

Whether this additional protection is worth the higher price is something you'll need to decide for yourself, but the company has gone to a lot of effort to make its security capabilities as comprehensive as possible.īackup and storage is a fully covered and mature solution, as expected from such a long-time player in that market. But having them available could certainly be handy in the long run no matter what size business is being protected. Some of the features in Acronis Cyber Protect, like forensic backup and the ability to do a memory dump on a current system, may seem like overkill for smaller businesses. Cyber Protect is priced slightly high, though still in-range, for small to midsize businesses (SMBs), but it will also appeal to enterprise customers looking to lock down their employees data on remote PCs and mobile devices.

This broad security arsenal should be attractive to a wide swath of customers. Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test (Opens in a new window). Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. However, Acronis Cyber Protect adds much more sophisticated cybersecurity technology to protect from newer malware threats even if these are brand new and as yet uncatalogued by most antivirus libraries. Acronis Cyber Protect can also counter malware and even act as a ransomware protection tool because it proactively scans files backed up into the cloud (though you'll find similar capabilities in its Acronis Cyber Backup sibling). We like Acronis' design for this product because it covers more than simply secure and encrypted backups. That earns it a well-deserved Editors' Choice award. Overall, while it's not quite the easiest tool to use of those we tested this time around, it's one of the best-designed and well-featured solutions we saw. Its three-pronged attack on this scenario focuses on cybersecurity, backup and recovery, and integrated protection management.

This makes Acronis Cyber Protect an entirely new offering that seems well designed to handle the current remote work reality.
