Government agencies face increasing challenges in protecting their most valuable asset: data. Many agencies still depend on legacy data protection methods that were not designed for modern hybrid-cloud infrastructures. This reliance on outdated technology creates complexity, security vulnerabilities, and a greater risk of data loss and downtime — especially with ransomware attacks becoming more frequent and specifically targeting an organization's backups.

This whitepaper by Hitachi Vantara Federal presents a compelling case for transitioning to a modern data protection and cyber resiliency approach in federal and government agencies. It will help you understand how yesterday's solutions fall short and why a multilayered strategy is essential to protect against today's threats and ensure recoverability. You will learn:

• The key components of a modern data protection strategy, including disaster recovery, ransomware protection, and data governance.
• How a modern data protection solution can provide simplified management, faster backup and recovery, and cost reduction.
• How Hitachi Vantara solutions, such as the Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) One and Hitachi Content Platform (HCP), provide an immutable and reliable infrastructure to address modern data protection needs.
• The world's fastest automated ransomware recovery offered by Hitachi Vantara, which can restore over 1,500 VMs and 100 TB of data in 70 minutes.
• How continuous, real-time data protection at the edge can be achieved with RPO measured in minutes or seconds, a significant improvement over traditional methods.