N-able Strengthens Security Capabilities with Advanced Detection of Sophisticated Data Threats

September 16, 2025 at 06:00 AM EDT

Anomaly Detection as a Service helps customers defend against attacks targeting backup environments

N-able, Inc. (NYSE: NABL), a global software company delivering an end-to-end cyber resiliency platform, has enhanced the capabilities of Cove Data Protection™ with the launch of Anomaly Detection as a Service (ADaaS). Strengthening Cove’s defense against modern cyberthreats, this proactive service is built into Cove’s architecture with no additional management overhead or cost impact.

Cyberattacks continue to surge with bad actors increasingly aiming to disrupt organizations by compromising backups. In today’s threat landscape, early threat detection is just as critical as response and recovery; spotting malicious activity early limits the ability to cause widespread damage.

Traditional “build your own” backup places the burden of securing and monitoring the backup infrastructure squarely on the business. In contrast, Cove now includes data resilience capabilities by design. The first available ADaaS capability, Honeypots, is an always-on defense mechanism designed to detect brute-force attacks on infrastructure. By identifying unauthorized access attempts, Honeypots helps ensure infrastructure and data remain fully protected. By detecting threat behavior before it reaches production systems or real backups, businesses gain critical time to respond and quarantine the threat, preventing scenarios where recovery may be impossible. This proactive defense strengthens a company’s security posture in an increasingly complex and threat-heavy landscape.

John Joyce, CEO of CRS Technology Consultants shared, “As a high-performing team of 24, we rely on tools that deliver security without adding operational burden so that we can confidently serve thousands every day. Our customers trust us with their businesses, and that trust demands data resilience. It’s not just about having backups anymore – it’s about protecting them. The new Anomaly Detection functionality in Cove, starting with Honeypots, gives us peace of mind since it is delivered as a service: it’s always on, always working, and doesn’t require constant oversight.”

Looking ahead, Cove plans to expand its Anomaly Detection functionality with capabilities including critical configuration changes, which will alert users to suspicious backup policy modifications – such as shortened retention, unauthorized exclusions, or deleted backups, that could silently signal an attack or undermine recovery.

“Backups are under attack, and bad actors want to get to your data as soon as they penetrate your network, making security-first architecture essential. ADaaS is designed to offer maximum protection with zero added complexity, turning backup from a passive safety net into an active layer of defense, especially important for MSPs and midmarket IT teams that need enterprise-level protection without the enterprise-level overhead,” said Stefan Voss, Head of Product for Cove Data Protection. “Now, you’re not just offering backup, you’re giving businesses an intelligent early-warning system that can spot ransomware-like behavior before it spreads. That’s a huge differentiator.”

For more information on how Cove can help protect your business, visit: https://www.n-able.com/products/cove-data-protection.

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