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IBM Storage Defender

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by VAST Data

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Overview

What it is

IBM Storage Defender

Looking for Cyber Resilience software? IBM Storage Defender by IBM provides data protection and cyber recovery for recovery. Compare features and alternatives.

VAST Data Platform

Get the facts on VAST Data Platform: AES-256 encryption. Built for enterprise AI data infrastructure. Compare it with other Data Security options before you decide.

Product type

IBM Storage Defender

Storage security and cyber resilience

VAST Data Platform

All-Flash Universal Data Platform & Cyber-Resilient Storage Architecture

Best for

IBM Storage Defender

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Enterprise

VAST Data Platform

AI & Machine Learning, Life Sciences, Financial Services, Media, Telecom, Telecommunications

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Storage Defender

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VAST Data Platform

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Free trial

IBM Storage Defender

Free trial: no

VAST Data Platform

Free trial: no

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Storage Defender

Cloud

VAST Data Platform

CloudHybridOn-Premise

Deployment details

IBM Storage Defender

Software; Cloud; Software; Cloud

VAST Data Platform

Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud; Hardware Appliance; Hybrid Cloud Architecture

Data residency

IBM Storage Defender

Deployment and region dependent

VAST Data Platform

Customer Datacenter Hardware / Colocation Facility

Key features

What it offers

IBM Storage Defender

  • Data resilience platform combining threat detection, backup protection, recovery orchestration and storage security.
  • Data protection
  • Cyber recovery
  • Ransomware protection
  • Cyber resilience
  • Storage security
  • Ransomware resilience
  • Backup security

VAST Data Platform

  • Disaggregated Shared-Everything (DASE) architecture
  • All-flash NVMe performance
  • Indestructible immutable snapshots
  • Unified NFS/SMB/S3 protocol support
  • AES-256 encryption
  • Enterprise AI data infrastructure
  • Immutable ransomware recovery snapshots
  • Scale-out unstructured file and object storage

Platform & access

API access

IBM Storage Defender

API access: yes

VAST Data Platform

API access: yes

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Storage Defender

SSO: yes

VAST Data Platform

SSO: yes

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Storage Defender

RBAC: yes

VAST Data Platform

RBAC: yes

Multi-tenant

IBM Storage Defender

Multi-tenant: yes

VAST Data Platform

Multi-tenant: yes

Mobile app

IBM Storage Defender

Mobile app: no

VAST Data Platform

Mobile app: no

Supported platforms

IBM Storage Defender

Enterprise storage and workloads

VAST Data Platform

AI Compute ClustersEnterprise DatacentersGPU Superclusters

Compliance

IBM Storage Defender

Compliance capabilities depend on deployment

VAST Data Platform

FIPS 140-2Common CriteriaISO 27001SOC 2 Type IIHIPAAPCI-DSS

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Storage Defender

On-premiseshybridcloud

VAST Data Platform

NVIDIA DGXKubernetesApache SparkVMwareAWSMicrosoft Azure

Industries

IBM Storage Defender

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentEnterprise

VAST Data Platform

AI & Machine LearningLife SciencesFinancial ServicesMediaTelecomTelecommunications

Regions

IBM Storage Defender

Global

VAST Data Platform

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Storage Defender

IBM

VAST Data Platform

VAST Data

Headquarters

IBM Storage Defender

Armonk, New York, USA

VAST Data Platform

New York, New York, USA

Company size

IBM Storage Defender

250,000+

VAST Data Platform

1,000+

Founded

IBM Storage Defender

1911

VAST Data Platform

2016

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