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/




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