Acronis, a global leader in hybrid-cloud data protection and storage, has announced Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation personal backup solution, which addresses the cyber-threat problem with real-time protection against ransomware attacks targeting data and delivers the industry’s first blockchain-based certification and electronic signature technology.

According to the official release, Acronis True Image introduces Active Protection technology that detects and prevents ransomware attacks in real-time, automatically recovers all data from the backup, self-protects backups and the backup application. It is the fastest and most complete personal backup solution, outperforming the closest competition by more than two times and protecting data on Windows and Mac computers, iOS and Android mobile devices, and Facebook social network accounts, the company said.

Acronis True Image uses AES 256 encryption and stores data in multiple destinations, including external drives, NAS devices, network shares, and the secure Acronis Cloud. Its data protection capabilities include:

• Acronis Active Protection for real-time active protection against ransomware: It identifies unusual activity on computers and prevents malicious applications from damaging user data, backups, and backup software. Cutting-edge behavioral heuristics detect and prevent new and known ransomware attacks, making the backup more secure, and reducing a number of times data need to be restored from the backup.
   
• Acronis Notary for Blockchain-based data authentication: It offers certification of the content of any file and verification of content modifications against the original version. Unique, “digital file fingerprints” are stored in a distributed, immutable database based on blockchain technology.
   
• Acronis ASign for blockchain-based document certification: Acronis ASign allows multiple parties to execute and certify a document with a secure and publicly auditable digital signature. Users can protect their backed-up documents, which are verified with Acronis Notary and electronically signed – all within the same reliable backup solution.

“With Acronis Active Protection, Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation is the ultimate solution for protection of data against cyber-attacks and an important addition to any anti-virus software, especially free or embedded antivirus software”, Serguei Beloussov, co-founder, and CEO of Acronis said.

Besides the unique new capabilities, Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation introduces many more improvements and innovative features to secure Acronis’ position as the leading, fastest, and most innovative consumer backup provider. This includes easy to use and modern interface; additional features for Mac users (including wireless backup of mobile devices to Mac computers with local data browsing capabilities; file notarization and electronic signatures via Acronis Notary and Acronis ASign, support for Mac OS X Sierra and more); complete mobile backup experience; and backup and recovery capabilities for Facebook accounts.