Active Directory serves as the backbone of enterprise IT, overseeing authentication for over 610 million users globally. Its importance cannot be overstated; if compromised, business operations can grind to a halt. Notably, Active Directory is a primary target in up to 90% of cyberattacks, making robust recovery options critical. Traditional recovery methods are labor-intensive and fraught with complexity, often requiring days or even weeks to restore full functionality.
Commvault’s new Cloud Backup & Recovery for Active Directory Enterprise Edition changes the game by automating and streamlining the recovery process. This solution allows organisations to execute rapid forest recovery, encompassing users, groups, permissions, and domain controllers, thereby eliminating the manual, error-prone procedures that have traditionally hindered recovery efforts.
Key features of this offering include:
- Automated Runbooks: These streamline the intricate multi-step recovery process, making it easier to transfer key roles from failed domain controllers to operational ones. Runbooks can also be employed for routine testing, enhancing overall cyber readiness.
- Visual Topology Views: This functionality enables organisations to quickly identify which domain controllers need prioritisation during recovery, facilitating faster restoration of services.
- Accelerated Recovery Times: Where manual recovery might take weeks, Commvault’s solution drastically reduces this timeframe, ensuring that Active Directory services can be restored rapidly.
Pranay Ahlawat, Commvault’s chief technology and AI officer, says, “Recovering Active Directory is foundational... traditional methods are too complex and prone to error. With automated forest recovery, we’re giving customers game-changing capabilities.”
Krista Case of Futurum Group says folding Active Directory recovery into the same platform that also protects a wide range of other workloads, "addresses several critical requirements we hear from practitioners, including the need to streamline security operations and to accelerate recoveries.”