Learn how Pittsburg State University added Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage to their tech stack to protect against ransomware and natural disasters with off-site, immutable object storage. Tim Pearson, Director of Infrastructure and Security, set up Backblaze B2 in less than a day, securing more than 50 years of data.
Pittsburg State University deploys a private cloud with two nodes on-premises and a third across the state for geographic separation. The system affordably protects them against the tornado threat in Kansas, but the techniques that work for disaster recovery don’t necessarily work for data integrity. They wanted to add another layer of protection against ransomware and other threats with air-gapped backups. The university added Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage to their already robust system using Object Lock to create a virtual air gap. They send nightly backups to Backblaze B2, protected by Object Lock so that no one can modify, delete, or encrypt the data-not even system administrators-giving them peace of mind at a time when educational institutions are frequent ransomware targets. Backblaze B2 effectively and affordably fit into the university’s private cloud infrastructure, enabling them to stay agile in the competitive higher education market. They achieved 4x protection by adding off-site backups. Their budget isn’t tied up with a diversified cloud provider, so they can respond to changing demands flexibly. And, with both disaster recovery and data integrity taken care of, they can focus on the next project-expanding their compute footprint.
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23 апр 2024
