Druva

Druva is a SaaS-based data protection and data resilience platform delivered on public cloud infrastructure for enterprises and public-sector organizations.

• Cloud-native data protection and backup-as-a-service for enterprise workloads across on-premises (on-prem) and cloud environments (data protection)
• SaaS-delivered Disaster Recovery (DR), business continuity, and ransomware recovery capabilities (disaster recovery / cyber resilience)
• Backup and governance for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications and collaboration platforms such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Salesforce (SaaS data protection)
• Data security features including zero-trust-aligned controls, data isolation, and immutability for backup data (data security)
• Centralized management, policy orchestration, and analytics for global backup, archival, and compliance workflows (data management)

More About Druva

Druva provides a cloud-native data protection platform delivered entirely as SaaS, targeting enterprise IT, security, and compliance teams that need centralized backup, recovery, and governance for distributed data. The platform is hosted on public cloud infrastructure and is designed to protect data across data centers, edge locations, endpoints, and SaaS applications without requiring customers to deploy or operate backup hardware or traditional backup software stacks.

The company’s offerings focus on several core enterprise workloads: virtualized environments, cloud workloads, file and Network Attached Storage (NAS) data, databases, and major SaaS applications such as Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and Salesforce (SaaS data protection). In these environments, Druva provides backup, long-term retention, and recovery services, along with features for e-discovery support and data governance. The service is positioned for organizations working within hybrid and multi-cloud architectures that want backup policies and Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) to be managed from a single control plane.

From an architectural standpoint, Druva uses a multi-tenant, cloud-native design that leverages object storage, global deduplication, and policy-driven data tiering (data management). Data is transmitted over secure network protocols using encryption in transit and at rest, and the platform incorporates Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and other security controls aligned to zero-trust principles (data security). Immutability and logical air-gap concepts are used to protect backup sets from tampering or deletion, which is relevant for ransomware recovery scenarios.

In the DR and cyber resilience category, Druva provides orchestration capabilities for failover and failback of certain workloads to cloud environments (disaster recovery). This includes runbook automation, recovery point and recovery time objective configuration, and test failover support to help organizations validate recovery plans without impacting production systems. These capabilities are used by infrastructure and operations teams as part of broader business continuity strategies.

Druva also positions its platform for security and compliance stakeholders by providing audit trails, data access monitoring, and tools that can assist with legal hold and e-discovery workflows (governance and compliance). The service exposes APIs and integrations that allow alignment with IT service management systems and Security Operations (SecOps) tooling. Analytics and reporting modules help organizations monitor backup status, storage consumption, and policy adherence across global environments.

Within a technology directory or marketplace taxonomy, Druva fits under cloud data protection, backup-as-a-service, disaster recovery-as-a-service, ransomware recovery, SaaS application backup, endpoint and edge backup, and data governance and compliance support. Its portfolio centers on unifying these functions into a single SaaS platform that can be adopted by enterprises seeking to move away from appliance-based or self-managed backup and recovery infrastructure.