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Oceanscan navigates ransomware scare with iland, now 11:11 Systems.

Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Backup & Recovery
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Applicable Functions

Business Operation
Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Cybersecurity Services

The Challenge

Oceanscan, a leading international equipment company providing technology to various industries, was hit by a sophisticated ransomware attack that infiltrated their entire network. The attack encrypted multiple file layers, making recovery nearly impossible. The company faced an imminent threat to business uptime and profitability, and the ability to recover and restore access to data was in jeopardy. The responsibility fell on the shoulders of Sukumar Panchanathan, the group IT manager at Oceanscan, to steer the company out of this crisis.

About The Customer

Oceanscan is a leading international equipment company that provides the latest and most advanced technology to various industries including oil and gas, defence, petrochemical, renewables, and nuclear. The company has over 1,000 global customers and offers services ranging from the rental of testing, calibration, and survey equipment to providing essential personnel to the offshore oil and gas markets. Oceanscan is headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, and is supported by a worldwide network of partner companies. The company is committed to providing around-the-clock support to its customers.

The Solution

Oceanscan had been a customer of [11:11] for nearly a decade and had both [11:11] Cloud DRaaS for Veeam and [11:11] Cloud Backup for Veeam Cloud Connect in place at the time of the attack. This meant that they had the security, replication, and failover capabilities needed to ensure the company’s data stayed online and available. With the company’s on-premises environment compromised, and its workloads already successfully replicating in the cloud thanks to [11:11] Cloud for DRaaS, Panchanathan saw an opportunity to transition to an entirely cloud-based infrastructure. With the help of his [11:11] account and support team, Oceanscan’s data was transferred from the [11:11] DRaaS environment to [11:11] Cloud.

Operational Impact

Seamless failover from [11:11] DRaas to IaaS ensured continuous data availability and business uptime.
The disaster transformed the company’s infrastructure and business model for the better, enabling a move away from on-premises altogether and the adoption of an entirely cloud-based infrastructure.
Oceanscan is now considering implementing cloud-to-cloud (C2C) backup to geographically diversify where their data is being stored around the globe, further decreasing risk in the event of a disaster.