NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the intelligent data infrastructure company, has announced new data security capabilities designed to help organizations improve their cyber resiliency. The company stated that these updates allow security teams to take a proactive approach to data protection at the storage layer.
According to NetApp, the latest security enhancements make its storage platform one of the most secure options available today. The announcement comes at a time when businesses are facing advanced cyber threats driven by the rapid growth of AI and the approaching era of quantum computing.
The company emphasized that malicious actors are now using AI to automate cyberattacks. In response, enterprises must adopt machine learning and other intelligent solutions for automated threat detection. NetApp warned that with quantum computing becoming more viable, businesses must prepare for future risks by securing data that could be exposed to quantum-powered decryption.
NetApp has long been recognized for its secure-by-design infrastructure. It claims to offer 99.9999% availability, giving customers uninterrupted access to their data. Building on this reputation, the company introduced several new capabilities to reinforce cyber resilience:
NetApp also announced expanded professional services to support security assessments and system hardening. These services aim to help customers fully utilize the built-in security features of their NetApp solutions.
Suhail Hasanain, Regional Senior Director for Middle East and Africa at NetApp, said that in today’s evolving threat environment, data security is a business priority. He noted that NetApp’s architecture includes ransomware defense, intelligent threat detection, and encryption ready for the quantum age.
Krista Case, Research Director at The Futurum Group, reported that around 80% of cybersecurity decision-makers had experienced a major security incident in the past year. She said that NetApp’s new cyber resiliency tools address such challenges by offering advanced features like granular access controls and quantum-safe encryption.
These updates are part of the company’s BlueXP platform, which includes data classification, backup, ransomware protection, disaster recovery, and integration with SIEM tools. The Autonomous Ransomware Protection (ARP/AI) feature, which uses AI to detect ransomware at the storage layer, will be expanded later this year to include block workloads.
NetApp will showcase these capabilities at RSA Conference 2025 from April 28 to May 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, at booth #259.
The company noted that all forward-looking statements are subject to change. It also added that no ransomware defense is entirely foolproof, but NetApp technologies provide an important additional layer of protection.
