Acronis Advanced Security + EDR

Acronis Advanced Security + EDR is an add-on pack that layers endpoint detection and response (EDR) capability on top of the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud agent. The same agent both takes the backup and records the attack chain: when suspicious behaviour is seen, the incident is visualised through MITRE ATT&CK steps, and process termination, quarantine, device isolation and recovery from a clean restore point are all carried out from a single console.

Threat data shows why this combination makes sense. According to the Acronis H1 2025 Cyberthreats Report, based on signals collected from more than 1,000,000 unique endpoints, the number of publicly disclosed ransomware victims rose by nearly 70%; manufacturing was the most targeted sector in the first quarter of 2025 with 15% of all cases (Acronis Cyberthreats Report H1 2025). In the H2 2025 edition of the same series, more than 7,600 ransomware victims were publicly disclosed worldwide; the most active group was Qilin with 962 victims, and phishing accounted for 83% of email threats (Acronis Cyberthreats Report H2 2025).

Against this picture, neither antivirus alone nor backup alone is sufficient. Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud already unites backup and baseline malware protection in the same agent; Acronis Advanced Security + EDR adds on top of that the detection and response layer that shows how the attack started, which processes it took over and which files it touched. At Sora Yazılım we license, deploy and configure the pack within the Acronis solution family, set up the protection plans and, on request, operate it under a managed service model.

What does Acronis Advanced Security + EDR do, and which attacks does it make visible?

Short answer: the pack records what happens on the endpoint event by event, links those events together to build an attack chain, and labels the chain with MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques. Instead of "a file was quarantined", you get a narrative at the level of "the macro that entered this machine via this email attachment ran this PowerShell command, changed this registry key and started encrypting files in this shared folder".

According to the official Acronis Advanced Security data sheet, the pack adds nine capabilities on top of standard protection: full-stack anti-malware, URL filtering, exploit prevention, anti-malware scanning of backups in the Acronis Cloud, forensic data collection in backups, the Acronis Cyber Protection Operations Center (CPOC) threat feed, automatic allowlisting, prevention of reinfection by updating antivirus definitions during recovery, and remote device wipe (Acronis Advanced Security data sheet).

In practice, three scenarios generate the most value. The first is ransomware: the encryption behaviour is stopped, the affected files are listed from the chain, and only the affected data set is restored. The second is targeted attacks that begin with phishing; when an attachment that was not blocked at the email layer is caught on the endpoint, the chain is assessed together with email protection. This is why the pack is commonly positioned alongside the Acronis Advanced Email Security add-on. The third is exploitation of browser and application vulnerabilities: URL filtering and exploit prevention close off the opening step of the chain.

What does the Advanced Security pack add to standard Cyber Protect protection?

A standard Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud subscription already includes behavioural ransomware prevention (Acronis Active Protection), vulnerability assessment, device-control DLP, automatic data recovery after a ransomware attack and the #CyberFit Score security posture rating. Advanced Security + EDR does not replace any of these; it adds detection depth and response tooling on top. The table below follows the "already included" versus "added by the pack" split in the official data sheet.

The "added by the pack" rows in the table are based on the list in the Acronis Advanced Security data sheet itself (Acronis Advanced Security data sheet); the deployment condition for EDR comes from the official product documentation. Clarifying this split before purchase matters, because some organisations realise the capability they need is already in the standard subscription and choose to license the add-on only for their critical workloads.

Why is EDR offered only in cloud deployment, and what happens with an on-premises installation?

Short answer: the official Acronis documentation defines EDR within the list of capabilities available only in cloud deployment. The same list also includes Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace cloud-to-cloud backup, direct backup to public cloud, disaster recovery as a service, Cyber Scripting, remote desktop, machine-learning-based workload monitoring and hardware inventory (Acronis Cyber Protect 16 Web Help).

The Acronis feature comparison knowledge base leads to the same conclusion: Endpoint Detection and Response is marked, for both Cyber Protect 16 and Cyber Protect 17, only in the cloud column and subject to the Advanced edition; EDR does not appear in the on-premises management server column. In the same source, DLP Device Control is likewise listed on the cloud side subject to Advanced; by contrast, some capabilities such as tape destinations, Acronis Storage Node, PXE server and Forensic Mode exist only in on-premises deployment (Acronis Support KB 73376).

The practical consequence is this: if you operate an on-premises management server with Acronis Cyber Protect 16, you will need to move to cloud management for EDR or design a hybrid model. For organisations that want their backups to stay physically inside the company, it helps to point out that where the data sits and where the console runs are two different questions; once a protection plan has been deployed to a machine, the agent continues protection operations for 30 days even if communication with the management server is lost (Acronis Cyber Protect 16 Web Help). In addition, Istanbul appears in the official Acronis data centre list (Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Centers), which is a factor that eases the data residency discussion.

How does running on the same agent as backup change ransomware response?

Short answer: when EDR and backup are separate products, response bounces between two teams and two consoles; in Acronis, because both sit on the same agent and in the same console, the disconnect between "finding out what broke" and "bringing back what broke" disappears. This is a structural advantage that shortens recovery time — and today the cost of recovery is not only a technical matter but a financial one.

According to the IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2025, the global average cost of a data breach has fallen to USD 4.44 million (from USD 4.88 million in 2024); the average cost of extortion and ransomware incidents is USD 5.08 million when disclosed by the attacker, and 63% of organisations refused to pay the ransom (IBM & Ponemon, 2025). The same report also shows how long recovery drags on: 65% of organisations have still not fully recovered from their breach, and among those that say they have fully recovered, the process exceeded 100 days in 76% of cases.

On the Acronis side, the response flow typically proceeds through these steps:

• Detection and containment: the attack chain is built, the malicious process is terminated and, where necessary, the device is isolated from the network.
• Scoping: the chain reveals which files, registry keys and accounts were affected; the forensic data collection option in backups preserves evidence for investigation.
• Selecting a clean point: because backups in the Acronis Cloud have been through anti-malware scanning, a restore point free of malware can be identified.
• Restore: antivirus definitions are updated during recovery, reducing the risk of reinfection from rolling back with an outdated definition set.
• Verification: the restored workload is rescanned and the protection plan is reapplied.

For organisations that want to strengthen the speed dimension of recovery, this flow is completed with running a virtual machine directly from a backup (Instant Restore) and with cloud-based disaster recovery. Instant Restore starts a virtual machine directly from a disk-level backup containing an operating system; its disks are emulated from the backup while the machine runs, and Acronis recommends keeping the temporary machine for no more than three days and then deleting it or converting it into a permanent VM (Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud User Guide). For more aggressive targets, the Acronis Disaster Recovery add-on comes into play.

The integrity of the data being recovered is part of this equation too. In Acronis backup encryption, the AES algorithm runs in Galois/Counter (GCM) mode with a randomly generated 256-bit key; that key is encrypted with AES-256 using the SHA-2 (256-bit) hash of the password, and the password is never stored anywhere on disk or in the backups (Acronis Cyber Protect 16 Web Help). In addition, since September 2024, immutable storage in Governance mode with a 14-day retention period has been enabled by default on all Acronis-hosted storage, for all Partner and Customer tenants (Acronis Cyber Protect 16 Web Help). This is the second line of defence that ensures a point to roll back to remains even in an attack that EDR misses.

What do independent tests say about Acronis protection and detection capability?

Short answer: on the protection side the results are strong, while on the pure EDR side there is a certified but bounded picture you need to understand. In AV-TEST's January–February 2026 Windows 11 business user test, Acronis Cyber Protect 25.11 scored Protection 6.0/6.0, Performance 6.0/6.0 and Usability 6.0/6.0, earning the "TOP PRODUCT" award with 18.0/18.0 points; the threshold for that award is 17.5 points (AV-TEST, 2026).

On the EDR side, in the advanced EDR test AV-TEST ran between December 2023 and January 2024, Acronis Cyber Protect (with the Advanced Security + EDR pack) received the "AV-TEST Approved Advanced Endpoint Detection and Response" certification. Two attack scenarios were used in the test; in the second scenario, data exfiltration carried out over a command-and-control channel was not detected (AV-TEST, 2024).

We report this finding as it stands, because setting the right expectations improves the quality of the purchasing decision. Acronis Advanced Security + EDR is strong against attacks that begin on the endpoint and leave traces at file and process level; conversely, it may not be sufficient on its own in long-running, low-noise exfiltration scenarios that hide in network traffic. Organisations that consider such risks high should position the pack together with network-layer visibility — firewalls and network detection solutions, for example.

How do you choose between Acronis EDR, FortiEDR and Bitdefender GravityZone Premium?

Short answer: the choice depends on which platform you want endpoint detection to be part of. Acronis offers EDR as a layer of the backup platform; Fortinet manages the endpoint in the same fabric as network security; Bitdefender leads with the depth of its endpoint protection platform and risk management. All three are legitimate choices, and the right answer depends on the organisation's existing investment.

We see three patterns in practice. Organisations that already have a Fortinet investment on the network side prefer to keep endpoint detection in the same architecture with FortiEDR; in that case Acronis positions itself as the backup and recovery layer, and the two products do not exclude each other. If depth in endpoint protection and vulnerability management is the priority, Bitdefender GravityZone Business Security Premium is a strong option. For organisations seeking a broader detection and response platform that also brings email, cloud and identity signals together alongside the endpoint, Trend Vision One is worth evaluating. Acronis Advanced Security + EDR, meanwhile, stands out in organisations with a consolidation goal, without a dedicated security team, that want to manage backup and security from the same place.

KVKK compliance and deployment: how do we plan an Acronis EDR project?

Short answer: EDR on its own does not produce a compliance certificate; it does, however, make a significant portion of the technical measures KVKK (Turkey's data protection law) expects demonstrable. The "Backing Up Personal Data" section of the Personal Data Security Guide published by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority states that, where data is damaged, destroyed or stolen, the data controller must resume operations as quickly as possible using the backed-up data; that backup strategies against ransomware should be developed; that only the system administrator should be able to access backed-up personal data; and that data set backups must be kept off the network (KVKK Personal Data Security Guide).

Advanced Security + EDR delivers the counterpart to each of these clauses: immutable storage and encryption separate the backup from the attacker, the attack chain record makes it easier to determine which personal data was touched, and forensic data collection in backups leaves evidence for post-incident investigation. The trend in Europe supports the same direction: ENISA Threat Landscape 2025 examined 4,875 incidents between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025; the leading initial access routes were identified as phishing (60%) and vulnerability exploitation (21.3%), and 53.7% of incidents concerned essential entities within the scope of the NIS2 Directive (ENISA, 2025). For Turkish organisations serving Europe, this is a framework they will encounter in supply chain audits.

One note: while the official licensing and feature knowledge base lists "Forensic Mode" as a feature requiring the Advanced edition in on-premises deployment, the Advanced Security data sheet counts forensic data collection in backups among the capabilities the pack adds. Because the two sources point to different contexts, we clarify this item environment by environment before deployment for organisations with forensic investigation requirements.

Sora Yazılım's deployment approach consists of these steps: reviewing the existing Acronis tenant and protection plans, verifying the cloud deployment requirement for EDR, tuning detection sensitivity and false positives on a pilot group of workloads, introducing in-house custom applications through automatic allowlisting, defining URL filtering policies department by department, testing the clean restore flow end to end with a recovery drill, and setting up reporting and alerting channels. For organisations that also want to move patching and inventory into the same console, we plan the Acronis Advanced Management add-on alongside it; for needs around infrastructure, monitoring and automation, our DevOps and infrastructure services step in.

Let us assess together whether Acronis Advanced Security + EDR is the right fit for your organisation, taking your existing backup and endpoint protection investments into account. Share your workload inventory and your recovery objectives, and we will prepare a proposal covering license scope, deployment model and the rollout plan. Get in touch via our contact page — we work with local technical support in Turkish and post-deployment operational support included.