Elastio Launches Ransomware Detection & Version Intelligence for Amazon S3

Real-Time Ransomware Detection and Provable Recovery for Amazon S3

RESTON, Va. —  Elastio today announced Elastio Version Intelligence for Amazon S3, a new capability within its Active Cyber Resilience Platform. The release extends Elastio’s data integrity control to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), enabling organizations to detect ransomware and malware events across objects in near real time, trace version lineage to identify the last known clean state, and perform non-destructive recovery without manual version inspection.

The capability analyzes object version changes and helps security teams quickly identify a verified recovery point when investigating potential ransomware or unauthorized modification events.

Why Object Storage Security Matters

Amazon S3 stores critical data across many organizations, including AI training datasets, financial records, healthcare archives, and operational logs. As organizations increasingly rely on object storage for business-critical workloads, security teams must ensure that stored data remains recoverable and trustworthy following a cyber event.

While Amazon S3 provides strong durability, access control, versioning, and security capabilities, incident response teams may still need to determine which object version represents a clean recovery point when investigating ransomware or unauthorized modification scenarios.

Traditional endpoint and backup security tools were not designed to inspect individual object versions within object storage environments. Elastio adds an additional detection layer that analyzes object changes and version lineage, helping teams more quickly determine which version of data can be safely restored.

What Elastio Version Intelligence for Amazon S3 Does

Elastio Version Intelligence for Amazon S3 extends Elastio data integrity control to object storage and version history. The capability introduces three integrated functions that operate together:

Capability	What It Does
Real-Time Object Hunting	Elastio hunts S3 object creation or modification in real time using deep object inspection. An ensemble of detection models trained on 2,300+ ransomware families assesses each object independently on change.
Lineage Hunt	When an object is flagged, Elastio automatically traces the version chain backward until it identifies the LNC version: the most recent version that passes all detection checks. The LNC version ID, detection type, and timestamp are surfaced immediately.
Copy-Forward Recovery	The LNC version is copied forward as the new current object. Non-destructive: the full version history, including compromised versions, is preserved for forensic review. Restores can be executed automatically by policy or embedded into an existing forensic investigation workflow.

“Amazon S3 holds the data most organizations cannot afford to lose or recover slowly. Version history tells you what existed. It does not tell you what is clean. Elastio Version Intelligence for Amazon S3 analyzes object changes and version lineage to help security teams identify a verified recovery target more quickly. Security teams get a precise, documented answer under incident pressure.”

Najaf Husain, CEO, Elastio

Key Capabilities

• Real-Time Object Hunting: Deep object inspection on every S3 create or modify event. Detection models trained on 2,300+ ransomware families assess each object independently on change
• Lineage Hunt: Automated backward trace through the version chain to LNC identification on detection
• Copy-Forward Recovery: Non-destructive recovery that preserves full version history and the forensic record
• Dual Recovery Paths: Automated policy-driven restore or embedded forensic investigation workflow, configurable per deployment
• Full Audit Trail: Every hunt result, version transition, and recovery operation logged with timestamp and version ID to the Elastio console and SIEM

Operational Impact

Area	Impact
Incident response	Lineage Hunt replaces manual version inspection. Recovery target is known before the response team engages.
Dwell time	Automated restore policy reduces time between detection and clean-state restoration. Forensic workflow integration gives responders a verified recovery point without breaking investigation continuity.
Audit and compliance	Every hunt result, version transition, and COPY operation is logged with timestamp and version ID.
Forensic integrity	Full version history preserved. Recovery is additive. No prior version is overwritten or deleted.

Availability

S3 Version Intelligence is available immediately. Organizations can contact Elastio to begin a deployment review at elastio.com.

About Elastio

Elastio provides the Active Cyber Resilience Platform for enterprise security teams. It continuously hunts backup, replicated, and live data across block, file, and object storage for ransomware. Elastio gives organizations provable evidence that their data is clean and recoverable before, during, and after a cyber event. For more information, visit elastio.com.

Media Contact: Cecily Polonsky |  cpolonsky@elastio.com