Layered Resilience
Accelerate 2026 is approaching, and I’ve been preparing to speak on a cyber resilience panel. It’s prompted me to reflect on how prepared my organization really is—and I’m curious where others stand. This topic is never far from the headlines and feels like a great discussion point for this community or even a future meet-up. Here’s a snapshot of the layers we currently have in place: Immutable local Snapshots Immutable replication to a secondary site SRM Local WORM copy backups Auxiliary long-term WORM backups Air-gapped replication copy Investigating Cloud snap and Pure Protect This doesn't even include other tools like Varonis, Defender, Cortex...etc. What layers are you implementing today, and what are you working on to better protect your data? Sharing our successes and failures makes us all stronger! -CharlieCyber Resilience Podcast - Live
Hey folks....I had the pleasure to sit down with John Gilroy from The Federal Tech Podcast to discuss Cyber Resilience Strategies for Federal customers from TechNet Cyber in Baltimore. There was even a fire alarm and evacuation 6 seconds into the recording. Live streaming, baby! Nothing like it :) Check it out! How Federal Agencies Can Achieve Cyber-Resilient Data Protection and Recovery Federal Tech Podcast - Episode 238🔶 New Pure360 Demo Video: Why Architecture Matters for Your Data Protection Strategy
In the world of enterprise IT, protecting your organization’s data isn’t getting any easier. Between sprawling virtual environments, hybrid cloud decisions, and the constant evolution of threats, stitching together point solutions simply isn’t enough. That’s why architecture matters — especially when it comes to your storage and backup strategy. In our latest Pure360 demo video, Principal Technologist Allynz​ (Zane Allyn) dives into how Pure Storage and Veeam create a unified architecture that transforms the way you think about data protection on VMware. You’ll learn how the tight integration between Pure, Veeam, and VMware enables: Smarter snapshot and backup orchestration Instant, application-consistent recovery across multiple scenarios High-performance operations that don’t impact production workloads Seamless extension of data protection into your DR site This isn’t about tools—it’s about an architecture built for resilience, automation, and efficiency across your environment. 🎥 Watch the full video now on the Pure360 demo site: VIDEO Join the discussion below — how is your team rethinking data protection architecture in the face of modern challenges? -Jason
From Passive to Proactive: A New Cyber Resilience Foundation
We are thrilled to announce a significant evolution of the Pure Storage Cyber Resilience solution, designed to transform your defense posture from passive to proactive. The announcements on September 25th deliver on three core pillars that are essential for modern defense: 1. Dynamic Response and Recovery: Recovery time must be measured in minutes, not days. We're introducing Pure Protect™ Recovery Zones to automatically provision Isolated Recovery Environments (IREs), plus a new Cyber Resilience delivered as a Service model with Veeam to guarantee instant, validated recovery. 2. Connected Detection: We’re eliminating security blind spots by embedding detection into the data layer itself. We have several new native detection capabilities and new integrations with CrowdStrike Real-Time Threat Graph and Superna Next-Gen SIEM to accelerate threat detection and remediation. 3. Built-in Security: Security is foundational. Our platform now features mandatory safeguards like TPM and UEFI Secure Boot and Enterprise-Grade Identity and Access Management to ensure the integrity of your platform from the ground up. See our Cyber Resilience announcement blog for more details.Ransomware’s Worst Nightmare: New Cyber Resilience Arsenal (new blog post)
With the barrage of new announcements coming out of NYC Accelerate, I wrote a new blog post that is relevant to all customers, but specific to State / Local Government and Education customers summarizing what is new and the value it brings in terms of Active Cyber Resilience. Your feedback is welcome: https://goo.gle/3xzWj8P zThe SafeMode Seance: A Cyber Security Haunting
Topic: How are you protecting your data from cyber threats? Are you both protecting your data, while also preparing to recover in the event that your organization is impacted by a cyber event? Join us for a spooky, cyber-focused meeting; a supportive and open forum where we’ll share scary stories, and explore solutions to ensure your data is protected from even the most ghoulish threats. This customer-driven discussion will focus on your experiences and challenges with protecting your data from a cyber attack. Pure Storage experts will offer insights and guidance to help you protect your data from the zombie apocalypse. Get Involved: We're looking for security-focused individuals who would be willing to attend and share their perspective on how they are helping their organization protect against cyber threats, and prepare in the case that recovery is needed. And all are welcome. You don't have to be a Pure Storage customer to attend. Join the community, talk to your peers, and have some fun. Agenda: Welcome, Introductions, Updates Customer Presentation - How to use Pure1 Assessments to review and improve your security posture Customer Presentation - Something strange is happening, but we don't know what it is. How I used Pure1 AI CoPilot along with Varonis to narrow the scope on the "strange stuff" Pure Presentation (w/ alliance partners) - SafeMode, Cyber Resiliency and Isolated Recovery Environments Panel/Q&A - Open discussion amongst the community; w/ security-focused individuals (hopefully) in attendance. Anonymous Group Feedback: Share your thoughts and experiences in regards to data protection. What’s working? What’s not? Where could you use some feedback from the community? Understanding Your Needs: What does your organization need to fully protect your data, and recover if you were ever attacked? We’ll help you pinpoint what truly matters. Exploration Circle: Hear from Pure’s subject matter experts on what they are seeing regarding the latest cyber security and cyber resiliency topics. Support & Resources: Find out where you can get additional help, training, and resources. Date: Wednesday, October 15th, 2-4pm ET. Location: Aces Pickleball, 2730 Maverick Dr, Norwood, OH 45212 (Factory 52) RSVP: https://info.purestorage.com/2025-Q3AMS-COMREPLCRCincinnatiPUGLP_01---Registration-Page.html Stick around after the Pure User Group meeting and enjoy Pies & Pints with Pure Storage, our partners, and fellow customers.Unlock Faster, More Efficient Backups with the Pure Storage Plugin for Veeam!
At Pure Storage, we know that protecting your data is just as important as accessing it. That’s why I am excited to share the latest video on Pure360 (LINK), where I walk through the process of installing and configuring the Pure Storage Plugin for Veeam—a powerful integration designed to supercharge your VMware vSphere backup environment. In this step-by-step demo, you’ll see just how easy it is to enable the plugin and take advantage of Veeam’s native integration with Pure Storage arrays. By offloading storage-intensive tasks directly to the array, backups become faster, more efficient, and less disruptive to your production workloads. This means reduced load on your vSphere environment, shorter backup windows, and more time for your team to focus on driving innovation instead of babysitting backups. Enjoy! -JasonModernizing Mainframe backups for Comprehensive Cyber Resilience Strategy
I've been talking to our Healthcare Payer customers, as well as almost all of the Fortune 500, about how Pure can help to incorporate Mainframe backup and recovery into their overall Cyber Resilience strategy. It is best practice to protect your data across the enterprise and with our Luminex + Pure solution, all your data can be protected under one plan. I'm interested to hear if anyone else is finding challenges with this process.Can you recover?
How do you ensure you can recover from ransomware attacks and malicious incidents? Start with SafeMode. Is it enabled? Have you verified that all critical workloads and recovery environments are fully protected? Everpure FlashArray SafeMode provides immutable snapshot protection that helps organizations recover from ransomware attacks by preventing deleted snapshots or volumes from being permanently eradicated until a defined retention period expires — even if attackers compromise administrative credentials. SafeMode creates a storage-level immutability layer independent of operating systems, hypervisors, or backup software, helping preserve known-good recovery points for rapid restoration. Recommended best practices include enabling locked SafeMode through Everpure Global Technical Services, extending eradication timers to 14–30 days to account for delayed ransomware detection, implementing multi-person authorization for protected operations, and applying automated snapshot policies across critical workloads such as databases, virtual machine datastores, identity services, and backup repositories. Additional technical guidance and demonstrations are available through the SafeMode Documentation, SafeMode Introduction and SafeMode 101 (Tutorial).
