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IBM adds AI-enhanced data resilience capabilities to help combat ransomware and other threats with enhanced storage solutions
February 2024 by Marc Jacob
Cyberattacks are an existential risk, with 89% of organizations ranking ransomware as one of the top five threats to their viability, according to a November 2023 report from TechTarget’s Enterprise Strategy Group, a leading analyst firm.[1] And this is just one of many risks to corporate data – insider threats, data exfiltration, hardware failures, and natural disasters also pose significant danger. Moreover, as the just-released 2024 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Index
states, as the generative AI market becomes more established, it could trigger the maturity of AI
as an attack surface, mobilizing even further investment in new tools from cybercriminals. The report notes that enterprises should also recognize that their existing underlying infrastructure is a gateway to their AI models that doesn’t require novel tactics from attackers to target.
To help clients counter these threats with earlier and more accurate detection, we’re announcing new AI-enhanced versions of the IBM FlashCore Module
technology available inside new IBM Storage FlashSystem products and a new version of IBM Storage Defender software to help organizations improve their ability to detect and respond to ransomware and other cyberattacks that threaten their data.
The newly available fourth generation of FlashCore Module (FCM) technology enables artificial intelligence capabilities within the IBM Storage FlashSystem family. FCM works with Storage Defender to provide end-to-end data resilience across primary and secondary workloads with AI-powered sensors designed for earlier notification of cyber threats to help enterprises recover faster.
