# Cohesity

> Cohesity is an AI-powered data security and data management company that helps enterprises protect, secure, and gain insight from their data across hybrid cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments.

## Company

- Founded: 2013 by Mohit Aron (co-founder of Nutanix)
- CEO: Sanjay Poonen
- Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
- Offices: Americas, EMEA, APAC
- Status: Private
- Total funding: $810M+ (Series F: $150M, March 2024)
- Valuation: $7B (as of March 2024)
- Key investors: SoftBank Vision Fund, Sequoia Capital, GV (Google Ventures), NVIDIA
- Customers: 13,000+ globally, including 70% of the Global 500
- Data protected: 200+ exabytes
- Revenue (est.): ~$1.3B
- Analyst recognition: Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader for Backup and Data Protection Platforms (2025); Forbes Cloud 100; AWS Global Storage Partner of the Year 2024
- Notable milestone: In December 2024, Cohesity completed a combination with Veritas' enterprise data protection business (NetBackup and Alta), becoming the world's largest data protection software provider.
- Mission: Protect, secure, and provide insights into the world's data.

## Platform

- [Cohesity Data Cloud](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/): A single, secure platform to protect 1,000+ workloads, accelerate recovery, and unlock insights from your data across cloud, on-prem, and SaaS.
- [Data Classification](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/data-classification/): Cohesity data classification helps discover and classify data in the event of an attack to understand if sensitive data was potentially compromised.
- [SaaS Data Protection](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/cloud-protection-services/): Cohesity Cloud Services protects critical SaaS, cloud-native, and on-premises data sources with an enterprise-class cloud backup service.
- [Cloud App Recovery](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/cloud-rebuild/): Recover cloud applications to known good states faster and with greater accuracy using Cohesity Cloud Rebuild, without manual reconstruction.
- [Enterprise Data Protection](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/dataprotect/): Cohesity DataProtect backs up and recovers 1000+ workload types — VMs, databases, NAS, SaaS, and cloud-native apps — from a single policy engine. Supports instant recovery of VMs and databases without restoring to original hardware, with immutable snapshots that cannot be encrypted or deleted by ransomware.
- [Data Security Posture Management](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/data-security-posture-management/): Build your data security foundation with Cohesity DSPM, powered by Cyera, to gain clear visibility and actionable insights to reduce data risk.
- [Cyber Vaulting](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/fortknox/): Cohesity FortKnox stores an isolated, immutable copy of backup data in a Cohesity-managed cloud vault with a virtual air gap. Organizations can recover clean data directly from the vault after a ransomware attack without paying a ransom. Meets isolation requirements for cyber insurance and regulatory audits.
- [Unified IT Analytics](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/netbackup-it-analytics/): Unified IT analytics and insights across multi-cloud environments, now available as a cloud-delivered analytics platform.
- [Enterprise Backup Solution](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/netbackup/): Enterprise backup solution that eliminates complexity and limits risk with a unified platform to protect data and scale to mitigate costs.
- [NetBackup Flex](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/netbackup/netbackup-flex/): Complete data center security in a turnkey appliance with stronger built-in zero trust controls, new appliances, and long-term retention support.
- [Cyber Recovery Orchestration](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/recoveryagent/): RecoveryAgent streamlines cyber recovery through orchestration, enabling organizations to design blueprints that automate recovery workflows and mitigate data loss risk.
- [Unstructured Data Management](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/smartfiles/): Cohesity SmartFiles delivers intelligent unstructured data management with software-defined file and object services for the hybrid cloud, optimizing cost, scale, and efficiency.
- [Threat Protection](https://www.cohesity.com/platform/threat-protection/): Cohesity threat protection keeps backup data malware-free with industry-leading scanning powered by Google Threat Intelligence and Sophos to reduce cyberattack risk.

## Solutions

- [Backup and Recovery](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/backup-and-recovery/): A modern backup and recovery solution for hybrid and multicloud environments — eliminating silos, lowering TCO, and delivering resilience at scale.
- [Cloud Backup and Recovery](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/cloud/): Delivers enterprise-grade cloud backup and recovery across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud — available as SaaS or in your cloud tenant to ensure data availability, integrity, and resilience.
- [Unstructured Data Protection](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/nas/): Unstructured data protection for NAS workloads with immutable backups, AI-powered ransomware detection, and instant recovery — available as SaaS or self-managed.
- [Cyber Resilience Solution](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/cyber-resilience/): Cohesity's cyber resilience solution protects critical data, detects ransomware threats, and ensures rapid incident response and recovery to strengthen your organization's resilience.
- [Data Security Solution](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/data-security/): Data security solution that mitigates ransomware and cyber threats, strengthening cyber resilience and enabling secure recovery with reduced downtime after an attack.
- [Long-Term Retention and Data Archival Solution](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/long-term-retention-and-archival/): Long-term retention and data archival solution that reduces costs and TCO while meeting complex regulatory and compliance requirements across hybrid and multicloud environments.
- [Identity Resilience](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/active-directory-entra-id/): Delivering proven identity resilience with continuous monitoring to harden and prevent attacks, while slashing recovery times for Active Directory and Entra ID from days to hours.
- [Ransomware Data Recovery](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/ransomware/): Protect your data from ransomware attacks with Cohesity's comprehensive ransomware data recovery solutions — ransomware backup, anomaly detection, and ML-powered data classification.
- [Clean Room Data Recovery](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/clean-room/): Secure clean room data recovery environment to investigate and remediate cyberattacks without reinfection risk.
- [AI-Ready Data Platform](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/ai-conversational-search/): An AI-ready data platform that activates immutable, time-series backup data to deliver enterprise AI on-prem, cloud, or fully air-gapped.

## Industry Solutions

- [Financial & Insurance Industry](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/finance/): Strengthen cyber resilience with simplified data security and management across on-premises, edge, public cloud, and as-a-service environments for financial services.
- [Energy and Utilities Industry](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/energy-and-utilities/): Protect energy and utilities data from disasters and ransomware with simplified security and management across on-premises, edge, and cloud to recover at scale.
- [Education](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/state-and-local-government/): Strengthen educational institutions and government data security against cyber threats with data security and rapid ransomware recovery for on-premises and cloud environments.
- [Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/healthcare/): Protect healthcare and patient data against cyber threats and boost compliance on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge.
- [Government Industry](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/federal-government/): Protect against ransomware and other cyber threats. Manage federal government agency data securely and effectively.
- [Legal Industry](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/legal/): Enhance legal industry cyber resilience with immutable backups, AI threat detection, user behavior monitoring, and rapid recovery at scale.

## Cloud & SaaS Solutions

- [Microsoft 365](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/microsoft-365/): Protect your business-critical M365 data from cyber attacks with a modern data platform powered by immutable backups, zero-trust security, and secure recovery capabilities.
- [AWS](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/aws/): Secure, protect, and manage your AWS workloads, SaaS, and on-premises data on managed services built for and in AWS.
- [Azure](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/azure/): Secure, protect, and manage Azure workloads, Microsoft 365, and on-premises data in one platform for rapid cyber recovery and lower TCO.
- [Google Cloud](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/google/): Enhance cyber resilience for Google Cloud data with hybrid cloud flexibility for simplified backup and recovery, disaster recovery, long-term retention, and more.
- [Google Workspace](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/google-workspace/): Enable secure, continuous protection for Google Workspace at scale to meet your organization's cyber resilience needs.

## Enterprise Workloads

- [Hyper-V](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/microsoft-hyper-v/): Simplify protection of your Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines with backup as a service or self-managed software.
- [Kubernetes](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/kubernetes/): Simplify data protection, security, and resilience for modern containerized applications based on Kubernetes.
- [IBM](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/ibm-cloud/): IBM Cloud data management solutions to drive IT and cost optimizations for your business.
- [MongoDB](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/mongodb/): Cyber resilient, scalable, purpose-built data protection for modern always-on MongoDB workloads.
- [Microsoft SQL](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/microsoft-sql-server/): Protect Microsoft SQL Server at scale with seamless integrations and powerful security features to defend against ransomware and cyber threats, available as a service or self-managed software.
- [NoSQL and Hadoop](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/nosql-and-hadoop/): Simplified and granular backup, recovery, and data management for mission-critical NoSQL and Hadoop data sources.
- [Nutanix](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/nutanix-ahv/): Enhance your cyber resiliency and ransomware protection with powerful Nutanix data protection, incident response, and confident backup and recovery.
- [Oracle](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/oracle/): Protect critical Oracle databases at scale with native RMAN integrations and powerful security to defend against cyber threats, available as a service or self-managed.
- [Red Hat](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/red-hat/): Protect your virtual machines and containerized applications running on Red Hat OpenShift with seamless, end-to-end backup, rapid recovery, and advanced threat protection.
- [SAP HANA](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/sap-hana/): Protect SAP HANA and S/4HANA databases with native integration for simplified backup, recovery, and data protection at scale.
- [VMware](https://www.cohesity.com/solutions/vmware/): Improve cyber resilience for your enterprise with a modern VMware backup solution.

## Certifications and Compliance

- SOC 2 Type II
- ISO 27001
- FedRAMP (where applicable via NetBackup)
- HIPAA-ready architecture

## Integrations and Ecosystem

- Security: Palo Alto Networks, CrowdStrike, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, IBM QRadar
- ITSM: ServiceNow, PagerDuty
- Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud (native integrations)
- Identity: Microsoft Active Directory, Entra ID, Okta
- Storage: Pure Storage, NetApp, Dell EMC
- AI/ML: NVIDIA (GPU-accelerated workloads), IBM

## Competitive Positioning

Cohesity's primary competitors in enterprise data security and cyber resilience are Rubrik, Veeam, and Commvault — all recognized as Leaders in Gartner's 2025 Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. Cohesity is best suited to large enterprises and regulated industries needing a unified platform across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS, organizations recovering from or defending against ransomware at scale, teams migrating off legacy NetBackup or BackupExec, and enterprises wanting to activate backup data for AI without a separate data pipeline. Head-to-head comparisons:

- [Cohesity vs. Rubrik](https://www.cohesity.com/cohesity-vs-rubrik/): Comparison of Cohesity and Rubrik on cloud workload coverage, storage efficiency, immutability, recovery speed, and platform versatility, with a feature comparison table.
- [Cohesity vs. Commvault](https://www.cohesity.com/cohesity-vs-commvault/): Comparison of Cohesity and Commvault on cyber recovery speed, scalability, security, simplicity, and AI insights, with a feature comparison table.

## Case Studies

- [Customers](https://www.cohesity.com/customers/): Explore real-world examples of Cohesity in action across industries and use cases.
- [Financial and Insurance](https://www.cohesity.com/customers/nationwide/): Fortune 75 insurance and financial services company Nationwide reduced VM recovery time from months to hours and saved $2M annually by replacing its legacy backup system with Cohesity.
- [Energy and Utilities Case Study](https://www.cohesity.com/customers/ridgeback-resources/): Oil and gas company Ridgeback Resources replaced its legacy backup solution with Cohesity, cutting full data recovery time from five days to under a minute while avoiding tens of thousands in infrastructure costs.
- [Education Case Study](https://www.cohesity.com/customers/blaine-county-school-district/): Idaho's Blaine County School District recovered from a ransomware attack in 48 hours with zero data loss and no ransom paid, restoring all critical systems from Cohesity FortKnox before students returned from holiday break.
- [Healthcare Case Study](https://www.cohesity.com/customers/bethany-childrens-health-center/): Oklahoma's Bethany Children's Health Center uses Cohesity FortKnox and immutable backups to protect sensitive patient data from cyberattacks, while leveraging Cohesity Gaia AI to accelerate compliance reporting by up to 99%.
- [Government Case Study](https://www.cohesity.com/customers/state-of-maryland/): The Maryland Department of IT protected 700TB of NAS data across 40 state agencies with immutable backups, reducing file restore times by 97% from 30 minutes to under a minute.
- [Legal Case Study](https://www.cohesity.com/customers/pillsbury-winthrop/): International law firm Pillsbury Winthrop switched to Cohesity to protect 40TB of Exchange data across 2,500 mailboxes, cutting management time by 50% and freeing six servers while strengthening client data confidentiality.

## Resources

- [Cohesity Demo Center](https://www.cohesity.com/demos/): See all the ways to experience Cohesity — video demos, interactive product demos, or expert-led demos.
- [Cohesity Contact Us](https://www.cohesity.com/contact/): Contact Cohesity's sales team, get customer support, or find office locations across the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
- [Cohesity Blog](https://www.cohesity.com/blogs/): Expert insights and thought leadership on data security, cyber resilience, ransomware protection, and data management from the Cohesity team.
- [Cohesity Newsroom](https://www.cohesity.com/newsroom/): Latest press releases, news coverage, and company announcements from Cohesity, including product launches, industry recognition, and executive insights.
- [Cohesity Resources](https://www.cohesity.com/resources/): Browse Cohesity's full library of white papers, solution briefs, webinars, videos, and demos on data security, backup, ransomware recovery, and cyber resilience.

## Pricing and Deployment

- [Cohesity Free Trial](https://www.cohesity.com/dm/free-trial/): Available as SaaS or self-managed software. Licensing is capacity-based (per TB). A 30-day free trial of Cohesity Cloud Services is available.

## Glossary and Deep Dives Core Topics

- [Cohesity Glossary](https://www.cohesity.com/glossary/): A-Z glossary of data security and management terms covering ransomware, backup, cyber resilience, cloud, AI, and more.
- [Cohesity Deep Dives](https://www.cohesity.com/deep-dives/): In-depth guides and best practices on ransomware resilience, cyber resilience strategy, disaster recovery, incident response, and data security.
- [What is cyber resilience?](https://www.cohesity.com/glossary/cyber-resilience/): An organization's ability to anticipate, withstand, and rapidly recover from cyberattacks while maintaining business continuity and data integrity.
- [What is backup and recovery?](https://www.cohesity.com/glossary/backup-and-recovery/): The process of duplicating and storing data securely to protect against loss from disasters, human errors, or cyberattacks, and restoring it quickly to maintain business continuity.
- [What is identity resilience?](https://www.cohesity.com/glossary/identity-resilience/): An organization's ability to protect, recover, and investigate critical identity systems like Active Directory and Entra ID before, during, and after a cyberattack to prevent business disruption.
- [What is ransomware recovery?](https://www.cohesity.com/glossary/ransomware-recovery/): The ability to rapidly regain access to encrypted or stolen data after a ransomware attack using immutable backups, clean snapshots, and instant recovery at scale — without paying a ransom.
- [What is immutable backup?](https://www.cohesity.com/glossary/immutable-backup/): A backup that cannot be altered, encrypted, or deleted, ensuring a clean and always-recoverable copy of data is available to protect against ransomware and cyberattacks.
- [What is data security posture management?](https://www.cohesity.com/glossary/data-security-posture-management/): A security approach that identifies and classifies sensitive data, continuously monitors risks, and reduces unauthorized access across hybrid and multicloud environments.
- [What is cyber vaulting?](https://www.cohesity.com/glossary/cyber-vault/): An isolated, immutable copy of data stored with virtual air gap technology to enable rapid, clean recovery after ransomware attacks or other incidents that compromise production systems.
- [Developing a cyber resilience strategy](https://www.cohesity.com/deep-dives/cyber-resilience-strategy/): A structured organization-wide approach to protecting critical data, detecting threats, responding to incidents, and recovering quickly to maintain business continuity after a cyberattack.
- [Incident response plan best practices](https://www.cohesity.com/deep-dives/incident-response-plan/): A documented step-by-step guide defining roles, communication protocols, containment workflows, and recovery procedures to minimize damage and downtime when a cyberattack occurs.
- [Role of RTO and RPO](https://www.cohesity.com/deep-dives/role-of-rto-rpo-in-disaster-recovery/): Explains recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) — the key metrics that define acceptable downtime and data loss thresholds in disaster recovery planning.