Catalogic unveils DPX 4.13 to boost backup integrity & cyber defences
Catalogic Software has launched DPX 4.13, the latest version of its enterprise backup and recovery software, introducing features aimed at improving backup verification, malware threat detection, and disaster recovery operations.
The update to Catalogic DPX provides new tools for organisations seeking to protect data integrity and reduce business recovery times, with a focus on preventing data loss following accidental deletion or cyber threats including ransomware attacks.
The company's DPX solution operates as a software-defined platform compatible with existing hardware, enabling organisations to manage all elements of backup, storage, and malware defence from a unified system, without requiring integrations from multiple providers.
Key features
DPX 4.13 introduces automated backup integrity checks to help organisations ensure that backup data can be restored successfully and is not compromised by malware. The software also now includes proactive malware scans and improved restore point selection, aiming to further minimise downtime in disaster recovery scenarios.
An additional feature, rapid return to production (RRP), offers enhanced orchestrated disaster recovery for VMware environments, intended to accelerate organisations' return to operational status in the event of a system failure. Enhanced ransomware defence within DPX is also part of the update, with GuardMode technology now scanning agentless VMware and block-level backup jobs in vStor, in order to detect threats before data is restored. According to the company, this approach helps organisations avoid reinfection while still relying on their existing IT infrastructure.
"With DPX 4.13, we're raising the standard for backup reliability and cyber-resilience," said Ryan Kaw, Vice President of Sales, Catalogic Software. "These new capabilities give customers confidence that their backups are recoverable, secure, and flexible enough to meet today's complex restore scenarios."
DPX 4.13 is targeted at enterprise customers seeking to centralise their backup, data protection, and recovery strategies. The intention is to reduce operational complexity, as organisations typically have to coordinate multiple solutions to secure, verify, and restore backup data.
According to the company, every backup created with DPX is designed to be immutable, encrypted, and consistently verified for reliability. The introduction of automated integrity checks in this latest version aims to help IT teams proactively identify issues in backup files before these affect system recovery, rather than relying solely on manual checks or after-the-fact error reporting.
Malware scanning and disaster recovery
As cyber attacks continue to target data backup environments, the need for malware detection extends to backup data itself. GuardMode, Catalogic's ransomware defence tool, now includes capability to scan both agentless VMware environments and block-level backup jobs. By expanding the scope of malware scanning, organisations are intended to gain additional assurance that data restored from backup will not reintroduce threats.
The rapid return to production feature is designed to help organisations minimise recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) after incidents. The system relies on orchestrated workflows to reduce manual intervention and the risk of configuration errors, aiming to support faster business continuity.
Catalogic DPX aims to enable customers to validate the recoverability of their data and streamline disaster recovery operations via a single user interface. The broader goal is to offer improvements in cyber resilience through automation and policy-based controls in environments where data protection requirements are increasing.
DPX software, including the new version 4.13, operates on customer-owned hardware and is designed to reduce the costs and operational overhead associated with deploying multiple-point solutions for backup, storage, and security.
