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October 15, 2026 — 2 min read
Introducing New Acronis CEO: Prakash Panjwani
October 15, 2026 — 2 min read
Introducing New Acronis CEO: Prakash Panjwani
We are pleased to announce the appointment of our new Chief Executive Officer, Prakash Panjwani. A veteran cybersecurity CEO, Panjwani previously served as CEO of WatchGuard Technologies and SafeNet.
July 16, 2020 — 3 min read
The new rhythm for Acronis Cyber Cloud releases
July 16, 2020 — 3 min read
The new rhythm for Acronis Cyber Cloud releases
Acronis has moved away from big, version-based launches of the Acronis Cyber Cloud platform, and switched to a new cadence of monthly updates to the MSP services platform. Since the 9.0 release, when Acronis Cyber Platform was introduced, there have already been two product updates —July’s release is the third. These rapid improvements brought a number of highly demanded cyber protection features to help you successfully adjust your clients to working remotely without sacrificing their protection. Going forward, we’ll have smaller but more frequent releases. This approach will simplify and speed up the adoption of new capabilities — each release will have fewer changes, making it easier to learn and implement. The shortened planning and development cycle will enable us to quickly address changes in the current work environment, so we can deliver the most demanded features and innovations in Acronis products every month.
June 26, 2020 — 4 min read
Backdoor wide open: critical vulnerabilities uncovered in GeoVision
June 26, 2020 — 4 min read
Backdoor wide open: critical vulnerabilities uncovered in GeoVision
Research by Kevin Reed, Acronis CISO; Alex Koshelev, Acronis Security Researcher; Ravikant Tiwari, Acronis Senior Security Researcher When a security manufacturer learns of critical vulnerabilities in their devices, there is an expectation they’ll act quickly to fix the problem. Yet August 2019 became the first of the many months when Acronis would patiently wait for an update (in vain, as it turns out) from one manufacturer in particular.
June 26, 2020 — 4 min read
5nine is Now Part of the Acronis Ecosystem
June 26, 2020 — 4 min read
5nine is Now Part of the Acronis Ecosystem
5nine Software, Inc. was acquired by Acronis in December 2019. All your favorite 5nine software products are still available and, other than having been rebranded, remain the same. If you’ve been using (or selling) 5nine Cloud Manager, 5nine Cloud Migration, or 5nine Cloud Security – for Hyper-V and for Azure – your software continues to be supported and your existing licenses are still valid. The only changes are that 5nine Cloud Manager Free is now found on the Acronis Cloud Manager free trial page, and instead of contacting 5nine Support when you need assistance you’ll contact Acronis Support. Unfortunately, if you had a 5nine login, you will need to create a new Acronis account, but the process is quick and easy.
June 23, 2020 — 2 min read
Acronis Cyber Platform earns VB100 certification
June 23, 2020 — 2 min read
Acronis Cyber Platform earns VB100 certification
Launched in Britain almost two decades ago, Virus Bulletin is a world leader in security software testing. They award the VB100 certification to security products recognized by Virus Bulletin as legitimate and properly functioning anti-malware solutions. Acronis just joined the latest round of Virus Bulletin’s annual VB100 certification testing and achieved a perfect score—a 100% detection rate with zero false positives.
June 15, 2020 — 3 min read
Cyber protection for essential infrastructure: Acronis Cyber Protect Beta available for on-premises installation
June 15, 2020 — 3 min read
Cyber protection for essential infrastructure: Acronis Cyber Protect Beta available for on-premises installation
Around the world, IT has grown in importance for many years – and with the COVID-19 outbreak, it instantly became mission-critical. Almost overnight, it’s become impossible to get essential work done without a reliable remote workplace infrastructure. Today, every person and business depends on IT and reliable IT requires cyber protection. Now Acronis delivers Acronis Cyber Protect, a unique set of innovations that balance all five vectors to provide modern protection in an easy, efficient, and secure way. Easy and efficient protection is made possible due to the deep integration of technologies for data protection, security, and authenticity, and hybrid cloud architecture designed for privacy.
June 11, 2020 — 5 min read
Ransomware leaking more data than many data breaches
June 11, 2020 — 5 min read
Ransomware leaking more data than many data breaches
In this report from the Acronis Cyber Protection Operation Center (CPOC), we assess a recent spike in ransomware attacks and take a deep dive into how cybercriminals have adapted their techniques and technologies to profit from stolen data whether their ransom is paid or not. Learn more about how modern ransomware attacks infiltrate networks and sell the data they collect to the highest bidder on a growing number of data leak sites.
June 10, 2020 — 3 min read
Acronis Cyber Protect earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 New Product Innovation Award for Data Protection
June 10, 2020 — 3 min read
Acronis Cyber Protect earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 New Product Innovation Award for Data Protection
While Acronis develops its solutions to meet the needs of our partners and customers, given our organization’s focus on innovation, it is nice to be recognized for our technological and industry advances too. That is why Acronis is honored that Acronis Cyber Protect recently earned Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 New Product Innovation Award for Data Protection in North America. Making that recognition even more satisfying is that our game-changing service provider solution scored a perfect 10 out of 10 on the benchmarking criteria of new product attributes and customer impact.
June 09, 2020 — 4 min read
The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Business and Technical Obstacles to Execution
June 09, 2020 — 4 min read
The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Business and Technical Obstacles to Execution
In our final deep dive into the 2020 MSP cybersecurity readiness survey results, we explore the business and technical obstacles that limit (and sometimes prevent) their success. Discover the most critical business and technical challenges facing MSPs today and how Acronis Cyber Platform and the Acronis partner program can help you to overcome them all.
June 05, 2020 — 3 min read
The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Exploring Current and Planned Backup and Recovery Capabilities
June 05, 2020 — 3 min read
The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Exploring Current and Planned Backup and Recovery Capabilities
We're unveiling recent survey results from the research firm Omdia to explore the backup and recovery capabilities that MSPs offer today and plan to offer in the next 12 months. Take a look at what MSPs like you have in place now, what's on the horizon, and what Acronis Cyber Platform can do to fill a wide array of your upcoming backup and recovery needs with a single management console and a single agent.
June 04, 2020 — 2 min read
Top Windows Vulnerabilities: May 2020 Update
June 04, 2020 — 2 min read
Top Windows Vulnerabilities: May 2020 Update
Every month, more than a thousand software vulnerabilities get reported or updated, and May 2020 was no different. While the numbers dropped slightly compared to March and April, VulnDB registered 1,225 new vulnerabilities in May, with most of these vulnerabilities affecting the widely used family of Microsoft Windows products.
June 02, 2020 — 7 min read
4 Steps to Manage Your MSP Business During A Crisis
June 02, 2020 — 7 min read
4 Steps to Manage Your MSP Business During A Crisis
In the managed service provider (MSP) channel, Forrester tells us that about 25% of service providers are running at break-even, even during great economic times. That means that now, more than ever, it’s critical to be managing cash well. But crisis cash management is different than day-to-day management when profits are high and cash flow is steady. The fundamentals of managing your business don’t change during a crisis regardless of what causes that crisis. Whether the cause is a natural disaster, ransomware attack, keyman illness, or a pandemic-induced recession like COVID-19, there are real, practical, and effective ways to respond to ensure the survival of your business in the short and long term.
May 28, 2020 — 3 min read
The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Exploring Current and Planned Security Capabilities
May 28, 2020 — 3 min read
The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Exploring Current and Planned Security Capabilities
We recently shared our excitement about a new research study we commissioned that looked at the trends in managed security and backup among MSPs. That blog provided an overview of the survey’s methodology and a few preliminary data points. In this blog, we will dive into the first main section of the survey which looked at security, and we will discuss how the findings relate to the benefits provided by Acronis Cyber Platform.