Cyber ​ ​ Backup protects the data of the Krasnogorsk Zverev Plant

2024: Implementation of Cyber Backup

On August 14, 2024, Cyberprotect announced that Cyber ​ ​ Backup protects the data of the Krasnogorsk plant named after S.A. Zverev.

As reported, the Krasnogorsk Zverev Plant (KMZ) is one of the enterprises Russia in the field of optical and optical-electronic, instrument making founded in 1927. The company is part of the holding "" and Schwabe Rostec State Corporation is engaged in the development, testing and serial production of devices and systems, medical equipment photographic equipment and other products.

Over the course of almost a century, KMZ has accumulated extensive competencies in solving various problems of national importance and the production of products. Thus, an aerial camera manufactured at the Krasnogorsk Plant named after S.A. Zverev, for the first time removed the far side of the moon. The company created the first high-precision astronomical installations for photographing artificial satellites and planets. To every amateur photographer in Russia and other countries know Zenit cameras, Helios and Zenit lenses. As of August 2024, there are more than 350 patented developments in the company's intellectual property portfolio.

In the past two years, most Russian enterprises have made adjustments to the existing production order. It became necessary to rebuild supply chains, change suppliers of materials and equipment, as well as significantly revise the approach to ensuring information security and used IT solutions.

The best results in the transition to import-independent solutions were shown by companies that had taken a course towards technological sovereignty in advance. KMZ specialists are actively introducing IT solutions from domestic manufacturers and developers. The plant is actively implementing a digital transformation strategy.

Krasnogorsk Zverev Plant has an extensive information infrastructure, which includes several thousand network devices, more than 150 virtual servers, there is an expanded virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and physical servers are used .

The advanced information infrastructure of a large enterprise required a high-quality solution for backup all critical and confidential ones. In data KMZ, it became necessary to implement, backup system which is able to ensure uninterrupted protection and prompt recovery. information The team had to introduce a proven domestic software product with wide functionality and a convenient control system. It was important that the IT solution was included in the Register of Domestic Software Ministry of Digital Development Russia and was certified by the FSTEC.

Software requirements:

• Unified backup management for both physical and virtual servers
• Tape support
• Data deduplication
• Ability to replicate data from online to long-term storage
• Optimal backup and recovery speeds
• ease of system management and possibility to expand functionality.

Looking at the options available on the market for backup systems, the specialists of the IT department of the Krasnogorsk Zverev Plant examined in detail the functionality and other important characteristics of the presented solutions. The software was supposed to provide an adequate replacement for foreign IBS, which, after leaving Russia, became unsafe or impossible to use.

Ultimately, the KMZ IT team preferred a comprehensive backup, recovery and data protection solution from Cyberprotect - Cyber ​ ​ Backup, which can be integrated into information systems of any complexity and implemented in companies that need to protect information, including critical.

The enterprise has chosen two editions of the flagship product "Cyberprotects," which provide both protection for physical servers and virtualization platforms. It was Cyber ​ ​ Backup that turned out to be the software solution that fully met the needs of the enterprise. IBS from Cyberprotect is included in the Register of Russian software, has all the necessary certificates. The selected backup system overlaps the functional requirements, including provides the ability to write directly to a tape library. In addition, Cyberprotect provides operational technical support.

The deployment of the updated backup and recovery system took place in several stages. The Cyberprotect specialists conducted technical training for the KMZ IT team on product capabilities so that the customer can fully get acquainted with all the capabilities of the system being implemented, be able to assess the potential of the software and its compliance with the stated requirements.

The KMZ IT team implemented the Recovery Boiler on its own. According to the company's specialists, the documentation and reviews of Cyberprotect software use practices, as well as the experience gained during test use, helped in the installation and configuration of Cyber ​ ​ Backup. No additional training was required for IT software staff.

The process of switching to Cyber Backup took a total of about 4 months. When working questions arose, the KMZ IT team sought advice from the Cyber ​ ​ Cyberprotect technical support service. Communications were established effectively, developer engineers helped to quickly understand narrow-profile issues.

For August 2024, Cyber ​ ​ Backup protects a large amount of important KMZ data. Employees of the enterprise evaluated the functionality and convenience of the recovery boiler, its customization capabilities and tools for creating protection plans and reports.

The updated system in practice has demonstrated its effectiveness in protecting data not only in the implementation of the test scenario, but also in "combat" conditions. The failure that occurred did not affect the activities of the enterprise in any way. Cyber ​ ​ Backup promptly restored everything information without delay in the workflow.

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= noted Alexander Krestinin, Information Technology Director of KMZ' Updated IBS allowed us to build a modern reliable and functional system Enterprise data protection with a single backup management center. Significant features for us are the full use of tape libraries, including direct writing and reading, as well as a convenient interface that allows you to manage all the capabilities and settings of the system.}}