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Fortify Your Ransomware Defense with Impossible Cloud and Veeam Immutable Backup Storage
Ransomware attacks in Europe are projected to hit a record high in 2025, with costs rising 17% in the first half of the year. An effective defense requires more than just backups; it demands backups that cannot be deleted or encrypted.
The topic briefly and concisely
Combine Veeam with Impossible Cloud's S3 Object Lock to create immutable backups that are invulnerable to ransomware encryption or deletion.
Achieve GDPR compliance and digital sovereignty with storage exclusively in EU data centers, protected from extra-territorial laws.
Eliminate unpredictable cloud bills with a transparent pricing model that includes zero egress fees, zero API call costs, and no minimum terms.
In today's threat landscape, securing your data is paramount. With the NIS-2 directive demanding stricter cybersecurity measures by October 2024 and ransomware attacks increasing over 80% since 2023, a simple backup strategy is no longer sufficient. This is where Impossible Cloud Veeam immutable backup storage provides a decisive advantage. By combining Veeam's powerful data protection with Impossible Cloud's sovereign, S3-compatible object storage featuring Object Lock, you create a resilient, compliant, and cost-predictable fortress for your critical data. This approach directly addresses the need for robust ransomware protection and aligns with EU data sovereignty principles.
Counter the Rising Tide of Ransomware with Immutability
European businesses face an unprecedented wave of cyber threats, with ransomware incidents projected to exceed 1,746 in 2025. Standard backups are vulnerable, as attackers now target and delete them first to prevent recovery. Using Impossible Cloud Veeam immutable backup storage creates a failsafe using the Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) model. This S3 Object Lock feature ensures that once your Veeam backup data is written, it cannot be altered or deleted for a defined period. Even if attackers gain access, they cannot encrypt your recovery points, rendering their primary leverage useless. This strategy is a core pillar of modern ransomware defense.
This proactive security posture is essential as regulations evolve. The upcoming NIS-2 Directive, for instance, mandates that organizations in 18 critical sectors implement robust risk management measures. Immutable storage provides a verifiable technical control to meet these heightened security requirements, ensuring your last line of defense remains intact. This approach transforms your backup repository from a target into a fortress.
Achieve Digital Sovereignty and GDPR Compliance
Data residency is a non-negotiable requirement under GDPR, mandating that personal data be stored within jurisdictions with strong data protection laws. Impossible Cloud guarantees this with its EU-only infrastructure, operating exclusively in certified European data centers. Our platform offers country-level geofencing, ensuring your Veeam backup data never leaves your chosen region. This eliminates any exposure to extra-territorial laws like the CLOUD Act, providing complete EU legal certainty. You can confidently manage your cloud backup strategy within a sovereign framework.
Veeam's features are designed to support GDPR obligations, including data subject rights for access or erasure from production systems. When paired with Impossible Cloud, you gain a fully compliant architecture. Here is how our combined solution supports your GDPR strategy:
Data Residency Control: All backup data is stored within the EU, satisfying GDPR's territorial scope with 100% certainty.
Encryption In-Transit and At-Rest: We provide multi-layer AES 256-bit encryption to protect data integrity, a key requirement of Article 32.
Immutable Audit Trails: Object Lock ensures backup data integrity, providing a tamper-proof record for compliance audits.
Resilient Recovery: Our architecture ensures high availability, allowing you to restore services quickly after an incident, as mandated by GDPR.
This sovereign-by-design approach simplifies compliance, allowing you to focus on recovery readiness instead of regulatory risk.
Eliminate Unpredictable Costs with a Transparent Model
For years, IT budgets have been strained by the complex and often punitive pricing of hyperscale cloud providers. A 2025 study found that 67% of EMEA businesses expect their cloud costs to continue rising, with egress fees being a primary concern. Impossible Cloud eliminates this problem entirely. We charge for storage with zero egress fees, zero API call costs, and no minimum storage durations. This predictable model is especially valuable for Veeam users, who need to perform restores, tests, and data mobility operations without financial penalty. You get complete cost transparency for your disaster recovery planning.
The upcoming EU Data Act, fully applicable from September 2025, will mandate data portability and require providers to phase out switching charges, including data egress fees, by January 2027. Impossible Cloud is already compliant with the spirit and letter of this regulation. Our commitment to open standards and no lock-in gives you the freedom to move your data whenever you need, future-proofing your IT strategy against punitive fees. This economic clarity is a competitive advantage.
Leverage Full S3 API Compatibility for Seamless Veeam Integration
Migrating to a new storage backend can be complex, but Impossible Cloud's full S3 API compatibility makes it simple. Your existing Veeam workflows, scripts, and tools connect to our platform without any need for code rewrites. This protects your past investments and minimizes migration risk. Our support goes beyond basic operations to include advanced capabilities like versioning and lifecycle management, ensuring your entire data management pipeline remains stable. This seamless integration is a cornerstone of our secure object storage solution.
Setting up your Impossible Cloud Veeam immutable backup storage repository is a straightforward process. Follow these steps to get started:
Create a Bucket: Log into the Impossible Cloud console and create a new storage bucket in your desired EU region.
Enable Object Lock: During bucket creation, enable the Object Lock feature to make it capable of storing immutable backups.
Generate Access Keys: Create a new set of S3 access keys with appropriate permissions for the bucket.
Configure Veeam: In the Veeam console, add a new S3-compatible object storage repository, entering the Impossible Cloud service endpoint and your credentials.
Select the Bucket: Choose the bucket you created with Object Lock enabled.
Define Immutability Period: Set the desired immutability duration (e.g., 30 days) within your Veeam backup job settings.
With this configuration, every backup sent to this repository is automatically protected against modification or deletion.
Benefit from an 'Always-Hot' Architecture for Instant Recovery
Traditional cloud storage often relies on complex tiering models, where data is moved to slower, cheaper tiers over time. While this seems cost-effective, it introduces significant operational friction. Restoring data from an archive tier can take hours and incur surprise retrieval fees, delaying recovery when time is critical. A 2025 report highlighted that recovery costs after an attack average around $2.7 million, making any delay extremely costly. Impossible Cloud avoids this with an “Always-Hot” object storage model. All your Veeam backup data is immediately accessible, with no tier-restore delays or fees. This simplifies operations and ensures your third-party tools, like Veeam's Instant VM Recovery, function without API timeouts or failures. This approach strengthens your overall data protection strategy.
This architectural choice directly impacts your recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO). With all data instantly available, you can restore services up to 90% faster than with tiered systems. This ensures business continuity and maintains customer trust during a crisis.
Empower MSPs and Channel Partners with a Predictable Value Proposition
For Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and resellers, margin predictability is key to building a profitable Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) offering. The Impossible Cloud partner program is built on a foundation of financial transparency. With zero egress and API fees, you can build services with defensible, predictable margins. This model removes the risk of unexpected costs eroding your profits when a client needs to perform a large-scale restore. Our multi-tenant console, complete with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and MFA, simplifies management across your entire client base.
We are continuously expanding our channel presence to provide local support for our partners. With our distributor api in Germany and our first UK distributor, Northamber plc, it has never been easier for MSPs to onboard and scale their services. This growing ecosystem, combined with our powerful automation via API/CLI, provides the tools you need to deliver sovereign, compliant, and profitable Veeam backup solutions to your customers.
Additional useful links
Wikipedia provides a general overview and definition of ransomware.
The German Association of Towns and Municipalities highlights that ransomware remains the biggest threat in cyberspace, particularly for municipalities.
The Science Media Center Germany provides information on current ransomware attacks.
FAQ
Can I use Impossible Cloud as a primary backup repository for Veeam?
Impossible Cloud is best suited as a capacity or archive tier for your Veeam backups using the Scale-out Backup Repository. For optimal performance, Veeam recommends a local performance tier for the most recent backups, which then offloads older backups to our cost-effective and immutable object storage for long-term retention.
Is Impossible Cloud's Object Lock feature certified by Veeam?
Yes, Impossible Cloud is a Veeam Ready Object with Immutability partner. Our full S3 API compatibility, including support for Object Lock, has been tested and validated by Veeam to ensure seamless integration and reliable performance for creating immutable backups.
How does your pricing compare to major cloud providers?
While we don't list specific price numbers, our model is designed for predictability and transparency. We offer enterprise-grade object storage with no egress fees, no API call charges, and no minimum storage durations. This typically results in a significantly lower and more predictable Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) compared to hyperscalers, especially for backup and archive use cases.
What data centers do you operate in?
We operate exclusively in certified, high-security data centers located within the European Union. We offer customers the ability to choose specific countries for their data storage (geofencing) to meet strict data sovereignty and compliance requirements.
What happens if I need to restore a large amount of data?
You can restore as much data as you need, as often as you need, without any financial penalty. Because we have zero egress fees, a full disaster recovery scenario will not result in a surprise bill. Our 'Always-Hot' architecture also ensures your data is immediately available for restoration without any delays from archive tiers.
How do I migrate my existing Veeam backups to Impossible Cloud?
Migration is straightforward. You can add Impossible Cloud as a new extent in your Veeam Scale-out Backup Repository and use Veeam's built-in functionality to evacuate backups from an old repository to ours. Because of our S3 compatibility, the process is simple and requires no changes to your existing backup jobs.
