GBHackers buyer's guide ranks 11 backup and recovery vendors for 2026 on ransomware resilience, including Rubrik, Veeam and Cohesity Veritas
GBHackers published a research-based buyer's guide to 11 backup and recovery vendors for 2026: Rubrik, Cohesity Veritas (counted as one vendor after the merger), Veeam, Backblaze, Acronis, MSP360, Commvault, Arcserve, Object First, Druva and Dell (PowerProtect). The guide argues that ransomware operators delete recovery points before encrypting production, so buying criteria should be security properties: immutability that stolen credentials cannot disable, isolation from the blast radius, and restores proven by timed tests. It describes no incident, vulnerability or threat activity and is product and industry commentary. The publication says the assessments are research-based rather than lab-tested and that no placements were paid for.
Detalhes técnicos
- Assessment criteria: immutability architecture (default, configurable or vaulted), ransomware detection and response integration, verified-restore capability and speed, workload coverage (VM, SaaS, cloud, physical) and pricing model.
- Immutability and isolation: Rubrik is immutable by default. Veeam uses hardened repositories, and Object First (Ootbi) is an immutable object storage appliance for Veeam. Backblaze B2 offers object lock. Druva is SaaS-isolated, and Dell offers an air-gapped Cyber Recovery vault with CyberSense analytics.
- Detection and verification: Rubrik, Cohesity Veritas and Commvault offer snapshot threat scanning or analytics. Veeam provides SureBackup restore verification. Commvault also offers cleanroom recovery.
- Segment fit: Acronis and MSP360 target SMB and MSP estates. Arcserve targets mixed legacy-to-cloud estates.
- The guide notes that native Microsoft 365 retention is not point-in-time backup and should be explicitly in scope.
Remediação
- Test immutability by trying to delete a recovery point with full administrative rights.
- Run a timed clean-room restore of one production-class workload and treat the hours-to-usable figure as ransomware exposure.
- Make the Cohesity-Veritas integration roadmap (console, repository lineage, migration paths) contractual at purchase or renewal.
- Run quarterly timed workload restores and twice-yearly full ransomware-day rehearsals that include clean-point identification.
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GBHackers buyer's guide ranks 11 backup and recovery vendors for 2026 on ransomware resilience, including Rubrik, Veeam and Cohesity Veritas
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GBHackers published a research-based buyer's guide to 11 backup and recovery vendors for 2026: Rubrik, Cohesity Veritas (counted as one vendor after the merger), Veeam, Backblaze, Acronis, MSP360, Commvault, Arcserve, Object First, Druva and Dell (PowerProtect). The guide argues that ransomware operators delete recovery points before encrypting production, so buying criteria should be security properties: immutability that stolen credentials cannot disable, isolation from the blast radius, and restores proven by timed tests. It describes no incident, vulnerability or threat activity and is product and industry commentary. The publication says the assessments are research-based rather than lab-tested and that no placements were paid for.
Technical Details
- Assessment criteria: immutability architecture (default, configurable or vaulted), ransomware detection and response integration, verified-restore capability and speed, workload coverage (VM, SaaS, cloud, physical) and pricing model.
- Immutability and isolation: Rubrik is immutable by default. Veeam uses hardened repositories, and Object First (Ootbi) is an immutable object storage appliance for Veeam. Backblaze B2 offers object lock. Druva is SaaS-isolated, and Dell offers an air-gapped Cyber Recovery vault with CyberSense analytics.
- Detection and verification: Rubrik, Cohesity Veritas and Commvault offer snapshot threat scanning or analytics. Veeam provides SureBackup restore verification. Commvault also offers cleanroom recovery.
- Segment fit: Acronis and MSP360 target SMB and MSP estates. Arcserve targets mixed legacy-to-cloud estates.
- The guide notes that native Microsoft 365 retention is not point-in-time backup and should be explicitly in scope.
Remediation
- Test immutability by trying to delete a recovery point with full administrative rights.
- Run a timed clean-room restore of one production-class workload and treat the hours-to-usable figure as ransomware exposure.
- Make the Cohesity-Veritas integration roadmap (console, repository lineage, migration paths) contractual at purchase or renewal.
- Run quarterly timed workload restores and twice-yearly full ransomware-day rehearsals that include clean-point identification.