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For an organisation that embeds digital workflows into its core business processes, data protection is becoming more important than ever. Granules India faced this problem of data security.
In the past, the company manually backed up its on-premises production systems to tape using a separate Storage Manager for each of its production environments. This approach required hours of manual work to backup and restore data — increasing the company’s exposure to reputational and revenue risks in the event of a recovery scenario.
“We stored backups in the same physical location as our data production servers, which meant that both could be impacted if our data centers were inoperable or inaccessible,” said Reddy. “In addition, we only retained a single point-in-time copy of each system at any given time. If we were hit with a ransomware attack, there was a risk that our production systems and backups could both be encrypted or that we’d inadvertently backed up infected files — leaving us unable to restore our systems.”
To solve these challenges, Granules India looked for a new approach to data protection. The primary objectives were to store multiple versions of data in different locations, to enable write protection for backups and to reduce the time required to manage the end-to-end process.
“Veeam Backup and Replication stood out as the clear choice for Granules India data protection needs,” said Reddy. “The Veeam solution offered all the capabilities we were looking for, including the option to backup data to multiple on-premises and cloud locations and create incremental backups to help identify and quarantine infected files.” Following a successful proof of concept (POC), Granules India engaged its trusted technology partner Digital Track Solutions Private Limited to deploy and configure the Veeam solution.
“So far, we are protecting 40 virtual and physical servers with the Veeam solution, with a total data volume of 12TB — and those numbers will increase as we move into the second phase of the rollout,” said Reddy. “In the evening, we perform incremental backups of our laboratory systems, which we retain for seven days. As a result, we now have seven different versions of data at our disposal in a recovery scenario, which helps us to minimize the risk of ransomware attacks.”
While the Granules India IT team previously used multiple solutions for backing up its production environment, the company can now orchestrate the entire process in the Veeam solution — saving hours of manual work.
Sandeep Bhambure, Vice President, Veeam India & SAARC said, "The pharmaceutical industry is a prime target for cyberattacks due to the sensitive and confidential information it possesses, such as patient information, patents, and so on. According to a recent IBM report, the pharmaceuticals sector had the third highest average cost of a data breach among all industries last year. This has compelled pharmaceutical giants to strengthen their focus towards privacy and security by implementing appropriate data protection strategies."
He added, "We are pleased to partner with Granules India Limited and support them in their journey to embed digital workflows into their core business processes which has drawn more emphasis on the need and importance of data protection. Veeam’s Backup & Replication™ solutions are prepared to address the next generation of operational challenges head-on with a comprehensive set of enterprise-grade data protection capabilities – providing reduced operational overhead with flexibility that fits the business and market-leading reliability that Granules can count on.”