Streamline ransomware protection while reducing cost with logically air-gapped vault primary backup

This article explains how AWS Backup's logically air-gapped vault primary backup feature enables direct backup storage without duplicate copies, reducing costs while maintaining ransomware protection.

• Backups can now be stored directly in logically air-gapped vaults without intermediate copies
• Fully managed resources (S3, DynamoDB, EFS) back up directly; non-fully managed resources use intelligent orchestration
• Temporary snapshots automatically created and cleaned up for non-fully managed resources
• Requires standard backup vault alongside logically air-gapped vault for all resource types
• Minimum seven-day retention period mandatory for logically air-gapped vaults
• Best practice: backup frequency of 24 hours or greater for optimal cost benefits
• Multi-party approval adds security layer even if primary account compromised
• Can be configured via on-demand backups, backup plans, or organization-wide policies

Logically air-gapped vault primary backup simplifies ransomware protection architecture by eliminating duplicate storage requirements while maintaining compliance and security standards.