Acronis’ True Image returns

August 2024 Information Security, Smart Home Automation

Acronis has announced its flagship product, Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, is reverting to its original name, Acronis True Image, with the new version release. Users across the globe can now use the latest release of Acronis True Image, featuring enhanced performance and cybersecurity capabilities to meet today’s cybersecurity challenges.

Acronis True Image is Acronis’ product offering specifically designed for home users. It offers cybersecurity as well as a backup solution built to protect digital life. This latest release includes improvements to optimise security and performance. Users stay secure with integrated cyber protection, including anti-ransomware and anti-malware, and reliable, fast, and secure backup. It is the only comprehensive personal, family, and home office data protection tool. It provides customers ease of use with its intuitive and modern interface, cybersecurity capabilities, and one-click backup and restore.

“Cybersecurity remains a critical concern for organisations," says Ziad Nasr, Acronis Middle East General Manager. " Hence, individuals and businesses alike need an enhanced strategy to safeguard data, enabling them to effectively and securely combat threats to their data, application, and systems at work and home. In an era where digital threats continue to proliferate, the new and improved Acronis True Image empowers users with advanced security features, ensuring comprehensive data protection through AI-driven security protocols.”

Available for both Windows and macOS operating systems, customers can protect up to five computers with a single subscription, in addition to an unlimited number of mobile devices and tablets. Acronis True Image stores and safeguards over 42 000 terabytes of user data in the cloud and thousands of additional terabytes on local devices.

Over 5,5 million users worldwide have trusted Acronis True Image to protect their most sensitive data. Every month, Acronis blocks malware incidents faced by over 20% of users with an active subscription. Furthermore, in the first half of 2024 alone, Acronis True Image has stopped roughly 12 000 ransomware attacks.

Additional Acronis True Image solution features include disk cloning and remote management. This latest update enhances the product’s security features to offer real-time protection, illicit crypto mining protection, vulnerability assessments, and antivirus scans.

For more information, go to https://www.acronis.com/en-us/products/true-image/




Share this article:
Share via emailShare via LinkedInPrint this page



Further reading:

Zero Trust access control
Technews Publishing SMART Security Solutions CASA Software NEC XON Editor's Choice Access Control & Identity Management Information Security
Zero Trust Architecture enforces the rule of ‘never trust, always verify’. It changes an organisation’s security posture by assuming that threats exist both inside and outside the perimeter, and it applies to information and physical security.

Read more...
Integrated security key to protecting cloud applications
Infrastructure Information Security
Cloud-native applications have transformed the way businesses operate, enabling faster innovation, greater agility, and enhanced scalability. Yet this evolution brings an equally complex security landscape.

Read more...
Risks of open-source intelligence escalating in crime
Security Services & Risk Management Residential Estate (Industry) Smart Home Automation
CMS estimates that open-source intelligence has played a role in 20 - 30% of robberies over the past 12 months. In cybercrime, global research consistently shows that many offences rely on some form of open-source data exploitation.

Read more...
Factories, grids, and finance: Critical infrastructure cyber lessons of 2025
Asset Management Information Security Industrial (Industry)
Africa has seen an accelerated, large-scale digitisation of our overall industrial base, and this rapid convergence of IT and OT is happening on a foundation that, in essence, was not designed to be cybersecure.

Read more...
Axis signs CISA Secure by Design pledge
Axis Communications SA News & Events Surveillance Information Security
Axis Communications has signed the United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Secure by Design pledge, signalling the company’s commitment to upholding and transparently communicating the cybersecurity posture of its products.

Read more...
Eight African cybersecurity trends for 2026
Information Security
Check Point Software Technologies has released eight critical trends shaping Africa’s digital turning point in 2026, noting that their implementation will require the government, the private sector, and key civic institutions to cooperate.

Read more...
The year of the agent
Information Security AI & Data Analytics
The dominant attack patterns in Q4 2025 included system-prompt extraction attempts, subtle content-safety bypasses, and exploratory probing. Indirect attacks required fewer attempts than direct injections, making untrusted external sources a primary risk vector heading into 2026.

Read more...
AI cybersecurity predictions for 2026
AI & Data Analytics Information Security
The rapid development of AI is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape in 2026, for both individual users and businesses. Large language models (LLMs) are influencing defensive capabilities while simultaneously expanding opportunities for threat actors.

Read more...
SMARTpod Talks to Check Point Technologies about the African Perspectives on Cybersecurity report
SMART Security Solutions News & Events Information Security Videos
SMART Security Solutions spoke with Check Point's Hendrik de Bruin about the report, the risks African organisations face, and some mitigation measures.

Read more...
Securing the smart fleet
Information Security Transport (Industry) Logistics (Industry) IoT & Automation
Contributing around 10 to 12% of South Africa’s GDP, the transport and logistics sector supports almost every part of the country’s economic activity. The stakes for keeping these systems secure are higher than ever before.

Read more...










While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained herein, the publisher and its agents cannot be held responsible for any errors contained, or any loss incurred as a result. Articles published do not necessarily reflect the views of the publishers. The editor reserves the right to alter or cut copy. Articles submitted are deemed to have been cleared for publication. Advertisements and company contact details are published as provided by the advertiser. Technews Publishing (Pty) Ltd cannot be held responsible for the accuracy or veracity of supplied material.




© Technews Publishing (Pty) Ltd. | All Rights Reserved.