Druva Named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms

At Secure ISS, we partner closely with Druva as one of the best-in-class data protection platforms in the world. It powers Lumara Vault, our managed data resilience service for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and endpoint data, delivered through our sovereign 24/7 Australian SOC. Our architecture is open by design: when a global benchmark already exists, we integrate it rather than build a closed alternative.

We are proud to share that Druva has been named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms, marking its second consecutive year in this position.

Key Highlights from the 2026 Gartner® Report

• Leader Position. Second consecutive year in the Leaders Quadrant, in a category with more vendors chasing Leader status than almost any other Gartner covers. Placed for both Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute.

• Fully Managed SaaS Architecture. Druva delivers data protection as a SaaS platform, removing the infrastructure overhead legacy backup vendors still carry and keeping the recovery path isolated from the customer environment.

• Dru MetaGraph. Maps relationships across data, metadata, identity and permissions, bringing context to backup and recovery, and cited by Druva as a key reason for its Leader placement.

• AI-Ready Data Protection. Recognised as enterprise data protection enters a phase where AI is embedded across business workflows and identity is increasingly connected to how data is accessed, governed and recovered.

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Druva Strengths as a Gartner-Recognised Backup and Data Protection Leader

• Fully Managed SaaS. Backup, disaster recovery and cyber resilience in a single cloud-native control plane, with no hardware to manage, which keeps deployment and day-to-day operations lean.

• Air-Gapped, Immutable Storage. Backup data and credentials sit outside the customer network, so a compromise can't extend into the recovery copies.

• Rapid, Granular Recovery. Restore anything from a single mailbox to an entire SharePoint site, from any point in time, which shortens recovery when it matters most.

• Identity-Aware Recovery. Dru MetaGraph surfaces which activities matter, why they matter and what to do next, rather than just handing back raw data.

• Broad Workload Coverage. Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, endpoints, SaaS and cloud workloads protected under one platform and one console.

• Architectural Advantage. SaaS-native by design, without the seams of legacy backup platforms with cloud features bolted on later.

Considerations When Evaluating Druva for Data Resilience

• SaaS-First Model. Druva is cloud-native SaaS, which suits most environments but warrants planning for workloads with specific data residency or on-premises constraints. We work this through during Lumara Vault scoping.

• Migration from Legacy Backup. Moving off entrenched legacy backup infrastructure takes planning and staged cutover. We absorb this inside Lumara onboarding rather than leaving it on the client.

• Tiered Feature Access. Advanced capabilities sit in higher Druva subscription tiers. We flag this upfront in commercial scoping, because tier sizing often drives more of the conversation than the platform choice.

This is the kind of detail our team works through with clients during scoping.

What This Means for Our Clients

Druva is the data resilience technology inside our Secure ISS 24/7 Australian Security Operations Centre, packaged inside Lumara Vault. For our clients, that means:

• Backups attackers can't reach. Air-gapped, immutable storage so a network compromise doesn't extend into your recovery copies.

• Recovery run by our Australian SOC. Restore anything from a single mailbox to an entire SharePoint site, from any point in time.

• Fully managed lifecycle. We handle setup, daily monitoring, regular recovery testing and rapid restoration.

• Sovereign, Australian SOC operations. Local analysts operating 24/7 out of Queensland, staffed entirely by Australians.

Australia is secure when Australian talent defends it. The platform behind the recovery matters, and we made the deliberate call to integrate one of the best in the world rather than build a closed alternative. The 2026 Gartner® MQ confirms the call still holds.

See How We Use Druva

Looking for a data resilience platform that keeps your data recoverable when everything else fails? Whether you're reassessing a legacy backup setup, weighing up a managed engagement, or want a second opinion on how your current environment would hold up under ransomware, we're happy to walk you through how Druva performs inside our sovereign Australian SOC.

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms, Michael Hoeck, Jason Donham, Sankalp Rastogi, Rizvan Hussain, 29 June 2026. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product, or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organisation and should not be construed as statements of fact. GARTNER and MAGIC QUADRANT are trademarks of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates.