Independent AV-TEST Institute report validates Acronis
leadership in speed, protection, usability, and features.
Acronis, a global leader in hybrid cloud data protection and
storage today announced the latest report from AV-TEST, The
Independent IT-Security Institute, has validated Acronis
True Image as the most complete data protection solution,
specifically noting its capability to protect data against
ransomware with Acronis Active Protection™.
"Acronis is the only product capable of detecting and stopping
ransomware, delivering close-to-perfect results," the Data Protection and Backup Software
Test report stated.
AV-TEST conducted a series of tests comparing Acronis True Image
2017 New Generation Premium, Carbonite Personal PLUS, CrashPlan for
Home, and iDrive in four different categories: usability,
performance, functionality and threat protection.
The results of these tests were eye-opening, clearly setting
Acronis True Image apart from the competition:
- Threat Protection score: 90 percent: Acronis True Image is the only consumer backup solution with an active protection against ransomware. It stopped all five real-world ransomware attacks attempted during the tests.
- Performance score: 92 percent. Acronis outperformed the competition in all tested performance scenarios, including backup and restore time for full and incremental backups. On average Acronis True Image was twice as fast and in some cases 10 times faster than the competitors.
- Usability score: 78 percent. Acronis True Image achieved the highest score because of its clean interface and easy set up.
- Functionality score: 85 percent. Acronis shared the first place with iDrive, both having 33 out of possible 39 features required in this category. The report specifically noted the Try&Decide, System Cleanup and Mobile Device Backup features and the ability to choose one of nine countries in which to store data when the backup destination was the cloud.
"Acronis provided excellent performance, is easy to use and has
a rich feature set. On top of that it is the only solution in the
test to provide dedicated protection from ransomware attacks. This
earned Acronis the first ever APPROVED BACKUP & DATA SECURITY
certificate of AV-TEST," said David Walkiewicz, Director Test
Research.
Acronis Active Protection
Malware attacks and defenses against them are continually
evolving. When the use of backup was proven to be a reliable
defense against ransomware, cyber criminals began developing
ransomware variants that find and attack backup files, too. To
answer this new threat, Acronis enhanced its backup solutions with
innovative new anti-ransomware technology. Introduced in January
2017 in Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation consumer backup,
Acronis
Active Protection™ actively defends both user files and their
backups by identifying and blocking ransomware attacks in
real-time. Earlier this year, Acronis True Image 2017 New
Generation also received the
Gold Self-Protection Award after another independent test by
Anti-Malware Testing Lab recognized the software's capacity to
protect itself and user backups from ransomware.
Acronis Active Protection technology is currently being rolled
out across the full range of Acronis' data protection and storage
products, including Acronis
Backup Advanced and Acronis
Backup Cloud.
"Backup remains the most effective protection against data loss,
however backup alone is no longer enough. Ransomware criminals are
now targeting backups and the software that creates them. Acronis
predicted this and hired security experts to create a solution to
proactively protect our customers, releasing Acronis Active
Protection just in time to protect customers from this damaging
cyber pandemic," said John Zanni, CMO at Acronis.
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About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.