{"id":5794,"date":"2022-04-28T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:00:44","slug":"object-storage-protects-data-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/object-storage-protects-data-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"How Object Storage Protects Your Data From Ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The adoption of remote and hybrid work throughout the pandemic accelerated the digital transformation that IT organizations had already been undergoing by months, even years. As organizations shift between public and private clouds, the rise in data breaches and ransomware has prioritized the need for data protection and security.<\/p>\n<p>Now that data is stored everywhere \u2013 data centers, public clouds, private clouds, applications, containers, file shares \u2013 the lack of control over corporate and private data is unprecedented, as IT departments are juggling a multitude of priorities for prevention and preparedness at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><em>Researching multi-tenant storage infrastructures that prevent ransomware attacks or a data loss event<\/em><em>? Here&#8217;s what data center administrators need to know to design a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/secure-multi-tenancy-architecture-object-storage\/\">secure multi-tenancy architecture<\/a> with object storage<\/em><em>. Questions? Drop us an email at <a href=\"mailto:sales@www.pogolinux.com\">sales@www.pogolinux.com<\/a><\/em><em> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/book-meeting\/\">book a meeting<\/a> with a sales advisor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/webinar-multi-tenant-object-storage-solutions\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5941 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/storage-events_22-Q2-webinar-multi-tenant-architecture-object-storage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/object-storage-protects-data-ransomware\/#%F0%9F%9B%A1%EF%B8%8F_Since_the_start_of_the_pandemic_theres_been_a_500_increase_in_ransomware_attacks\" >&#x1f6e1;&#xfe0f; Since the start of the pandemic, there&#8217;s been a 500% increase in ransomware attacks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/object-storage-protects-data-ransomware\/#%F0%9F%A7%B1_The_rise_of_object_storage_in_the_data_center\" >&#x1f9f1; The rise of object storage in the data center<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/object-storage-protects-data-ransomware\/#%F0%9F%94%90_How_does_object_locking_in_object_storage_feature_protect_against_ransomware\" >&#x1f510; How does object locking in object storage feature protect against ransomware?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/object-storage-protects-data-ransomware\/#How_does_multi-tenancy_work_with_object_storage\" >How does multi-tenancy work with object storage?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/object-storage-protects-data-ransomware\/#How_to_Design_a_Multi-tenant_Object_Storage_Solution\" >How to Design a Multi-tenant Object Storage Solution<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 22px; line-height: 175%;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%9B%A1%EF%B8%8F_Since_the_start_of_the_pandemic_theres_been_a_500_increase_in_ransomware_attacks\"><\/span>&#x1f6e1;&#xfe0f; Since the start of the pandemic, there&#8217;s been a 500% increase in ransomware attacks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Ransomware attacks have become a threat beyond the industries with data privacy laws and backup regulations, and no sector is excluded. From agricultural producers to oil pipelines, ransomware attacks have increased exponentially since the start of the pandemic. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/securityboulevard.com\/2021\/11\/how-object-storage-can-help-fight-ransomware\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">recent study by Cybersecurity Ventures,<\/a> attacks now occur globally every 11 seconds on average with ransomware and companies are paying \u2013 average payouts have exceeded $1.85M.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>A key finding of a February 2022 Veeam Data Protection survey reported that 9 out of 10 (90%) respondents could not recover applications or restore data quickly to meet specified service-level agreements (SLAs).<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As recent data breaches have demonstrated, even companies that aren\u2019t directly attacked can be impacted. And that means no organization can ignore the rise of ransomware. Based on these findings, 89% of organizations could not recover applications or data as quickly as they wanted, nor recover all the data they wanted.<\/p>\n<p>Any organization with outdated security plans that don\u2019t address the overall general shift toward cloud-based services to support flexible work environments are susceptible. While ransomware attacks can take many forms, a common type involves encrypting user data with the threat that the data will be released (decrypted) or deleted if a ransom is not paid. Additionally, attackers continuously innovate their approach, which makes the prevention of ransomware an on-going challenge.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 22px; line-height: 175%;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%A7%B1_The_rise_of_object_storage_in_the_data_center\"><\/span>&#x1f9f1; The rise of object storage in the data center<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The distribution of information workers coupled with the reliance on software-as-a-service means remote workers access the same data across different regions and domains. While workers access data between home and office, the need for greater control over data has increased, as attackers continuously innovate their approach.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, object storage has become widely-deployed in security-sensitive domains, such as financial services, health care (hospitals and biosciences), government agencies and more. The immutable architecture of object storage \u2013 meaning data cannot be updated in place unlike with a file system \u2013 protects data from threats that attempt to change data, which is ideal for managing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Unstructured Data<\/strong> \u2013 Given the rapid growth of unstructured data content, object storage has become a common cornerstone of modern enterprise IT environments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Backups and Disaster Recovery<\/strong> \u2013 Disk and tape have been the most popular media types for backups. But object storage is quickly becoming the preferred option, especially to organizations with large remote workforces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The prevention of ransomware has became an on-going challenge which is why object storage has become a viable solution around security and agility requirements, primarily due to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Object Locking<\/strong> \u2013 The built-in immutability feature which prevents data from being deleted or overwritten (for a fixed amount of time or indefinitely) to ensure that your data or backups are not modified by hackers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-tenancy<\/strong> \u2013 To service distinct users (or \u201ctenants\u201d), multi-tenant environments pack more customers on shared storage arrays, allowing IT directors to maintain access control and restrictions to virtualized applications or containers for AI\/ML.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Authentication<\/strong> \u2013 Strong authentication control-access and object-level encryption makes user data useless to criminals, while allowing it to be accessed by anyone, from any location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, the ability of object storage to group resources from different SAN\/NAS appliances together, gives IT decision makers the flexibility to modify corporate policies while maintaining compliance.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 22px; line-height: 175%;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%F0%9F%94%90_How_does_object_locking_in_object_storage_feature_protect_against_ransomware\"><\/span>&#x1f510; How does object locking in object storage feature protect against ransomware?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the benefits of Ceph-based object storage systems used with platforms like OSNexus QuantaStor is that each tenant has their own namespace for all of their S3 \u201cbuckets\u201d. This makes it easy to keep the storage for different customers and departments completely separate.<\/p>\n<p>In a typical ransomware hack, attackers take over and encrypt an organization\u2019s data, then charge a ransom to decrypt the data. To protect their data, IT leaders need to make sure that hackers are unable to change their data.<\/p>\n<p>In object storage, object locking is a built-in immutability feature which prevents data from being changed or deleted. An important feature to enable for backups, object locking is configurable on a per \u201cbucket\u201d basis. Backup products, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/5-benefits-osnexus-veeam-backup-targets\/\">Veeam Backup &amp; Replication<\/a>, leverage the object locking to ensure that your backups are not modified by hackers.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_does_multi-tenancy_work_with_object_storage\"><\/span>How does multi-tenancy work with object storage?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Object storage systems generally provide Amazon S3-compatible object storage so that applications written to use the S3-protocol can work using the exact same APIs using dedicated S3-compatible storage that\u2019s more cost-effective and performant.<\/p>\n<p>One of the benefits of Ceph-based object storage systems used with platforms like OSNexus QuantaStor is that each tenant has their own namespace for all of their S3 \u201cbuckets\u201d. This makes it easy to keep the storage for different customers and departments completely separate.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fTnedRwuzQU\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Design_a_Multi-tenant_Object_Storage_Solution\"><\/span>How to Design a Multi-tenant Object Storage Solution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Secure multi-tenant environments that prevent ransomware or data loss must be processed and stored on the right hardware. To accelerate the adoption of multi-tenant environments, we&#8217;ve partnered with <strong>OSNexus<\/strong> and <strong>Western Digital<\/strong> to provide data center users with a diverse range of data protection and security breach protection requirements an integrated hardware and software solution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/products\/osnexus\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pogo Linux StorageDirector appliances<\/a> have deep hardware integration with Western Digital high-performance, low-latency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/why-leverage-nvme-ssds-on-premise-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning\/\">NVMe flash storage<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/nvme-over-fabrics-explained\/\">NVMe-over-Fabric networking<\/a>, and the powerful file-, block- and object storage backup capabilities in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/why-ceph-storage-cluster-data-center-cloud-edge-computing\/\">OSNexus software-defined storage platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about how Pogo Linux storage solutions enable secure multitenant environments that prevent ransomware attacks or a data loss event, give us a call at <strong>(888) 828-7646<\/strong>, email us at <a href=\"mailto:sales@www.pogolinux.com\">sales@www.pogolinux.com<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/book-meeting\/\">book a time calendar<\/a> to speak. We&#8217;ve helped organizations of all sizes deploy scalable, high-performance object storage solutions for just about every IT budget!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5603 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/blog-article-footer_osnexus-quantastor-object-storage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"725\" height=\"200\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The adoption of remote and hybrid work throughout the pandemic accelerated the digital transformation that IT organizations had already been undergoing by months, even years. As organizations shift between public and private clouds, the rise in data breaches and ransomware has prioritized the need for data protection and security. 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