During the last IT Press Tour #57, I’ve got the opportunity to learn more about an interesting swiss company: Cleondris presented by Christian Plattner (CEO and founder).

They have a single product (Cleondris ONE) designed to bring Cyber Resilience for one storage product (NetApp ONTAP). So a very specific solution.

Cleondris ONE gives you complete control and flexibility over your NetApp ONTAP data on-premises and in the cloud. Benefit from AI-powered threat detection, advanced ransomware protection, and robust data security. With Cleondris ONE, your data is secure and resilient, enabling your organization to quickly respond to, mitigate, and recover from cyber threats.

Developed in Switzerland, Cleondris software solution (100% developed in Switzerland) is specifically tailored to NetApp systems and ensure maximum efficiency, security, and reliability.

It’s curious and rare found a so specific and vertical solution, but be totally focused only on NetApp storage, give the ability to provide rich and deep functions and features. Also they have a deep connection with NetApp engineers and new product features are comunicated to Cleondris six months earlier.

Cleondris ONE represents a new standard in data protection, offering seamless integration with NetApp and unrivaled recovery capabilities. By enhancing NetApp’s AI-powered threat detection, Cleondris ONE delivers advanced cyber resilience and comprehensive data security, ensuring the protection, accessibility, and management of your data. 

Data path remain as is, but a new control panel is added:

Seamless NetApp Integration

• Full ONTAP Compatibility: Works with all versions of NetApp ONTAP (9.10+), supporting both on-premises and cloud environments like Amazon FSx and Cloud Volumes ONTAP (CVO).
• VMware Integration: Seamlessly integrates with VMware vSphere and vCloud Director, enhancing storage and virtualization management.

Backup and Recovery

• Granular Cyber Restore: Combines intelligent forensic analysis, data restoration, and compliance for precise file recovery after a breach. Administrators can quickly identify which files were affected by an attack from single or multiple users based on audit trails and restore only those files. All of this is done while maintaining a detailed audit trail for compliance.
• Precision Data Restore: Enables granular file-level recovery, allowing administrators to fix only the affected parts, leaving the rest of your data untouched, minimizing downtime.
• Snapshot-Based Backups: Leverages NetApp ONTAP’s snapshot technology for fast, reliable backups without interrupting operations.
• VM Recovery: Supports virtual machine recovery for rapidly restoring VMware environments.

Advanced Threat Detection and Cyber Resilience

• AI-Powered Ransomware Detection: Enhances NetApp’s built-in AI capabilities to detect ransomware and other threats before they cause damage proactively.
• Behavior-Based Threat Detection: Monitors data usage patterns to identify insider threats and zero-day attacks that bypass traditional defenses.
• Live View & Pattern Pool Technology: Provides real-time insights into data activity for faster detection and response.

Security and Compliance

• Immutable Backup Protection: Creates tamper-proof backups that cannot be altered or deleted, even by administrators, ensuring secure recovery points. ONTAP SnapLock and Cyber Vault are fully supported.
• Insider Threat Detection: Monitors and identifies abnormal behavior, providing early warnings for potential internal threats.
• SIEM Integration: Connects with Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems for centralized monitoring and threat detection.
• Blockchain-Based Audit Trails: Utilizes blockchain technology to create secure, tamper-proof logs of all file access and changes, ensuring compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, and other regulations.
• Access Control and Encryption: Provides strong access controls and data encryption to protect sensitive information.

Data Management and Scalability

• File Indexing and Search: Automatically indexes all backed-up data, allowing fast searches and quick file retrieval.
• Multi-Tenancy: Supports multiple tenants, making it ideal for managed service providers (MSPs) or large enterprises with multiple departments.
• Cloud Backup Integration: Seamlessly integrates with cloud-based storage solutions, offering both on-premises and cloud backup options.
• Scale-Out Architecture: Easily scales from small deployments to enterprise-grade infrastructure, supporting the growth of your data storage needs.

User Experience and Operational Efficiency

• Quick Deployment: Cleondris ONE installs in less than an hour with minimal dependencies, allowing for rapid implementation. Usually is installed from a OVA file in few minutes.
• User-Friendly Interface: Features an intuitive dashboard that provides a clear view of all data protection activities and system health, making it easy to manage.
• Policy-Based Management: Provides automated backup and security policies, reducing the need for manual intervention and ensuring compliance.
• Multi-Location Management: Enables centralized management of multiple sites, both on-premises and in the cloud, through a single interface.

Performance and Reliability

• High-Performance Backup and Recovery: Optimized for large data environments, ensuring fast, efficient backup and recovery even at enterprise scale.
• Real-Time Monitoring: Continuously monitors backup and security processes to ensure data protection is always up-to-date.
• Minimal System Impact: Designed to run in the background with minimal disruption to your NetApp systems.

Additional Features for Extended Enterprise Needs

• 4-Eye Privacy Control: Implements a four-eye principle for sensitive data access, ensuring that no single administrator has complete control over critical data.
• Emergency Snapshots: Allows for creating instant snapshots during a crisis, ensuring that data can be quickly restored even during an attack.
• Backup Verification: Automatically verifies the integrity of all backups, ensuring that they are complete and ready for recovery.