Understanding Elastio and AWS GuardDuty Malware Scanning for AWS Backup
AWS recently introduced GuardDuty malware scanning for AWS Backup, bringing more attention to the need to inspect backup data as part of a modern cyber-resilience strategy. This session explains how the new capability works, how it compares to Elastio’s ransomware recovery assurance, and where the two approaches differ in scope, depth, and intended use.
- Date
- January 4, 2026
- Format
- On-demand webinar
- Speakers
- Eswar Nalamaru and Anshuman Biswas from Elastio
- Focus
- AWS Backup malware scanning versus broader recovery assurance
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How Elastio compares with AWS GuardDuty for AWS Backup
AWS recently introduced GuardDuty malware scanning for AWS Backup, highlighting the growing importance of inspecting backup data as part of a modern cyber-resilience strategy. In this session, the Elastio product team walks through how this new capability works, how it compares to Elastio’s ransomware recovery assurance, and where the two approaches differ in scope, depth, and intended use.
This session is designed for teams evaluating how malware scanning, integrity validation, and recovery assurance fit together inside a backup security strategy.
- What AWS’s new malware scanning for AWS Backup actually does.
- How signature-based malware detection compares to data integrity validation.
- Real-world scenarios where behavioral and encryption-based detection matters.
- How Elastio extends visibility, detection, and recovery assurance across AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments.
- An early look at Elastio’s new integration launching at AWS re:Invent.
Eswar Nalamaru
Customer Success
Elastio
Anshuman Biswas
Engineering
Elastio
Technical deep dive
See how malware scanning, integrity validation, and recovery assurance differ in practice.
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