HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 is designed to reshape how you protect data at the storage layer, which is often the last line of defense during a ransomware attack.

Key capabilities include:

• On-array, built-in ransomware detection
  Detection is integrated directly into the storage operating system. It uses anomaly detection to identify suspicious, encrypted I/O in real time and generates alerts as soon as potential ransomware behavior is seen. This helps you spot both traditional and newer ransomware variants that signature-based tools may miss.
• Immutable snapshots and virtual lock protection
  The system automatically preserves snapshots as immutable (tamper-proof) recovery points. Virtual Lock Protection Schedules help prevent attackers from deleting volumes or snapshots, or disabling snapshot capabilities on compromised systems.
• Automated security posture maintenance
  A background service continuously monitors the array against a predefined configuration file to maintain your security posture and ensure ransomware protections stay aligned with policy.
• Integration with your security stack
  B10000 detection integrates with SIEM and XDR platforms so your security team can correlate storage-level events with broader security telemetry.
• Expert validation at scale
  The HPE Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has tested B10000 defenses against more than 100 top ransomware strains, with ongoing validation as new threats emerge.

These capabilities work together to help you detect ransomware early, preserve clean recovery points, and recover quickly with minimal data loss and downtime.

HPE aligns its cyber resilience approach with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), covering the full lifecycle from governance through recovery. With HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 at the core, you get:

• Govern – HPE Advisory and Professional Services help you define ransomware protection policies, implement controls, and monitor results so you maintain continuous governance over ransomware risk.
• Identify – Security hardening guides and Data Services Cloud Console insights help storage teams identify risks to data and workloads. HPE also provides a DISA-approved STIG for the B10000 OS and secure supply chain practices for servers to reduce risk from development through delivery.
• Protect – The B10000 uses virtual lock immutable snapshots, dual authorization, and role-based access control (RBAC) to secure data and infrastructure. Data Services Cloud Console offers snapshot protection recommendations to strengthen your recovery posture.
• Detect – Continuous monitoring looks for ransomware-like patterns such as rapid file changes or encryption attempts. Over time, the detection models refine themselves, improving speed and accuracy.
• Respond – When suspicious encryption is detected, the system automatically:
  • Alerts administrators with details on the time and affected volume
  • Creates a short-lived, immutable snapshot at the point of detection to support rapid recovery
• Recover – Recovery is driven by tamper-proof immutable snapshots. The system helps you identify the last known good snapshot before the anomaly, reducing data loss and recovery time. Application-consistent recovery is simplified through integration with HPE StoreOnce and disaster recovery topologies such as HPE Active Peer Persistence and HPE Cyber Resilience Vault for air-gapped protection.

This end-to-end workflow combines anomalous encryption detection, automated response, and guided recovery to help you manage ransomware risk in a structured, framework-aligned way.

HPE complements the B10000 platform with guarantees and additional layers of protection to help you manage ransomware risk more confidently.

1. Cyber resiliency guarantee

• HPE guarantees access to an HPE Services expert within 30 minutes of reporting an outage caused by a ransomware incident.
• HPE also guarantees that all immutable snapshots created on the B10000 remain accessible for their specified retention period.

2. Dual-layer protection with HPE Zerto Software

• Continuous data protection with near-synchronous replication at the hypervisor layer, enabling near-instant recovery points.
• An encryption analyzer that uses a signatureless approach and entropy analysis to detect unusual encryption patterns that may indicate ransomware.
• A journal that continuously logs VM changes so you can roll back to a point just before the attack, helping minimize data loss and downtime.
• Combined detection from both B10000 (storage layer) and HPE Zerto (hypervisor layer) for added redundancy and improved VM uptime.

3. Integrated, multilayer cyber resilience stack

• HPE extends protection beyond storage to servers and networking with solutions such as HPE ProLiant servers, HPE Aruba Networking and HPE Juniper Networking.
• Together with HPE Alletra Storage MP B10000 and HPE Zerto Software, these components form an integrated security stack that helps you reimagine cyber resilience across compute, network, and storage.

By combining guarantees, multilayer detection, and integrated recovery options, HPE aims to reduce business downtime costs and increase the likelihood of a full, timely recovery from ransomware incidents.