Rubrik

What is Rubrik?

Rubrik is a data security and cyber recovery platform for enterprise IT and security teams, built on a Zero Trust architecture. Its Rubrik Security Cloud protects data across enterprise workloads, cloud services and SaaS applications with immutable backups and fast recovery. It is sold as editions through Rubrik and its partners.

Key features of Rubrik

• Backup and instant recovery: protect workloads and recover them quickly, including live mounting.
• Immutable backups: backups that cannot be altered, with retention lock and no open protocols.
• Ransomware and anomaly detection: machine learning detection of unusual changes.
• Sensitive data discovery: find and monitor sensitive data.
• Cyber recovery orchestration: identify clean restore points and automate recovery of large applications.
• Threat analytics: threat hunting to find a known-clean recovery point.
• Multifactor authentication: built-in MFA for platform access.

How Rubrik works

IT teams connect data sources to Rubrik Security Cloud, which takes immutable backups and monitors them for anomalies and sensitive data. If an attack occurs, Rubrik helps identify a clean recovery point and orchestrates recovery. Policies control retention and access.

Who uses Rubrik?

Rubrik is used by enterprise IT, security and compliance teams, including in finance and government, to protect data against ransomware and other cyber events.

Rubrik pricing

Rubrik does not publish pricing. It is sold as editions, including an Enterprise Edition, and quoted through Rubrik and its partners based on the data protected.

Rubrik integrations

Rubrik Security Cloud covers AWS, Azure and Google Cloud workloads and SaaS applications. The vendor lists integrations on its site, and it is also available through AWS Marketplace.

Rubrik alternatives

Cohesity is the closest competitor, offering data protection and security with a similar enterprise focus. Veeam is a widely used backup and recovery vendor with a large partner base and different licensing. Druva is a cloud-native SaaS backup service.