Zerto
Zerto is an Israeli-founded data protection and disaster recovery company, acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in 2021 for $374M, that provides continuous data protection with journal-based recovery and ransomware resilience for enterprise and government environments.
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Zerto develops data protection, disaster recovery, and ransomware resilience solutions using its proprietary continuous data protection (CDP) technology with journal-based recovery. Founded in 2009 in Herzliya, Israel by Ziv Kedem and Oded Kedem, the company was acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in 2021 for approximately $374M and now operates as part of HPE's storage and data services portfolio.
Prior to acquisition, Zerto raised approximately $100M from venture investors including Battery Ventures and Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The company's core technology enables near-zero recovery point objectives (RPOs) through continuous replication and journal-based recovery, allowing organizations to roll back to any point in time within seconds. This approach provides superior protection against ransomware, data corruption, and infrastructure failures compared to traditional periodic backup solutions.
Dual-use relevance is direct and critical: data resilience and continuity of operations (COOP) are fundamental requirements for military and government organizations. Zerto's technology can protect classified and sensitive systems against ransomware attacks, ensure rapid recovery of mission-critical defense networks, and maintain continuity of military command and control systems during cyber incidents. The journal-based recovery capability is particularly valuable for forensic analysis of cyber intrusions in defense environments.
Dual-Use Assessment
Continuous data protection and disaster recovery technology critical for military/government system resilience, ransomware protection for defense networks, continuity of operations for command and control systems, and forensic recovery after cyber intrusions.
Key Technologies
- Continuous data protection (CDP) with near-zero RPO
- Journal-based recovery enabling point-in-time rollback
- Hypervisor-level replication (agentless architecture)
- Ransomware resilience and immutable recovery capabilities
- Multi-cloud and hybrid cloud disaster recovery orchestration
Use Cases & Applications
- Enterprise disaster recovery and business continuity for virtualized environments
- Ransomware resilience with rapid point-in-time recovery
- Data resilience for military classified and sensitive systems
- Continuity of operations (COOP) for defense command and control networks
- Rapid recovery of mission-critical government systems after cyber incidents
- Forensic analysis support through journal-based recovery of pre-intrusion system states
Strategic Value to U.S.-Israel Alliance
Cyber resilience and continuity of operations are top-tier priorities for allied defense organizations. Zerto's continuous data protection technology provides essential capabilities for protecting military and government systems against ransomware and other cyber threats.
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