TEST For an economically essential company like PACCAR, downtime is not an option. As Chuck Markarian, CISO, noted, “Our performance is directly tied to the trust and confidence our customers and stakeholders place in us, and we are committed to delivering on that promise.”

A cyber incident could not only bring production lines to a standstill but also compromise sensitive corporate data and jeopardize PACCAR’s role in the global supply chain, causing millions in lost revenue and reputational damage. The company’s legacy backup solutions were insufficient, lacking the immutability and proactive threat detection needed to withstand tactics employed by modern threat actors.

PACCAR’s previous recovery simulations illustrated that a successful ransomware event could:   

TEST only Without immutable backups, proactive threat detection, and a unified view of its global data footprint, PACCAR faced unacceptable risks to its operational continuity and reputation.

TEST To shift from a reactive mentality to an “assume-breach” posture, test chose Rubrik as its comprehensive cyber resilience platform. This move replaced a traditional backup and recovery solution with an integrated platform providing immutable backups, monitoring for unusual data activity (mass deletions, modifications, or encryptions) related to a ransomware attack, rapid threat hunting, and orchestrated recovery—the “new global standard” for test cyber recovery efforts, according to Miguel Zatarain, Director of Global Infrastructure Technology.