Empowering Innovation with Dell Cyber Resilience

TL;DR Summary

Dell Technologies continues its 20-year streak as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. With its robust Secure-Detect-Recover framework, Dell safeguards business data, delivers quicker recovery solutions, and empowers organizations to thrive in a cybersecurity-driven landscape.

We're proud to announce that Dell Technologies has been named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms-for the 20th time in a row! For two decades, Dell Technologies has stood at the forefront of innovation, empowering businesses to face cyber threats head-on.

Recognized as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant once again, our mission remains clear-to protect what matters most and help power human progress. It underscores two decades of trust our customers have placed in Dell to protect their data, and our continued optimism about being your trusted partner in the journey to cyber resiliency.

At Dell, we do more than safeguard data-we enable you to innovate with confidence in a dynamic digital world. From protecting AI workloadsto ensuring continuity after cyber threats, our solutions keep you moving forward. With AI playing a growing role, attackers are increasingly targeting AI repositories and models. Dell's holistic Secure-Detect-Recover framework meets these challenges head-on, protecting both traditional workloads and AI initiatives with unmatched resilience.

Secure: building robust defenses

The first step to resilience is building robust defenses. Dell protects data and infrastructure across every layer - from primary storage to long-term archives to isolated recovery vaults. For example, our Storage Direct Protectiontechnology allows Dell PowerStore and PowerMax storage systems to back up data directly to PowerProtect Data Domainsystems for rapid, efficient and secure protection.

This approach is further strengthened with essential capabilities designed to ensure your data stays protected at all times, including:

• End-to-end encryption ensures your data stays secure, whether in transit or at rest, so sensitive information remains protected at all times.
• Immutable storage safeguards critical backups by making them tamper-proof; once data is written, it cannot be altered or deleted. This prevents ransomware or insiders from compromising your backup copies and ensures clean data is always available for recovery.

Detect: staying ahead of evolving threats

Cyber adversaries continually evolve, so your defenses must stay a step ahead. The detect phase of our framework focuses on early identification of anomalies and threats that slip past preventative controls.

• Anomaly Detectionin PowerProtect Data Manager uses machine learning to monitor backup metadata for unusual patterns, identifying suspicious changes or behaviors in the backup environment and enabling early quarantine of compromised assets.
• Proactive threat hunting in PowerProtect Backup Servicescontinuously scans backup data for hidden malware or malicious activity. If something nefarious is found, the service can automatically perform infection scope analysis and isolate affected backup snapshots.
• Managed Detection and Response, powered by CrowdStrike, provides round-the-clock monitoring of your IT estate by Dell cybersecurity experts. This service extends its protective eyes to endpoints, networks, and critical storage and data protection systems. Our experts get high-fidelity alerts and respond immediately.

Recover: swift and confident restoration

Even with the best prevention and detection, cyber incidents may happen. What defines cyber resilience is the ability to recover quickly and confidently.

• PowerProtect Cyber Recoveryserves as the backbone of recovery readiness. It enables businesses to isolate their most critical data in secure cyber vaults engineered to withstand even the most sophisticated threats.
• Within these vaults, our solution uses AI-driven analytics (powered by our CyberSensetechnology) to automatically analyze and identify clean, uncorrupted copies of your data. This means that after an attack, you can swiftly find a verified "last good" version of your data and restore with speed and confidence.
• PowerProtect Data Manager enhances this capability with advanced disaster recovery orchestration. By simplifying complex recovery scenarios, it ensures streamlined management and reduces downtime. When integrated with PowerProtect Cyber Recovery, it powers automated recovery workflows, enabling businesses to recover swiftly and confidently, knowing their most critical data is secure and ready to restore.
• Dell's expertise in cyber recovery is unmatched - we have helped customers deploy over 2,600 isolated cyber vaults¹ worldwide. With trillions of cyberattacks encountered annually, the state of Oklahomarelies on PowerProtect Cyber Recovery to help ensure their critical day remains protected and secure. This is just one example of how our solutions transform resilience into reality.

Driving innovation, empowering progress

Being recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for the 20th time is not just about accolades - it's about validating the confidence our customers have in us to deliver, year after year. Whether it's defending AI initiatives from emerging threats, streamlining disaster recovery to minimize downtime, or empowering IT teams with real-time threat intelligence, Dell continues to deliver solutions that reimagine what's possible.

Take the next step in securing your data with confidence. Discover how Dell can make cyber resilience your reality today.

¹ Based on Dell Technologies analysis, February 2025 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platform,

Michael Hoeck, Jason Donham, Rene Rodriguez, Rizvan Hussain, Sankalp Rastogi, 24 June 2025

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