response, strategic advisory services and flexible purchasing programs for enterprises.^{[1][5][6][22]}

Veeam offers a Microsoft 365 backup service that combines software, backup infrastructure and unlimited storage. Veeam offers backup and restore for Entra ID users, groups, application registrations and other objects. Veeam describes Salesforce protection as available as a service or as self-managed, software-only options. Veeam Data Cloud is a cloud backup service where a user can log in to a web interface and manage their backups.^[14][23]

Veeam describes guided setup and workflows that make deployment and day-to-day management straightforward, even for lean teams. Veeam products follow secure-by-design principles.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][17][18][22][23]}