Data protection automatic optimization system and method

1. A system comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor to:

continually analyze at least one of metrics, events, and conditions for indications of an attack in a computer network;

determine a change in the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network, the change comprising at least one of a change in backup deduplication rates, backup data traffic, daily backup change rates, or a number of files backed up daily per client;

detect the attack in the computer network based on the change in the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network;

analyze the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network and determine that at least one hardware device has been infected;

restrict access to the at least one hardware device that has been infected; and

instruct backup server tooling software to make an off-site copy of a previous backup of the at least one hardware device that has been infected.

2. The system of claim 1 , the at least one processor further to identify at least one of directories, files, databases, and data associated with the at least one hardware device that has been infected.

3. The system of claim 2 , the at least one processor further to create an audit report that indicates infected systems, directories, files, databases, and data, and transmit the audit report to an authorized administrator.

4. The system of claim 3 , the at least one processor further to perform at least one of:

initiate data replication for the infected systems, directories, files, databases, and data from backup server tooling software to an off-site location;

initiate backup of at least one most recent version of affected data; and

initiate recovery and validation of the affected data to a safe storage location.

5. The system of claim 1 , the at least one processor to disconnect the at least one hardware device that has been infected from the computer network.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the attack comprises a ransomware attack.

7. A method comprising:

continually analyzing, by at least one processor, at least one of metrics, events, and conditions for indications of an attack in a computer network;

determining, by the at least one processor, a change in the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network, the change comprising at least one of a change in backup deduplication rates, backup data traffic, daily backup change rates, or a number of files backed up daily per client;

detecting, by the at least one processor, the attack in the computer network based on the change in the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network;

analyzing, by the at least one processor, the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network and determining that at least one hardware device has been infected;

restricting, by the at least one processor, access to the at least one hardware device that has been infected; and

instructing backup server tooling software to make an off-site copy of a previous backup of the at least one hardware device that has been infected.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising identifying at least one of directories, files, databases, and data associated with the at least one hardware device that has been infected.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising creating an audit report that indicates infected systems, directories, files, databases, and data, and transmitting the audit report to an authorized administrator.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising performing at least one of:

initiating data replication for the infected systems, directories, files, databases, and data from backup server tooling software to an off-site location;

initiating backup of at least one most recent version of affected data; and

initiating recovery and validation of the affected data to a safe storage location.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising disconnecting the at least one hardware device that has been infected from the computer network.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the attack comprises a ransomware attack.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

continually analyzing at least one of metrics, events, and conditions for indications of an attack in a computer network;

determining a change in the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network, the change comprising at least one of a change in backup deduplication rates, backup data traffic, daily backup change rates, or a number of files backed up daily per client;

detecting the attack in the computer network based on the change in the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network;

analyzing the at least one of metrics, events, and conditions in the computer network and determining that at least one hardware device has been infected;

restricting access to the at least one hardware device that has been infected; and

instructing backup server tooling software to make an off-site copy of a previous backup of the at least one hardware device that has been infected.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising identifying at least one of directories, files, databases, and data associated with the at least one hardware device that has been infected.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , the operations further comprising creating an audit report that indicates infected systems, directories, files, databases, and data, and transmitting the audit report to an authorized administrator.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising performing at least one of:

initiating data replication for the infected systems, directories, files, databases, and data from backup server tooling software to an off-site location;

initiating backup of at least one most recent version of affected data; and

initiating recovery and validation of the affected data to a safe storage location.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , the operations further comprising disconnecting the at least one hardware device that has been infected from the computer network.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the attack comprises a ransomware attack.