Commvault unveiled groundbreaking innovations that transform how organizations achieve clean, complete, and automated recoveries, featured in the Commvault Cloud Unity platform release.
According to a Sophos report,[1] 94% of ransomware attacks attempt to compromise the backup storage, leaving organizations vulnerable in their quest to achieve clean, safe, and complete data restorations. Commvault is addressing this challenge from end-to-end.
Advancing Clean Recoveries
After an attack or outage, the need to recover clean data sets is paramount. Otherwise, companies risk re-injecting compromised data and malware into their environments.
With Threat Scan Advanced, customers can now utilize AI to identify, analyze, and quarantine suspicious files, detect newly encrypted files, and search for new or specific Indicators of Compromise (IoCs). For example, this capability could be used to detect malicious encryption of files over time – potentially indicating ransomware at play.
Advancing Complete Recoveries
In the aftermath of cyberattacks, teams often face a dilemma: recover their last known clean backup that may be weeks old – and risk losing significant amounts of “good” data, or utilize the most recent backup – and risk restoring compromised data. Neither option is optimal.
With Commvault’s exclusive Synthetic Recovery offering, that dilemma comes to an end. This transformative capability uses a unique AI-enabled process to automatically detect threats and surgically remove them during recovery while keeping the “good” data intact. Customers can then make the most complete recovery possible with minimal data loss.
Advancing Cleanroom Recovery Automation
Enterprises can accelerate recoveries even faster via new runbook automation capabilities built into Commvault’s unique Cleanroom Recovery offering. With runbook automation, teams can automate the Cleanroom build-out process with specific configurations and settings needed to test and validate their recoveries.
The Power of Combining Commvault Cloud Recovery Innovations
Each innovation referenced above builds on the other: Threat Scan Advanced identifies risks in protected data. Synthetic Recovery helps assemble clean data for recovery, with minimal data loss. Cleanroom Recovery provides a secure space to automate testing and data validation before returning recovered data to production. This shows a complete end-to-end modern recovery workflow in action.
“With these new innovations, Commvault is directly addressing an enterprise need for fast, clean, and confident recovery at scale,” said Archana Venkatraman, Senior Research Director, IDC. “These capabilities elevate the industry conversation by moving beyond backup hygiene to intelligent, automated restoration. It’s a tangible example of how AI and data validation can work hand-in-hand to accelerate safe business continuity.”
“It’s a business-critical necessity to not only conduct clean recoveries, but keep data loss to an absolute minimum,” said Pranay Ahlawat, Chief Technology and AI Officer at Commvault. “We’re enabling that in a way that’s never been possible and while automating recovery validation so that every customer can recover with confidence.”
Availability
Commvault’s patent-pending Synthetic Recovery, Threat Scan Advanced, and enhanced Cleanroom Recovery solutions are currently available in early access and targeted for general availability in early 2026.
Learn More at SHIFT Virtual 2025
This announcement complements other significant announcements at SHIFT 2025, including the company’s Commvault Cloud Unity platform release and other distinctive innovations that are changing the game in cloud native data protection, and identity resilience.
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1 Adam, S. (2024, March 26) The impact of compromised backups on ransomware outcomes. Sophos. https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2024/03/26/the-impact-of-compromised-backups-on-ransomware-outcomes/
