Why Cloudlake Rapid Recovery Vault (RRV)?

Cloudlake Rapid Recovery Vault powered by Scality ensures data can be secured at the all-important hardware appliance level, not just the application level. Most so-called “immutable” solutions are useless if a threat actor gains access to admin credentials. True immutability provides a critical last line of defence against ransomware attacks and data loss by preventing any alteration or deletion of data. Hence the requirement for on-premise, immutable repositories to provide improved RTO for critical data.

In the event of a ransomware attack, the first course of action is to disconnect from the outside world whilst implementing your recovery strategy. This typically results in a lack of external connections for 5-10 days, often increasing RTOs for critical data beyond an unacceptable level. If your only truly immutable backup is sitting within a cloud repository, this can result in even longer recovery times.

With backup repositories targeted in 93% of ransomware attacks, organisations are seeking reliable ways to mitigate risk, avoid paying extortionate ransoms, and maintain uninterrupted business operations amidst inevitable assaults on their data. An essential way to do this is to protect their backups with immutability the second they are written.

What is True Immutability?

Immutability is great in theory. Unfortunately, in practice most “immutable” backup solutions fall short of delivering on the promise of truly ransomware-proof protection.

The reasons for these failures are varied: some systems make data immutable with scheduled, periodic snapshots that leave open windows of vulnerability. Other solutions fail because they implement immutability only at the API level, but not in the underlying architecture.

Simply put, they’re attempting to build an immutable backup system at the software level, but implementing it on top of a core architecture that isn’t itself intrinsically immutable. This creates multiple viable avenues for a skilled attacker to bypass the system’s defences using common tactics like privilege escalation and time-shift attacks.

Why Cloudlake RRV?

Cloudlake’s Rapid Recovery Vault offers the optimal balance of security, performance, and ease of use.

  • API-level resilience
  • Data-level resilience
  • Storage-level resilience
  • Geographic-level resilience
  • Architecture-level resilience
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Designed to provide the strongest form of immutability

Cloudlake RRV is the only solution that safeguards data at five core levels for unbreakable protection against evolving cyberthreats.

API-level resilience is achieved by mimicking application commands, ransomware attackers attempt to encrypt, modify, or delete stored backups. Cloudlake’s RRV stops these attacks in their tracks with support for S3 Object Locking APIs, ensuring backups are immutable the instant they’re created. While application-level immutability provides powerful defence against ransomware, it can’t prevent data exfiltration attacks or other malicious access on the network or by unauthorised admins. Cloudlake RRV thwarts would-be attackers with advanced data-at-rest encryption, user authentication, secure connections and more.

If attackers can’t defeat higher-level defences, they may attempt to penetrate the system below the API layer in order to modify data on the physical disk drives themselves. The success of these low-level attacks is virtually impossible thanks to distributed erasure coding technology that renders data indecipherable.

Data stored within a single location is particularly vulnerable to cyberattacks. Even air-gapped systems can be breached by attackers with unauthorised physical access, or destroyed by fires, flooding, or other natural disasters. To eliminate the risks of single-site backup storage, Cloudlake RRV employs replication for mirroring of data across data centres and enables easy multi-site deployment for application-managed replication.


One Monthly Payment

One simple invoice per month with two items on it: the licences you have and the storage you’ve used – THAT’S IT.

We separate our Cloudlake billing in this way so you can clearly see where the costs are based and to help inform future business decisions. Essentially we charge you for what you need and use – NOTHING ELSE.

No contract lock-ins or minimum terms with Cloudlake. Monthly payments on invoice, in the currency of your choice. It couldn’t be simpler.

Cloudlake Storage is only £5.99 per TB per month and Veeam licensing costs less than any other route of purchase.

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Cloudlake Backup & Storage

"We needed a reliable cloud backup and storage solution that didn’t take too much time to manage and Cloudlake seemed like the right fit. It's straightforward, secure, and sensibly priced. It’s helped us get on top of our data protection goals and tick off a few compliance boxes too. It’s been easier to work with Autodata than some of the bigger names."

Gavin Bidgood Infrastructure and Security Manager, Hotel Chocolat

Cloudlake M365 Backup & Storage

"We needed S3 object storage offsite to bolster our backup environment, initially for M365 then for our server infrastructure as well. Autodata’s Cloudlake solution has allowed us to leverage immutable cloud repositories giving us reassurance that our data will be safe. It’s easy to setup, easy to manage, and backs up with no problems whatsoever."

Neil Fleetwood IT Helpdesk Support Manager, Kimal

Managed Backups

"We were already an existing Veeam user, however we were overprovisioned and looking to increase our protection against ransomware by introducing immutability. Autodata took our requirements and provided an easier to manage, more affordable service backed by prompt support. The service has improved our level of confidence in our backups whilst reducing costs."

Luke Cox IT Support Engineer, HQW Aerospace

Cloudlake Backup & Storage

"Cloudlake is really easy to use and is cost effective against other types of backup and cloud storage solutions yet offers advanced functionality. Using Cloudlake has given us extra layers of security and helps us to assure stakeholders that we have the right technology in place for data protection and restoration. The solution just works!"

Ian Robertson Director of ICT, The Regenda Group

Cloudlake M365 Backup

"When it came to implementing an offsite immutable storage repository to protect our entire M365 environment and provide ransomware protection, Autodata's unique offering represented a significant cost saving. They were able to offer us a fully managed Veeam M365 backup solution with immutable storage for only a marginal increase in what we had been paying for Veeam licences alone."

Stephen Clark Solutions Architect, Greencore

Cyber Security

"We wanted a cloud storage service that worked well with Veeam and provided immutability to enable us to lockdown our data and recover backups in the event of a ransomware attack. Autodata's Cloudlake Storage solution powered by Wasabi provides cloud storage at an affordable price with added cyber security protection - which is precisely what we were looking for."

Alan Pereira CIO, Gibraltar Financial Services Commission

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