Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Enterprise-focused conference addressing data security, cyber resilience, and ransomware defence strategies
- Designed for CISOs, security architects, data protection officers, and IT leaders responsible for organisational cybersecurity
- Covers hybrid and multi-cloud data protection, regulatory compliance, and incident response best practices
- Explores the role of artificial intelligence and automation in strengthening cyber defences
- In-person format featuring keynotes, breakout sessions, hands-on labs, and networking opportunities
Introduction
Rubrik Forward 2024 brings together IT professionals, security leaders, and data protection specialists to examine the evolving landscape of enterprise cybersecurity. The conference focuses on cyber resilience—the ability of organisations to maintain operations and recover effectively when attacks occur—at a time when ransomware incidents continue to escalate in both frequency and sophistication. With enterprises increasingly distributing workloads across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, the complexity of protecting sensitive data has grown substantially, making events that address these interconnected challenges particularly relevant for security practitioners.
About This Event
Rubrik Forward 2024 is an in-person conference organised by Rubrik, a data security platform provider specialising in backup, recovery, and ransomware mitigation solutions. The event combines keynote presentations with breakout discussions, hands-on technical labs, and structured networking sessions. This format accommodates both executive-level attendees seeking strategic insights and technical practitioners looking for implementation guidance and product expertise.
The programme structure reflects the dual nature of modern data security challenges: strategic decisions about architecture and risk management alongside tactical concerns about tooling, automation, and operational workflows. By offering multiple session types, the conference enables attendees to tailor their experience according to their role and technical depth requirements.
Ransomware Defence and Data Recoverability
Ransomware remains one of the most significant threats facing enterprise IT environments. Attackers have refined their techniques beyond simple encryption, increasingly targeting backup systems themselves to eliminate recovery options and maximise pressure on victims. This evolution has forced organisations to reconsider traditional backup strategies and adopt more resilient architectures that assume breach scenarios.
Rubrik Forward 2024 addresses these challenges by examining defensive strategies that extend beyond perimeter security. The conference explores how organisations can ensure data recoverability even when primary systems are compromised, including immutable backup approaches, air-gapped storage considerations, and rapid restoration capabilities. For security teams, the ability to recover quickly and completely often determines whether a ransomware incident becomes a manageable disruption or a catastrophic business event.
The relationship between backup infrastructure and security posture has become increasingly important as attackers specifically target recovery mechanisms. Sessions at the conference examine how data protection platforms can serve as a last line of defence, providing clean recovery points that enable organisations to restore operations without paying ransoms.
Securing Data Across Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments
Enterprise data rarely resides in a single location. Most organisations now operate across combinations of on-premises infrastructure, private clouds, and multiple public cloud platforms. This distribution creates significant complexity for security teams attempting to maintain consistent protection policies and visibility across disparate environments.
The conference examines strategies for managing data security in these heterogeneous architectures. Key considerations include maintaining unified visibility across cloud boundaries, applying consistent classification and protection policies regardless of where data resides, and managing the shared responsibility models that govern cloud security. For organisations with workloads spanning Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and on-premises systems, achieving coherent data protection requires both architectural planning and appropriate tooling.
Cloud data protection also intersects with cost management and operational efficiency. Security teams must balance protection requirements against the practical constraints of cloud economics, including storage costs, data transfer fees, and the operational overhead of managing multiple platform-specific tools.
Regulatory Compliance and Data Governance
Compliance requirements continue to expand across industries and jurisdictions. Regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation, industry-specific frameworks in healthcare and financial services, and emerging data sovereignty requirements create complex obligations for organisations handling sensitive information. These requirements increasingly mandate specific data protection capabilities, retention policies, and demonstrable recovery procedures.
Rubrik Forward 2024 addresses how data security platforms can support compliance objectives beyond basic backup functionality. This includes audit trail capabilities, data classification and discovery features, and the ability to demonstrate recovery point and recovery time objectives to regulators. For data protection officers and compliance teams, understanding how technical controls map to regulatory requirements is essential for both audit preparation and ongoing governance.
The intersection of compliance and security has become more pronounced as regulators increasingly expect organisations to demonstrate not just that they protect data, but that they can recover it effectively following incidents. This shift elevates backup and recovery from operational concerns to board-level governance issues.
Artificial Intelligence and Automation in Cybersecurity
The application of artificial intelligence and automation to cybersecurity operations represents a significant area of development within the industry. Security teams face persistent staffing challenges and alert volumes that exceed human capacity to investigate manually. Automation technologies offer potential solutions by handling routine tasks, correlating signals across systems, and accelerating incident response workflows.
The conference explores how AI capabilities can enhance data protection specifically, including anomaly detection that identifies potential ransomware activity, automated classification of sensitive data, and intelligent recovery recommendations. These applications aim to reduce the time between threat detection and response while minimising the manual effort required from security analysts.
However, the integration of AI into security workflows also raises questions about accuracy, explainability, and the appropriate balance between automated action and human oversight. Sessions at Rubrik Forward 2024 examine both the capabilities and limitations of current AI applications in data security contexts.
Who Should Attend
Rubrik Forward 2024 is designed for professionals with responsibility for enterprise data protection and cybersecurity strategy. The primary audience includes chief information security officers, security architects, data protection officers, and cloud architects working in organisations where data security is a critical concern. The conference is particularly relevant for those in large enterprises, public sector organisations, and regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare.
The combination of executive-level strategic content and technical hands-on labs makes the event suitable for both decision-makers evaluating data protection approaches and practitioners responsible for implementation and operations. Attendees benefit most if they are actively engaged with challenges around ransomware defence, cloud data protection, or compliance-driven data governance initiatives.
The Broader Context of Cyber Resilience
The concept of cyber resilience reflects a maturation in how organisations approach security. Rather than focusing exclusively on preventing breaches—an increasingly unrealistic goal given the sophistication of modern threats—resilient organisations plan for successful attacks and optimise their ability to detect, respond, and recover. This shift has elevated the importance of data protection within overall security strategy.
Rubrik Forward 2024 positions data security as foundational to this resilience posture. When organisations can confidently recover their data and systems, they reduce the leverage that attackers hold and improve their negotiating position during incidents. This perspective transforms backup and recovery from a compliance checkbox into a strategic security capability that directly affects organisational risk exposure.