What does Spectra Logic mean when the company says that a storage solution is “Attack Hardened”?

The process of hardening a material or substance is hardly new. The “fire-hardened” spear is one of the most iconic weapons of the Paleolithic era and dates back over 450,000 years.

Attack-hardened storage could be viewed in a similar light, in part based on Spectra’s ability to prevail against a May 2020 “Netwalker” ransomware attack against our internal IT systems. There are many different elements offered to protect storage. Spectra brings those elements together to offer a more solid solution capable of avoiding “give” when under attack. Some of the elements we work with in this approach are already known, some are enhanced, and some are new. By forging these features and approaches together, Spectra is able to offer storage that is made stronger, more efficient and better able to withstand the heat of attack from external threat actors, internal actors and even natural or manmade disasters.

Spectra is enriching its entire data management and data storage portfolio with Attack-Hardened features to help customers mitigate cyberthreats, whether they come inside or outside.