Prove You Can Recover from Ransomware: Know Your VCF Recovery Data Is Uncorrupted

The Challenge

Can you prove you can recover from ransomware before the next attack?

Modern enterprises are doubling down on hybrid cloud infrastructure and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) to standardize virtualization, automation, and workload mobility across their organizations. But ransomware actors are evolving too, targeting not just production data, but backup systems and metadata. Many organizations assume their backups are safe, only to discover too late that their recovery points are corrupted or encrypted.

Relying on untested backups is no longer enough.

The Solution

The Data Protection Trinity: IBM + Veeam + Elastio

IBM and Veeam deliver robust backup and replication for VCF-based workloads. But the missing piece has been proof—a way to validate that recovery points are free of ransomware and corruption before disaster strikes.

That's where Elastio comes in.

Elastio integrates seamlessly with Veeam and VCF environments to automatically:

• Scan backup data for ransomware indicators and encryption.
• Validate recoverability of workloads—proving backups are clean and bootable.
• Securely isolate and test restore points with zero impact to production.
• Provide detailed audit logs to support compliance and cyber insurance.

Together, IBM, Veeam, and Elastio enable proactive ransomware recovery assurance, ensuring that your last line of defense is resilient, clean, and provable.

Thorough data inspection is essential to detect and recover from ransomware attacks effectively. This process helps identify subtle indicators of pending or active attacks and determines whether data is safe before recovery.

Cyber Resilience with Elastio Overview

Here is a high-level architecture diagram:

How it Works

1. 01
   Backup to IBM FlashSystem or Object Storage using Veeam
   Fast, immutable, enterprise-grade backups for VCF workloads.
2. 02
   Integrate Elastio to Scan & Validate Recovery Points
   Ransomware and integrity validation on all backups, continuous or on-demand.
3. 03
   Isolated Restore Testing and Compliance Reporting
   Clean recoverability is proven and documented before disaster strikes.

Proven Together

IBM, Veeam, and Elastio are collaborating to simplify ransomware recovery assurance for VCF-based environments. This integrated approach reduces risk, improves resilience, and ensures that when ransomware strikes, you're not relying on hope—you're relying on proof.

Learn more: IBM Blog.