Acronis for NZ Hotels & Hospitality

Cyber Protection Challenges in Hospitality

The hospitality industry faces specific cyber protection challenges. These include safeguarding large volumes of personal guest information, ensuring uninterrupted access to booking and property management systems, and protecting against ransomware attacks that can cripple operations. Compliance with privacy regulations is also a key concern. Downtime directly impacts revenue and reputation.

Acronis Cyber Protect

Acronis Cyber Protect unifies data protection and cybersecurity. It integrates backup, disaster recovery, anti-malware, antivirus, and endpoint protection management into a single solution. For hotels, this means comprehensive protection for front-desk workstations, back-office servers, and guest-facing systems. It helps prevent data loss, quickly restores systems after incidents, and defends against evolving cyber threats.

• Integrated Backup and Recovery: Fast recovery of critical systems and data, including booking databases and POS systems.
• Advanced Anti-Malware: Real-time protection against ransomware, cryptojackers, and other malicious software.
• Vulnerability Assessment: Identifies and patches security gaps in operating systems and applications.
• Forensic Mode: Collects data for post-incident analysis, aiding compliance and future prevention.

Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery

Minimising downtime is crucial for hospitality businesses. Acronis Cyber Disaster Recovery provides cloud-based disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), offering rapid recovery of critical systems in the event of a major outage. This ensures that booking systems, check-in processes, and other essential services remain operational, even after a severe incident.

• Cloud-Based Recovery: Quickly restore operations in the Acronis cloud, minimising on-premises infrastructure requirements.
• Automated Runbooks: Define and automate recovery sequences for complex IT environments.
• Flexible Recovery Options: Recover to virtual machines, physical hardware, or cloud environments.

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud

For managed service providers or larger hospitality groups with distributed IT environments, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud offers a unified platform to manage cyber protection across multiple locations and systems. It simplifies the deployment, management, and monitoring of security and backup services from a central console.

• Centralised Management: Oversee protection for all properties from a single interface.
• Scalability: Easily scale protection as the business grows or new properties are added.
• Multi-Tenancy: Manage separate environments for different entities within a hospitality group.

Data Privacy and Compliance

Protecting guest data is paramount. Acronis solutions help hospitality businesses meet data privacy requirements by providing robust encryption for data at rest and in transit, secure backup storage, and granular access controls. This supports compliance efforts related to personal identifiable information (PII) and other sensitive data.

Why Choose Acronis for Hospitality?

Acronis provides a layered approach to cyber protection, addressing both data loss prevention and cybersecurity threats. Its integrated solutions reduce complexity and management overhead, allowing hospitality IT teams to focus on core business operations. The ability to quickly recover from incidents ensures minimal disruption to guest services and revenue streams.