System and method for securing instant access of data in file based backups in a backup storage system using metadata files

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code, which when executed by a computer processor enables the computer processor to perform a method for managing file based backups (FBBs), the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a FBB metadata file manager, a FBB mount request for a FBB mount of a FBB from an application, wherein the application is executing in a production host environment and the FBB is stored on backup storage;
• in response to the FBB mount request:
• enabling, by the FBB metadata file manager, access to a portion of the FBB by the application;
• notifying, by the FBB metadata file manager, a cyber sense device that the access is enabled;
• providing, by the FBB metadata file manager and to the cyber sense device, a storage location of the portion of the FBB for which access was enabled;
• receiving, by the FBB metadata file manager and from the cyber sense device, a security event notification;
• and
• performing, by the FBB metadata file manager and in response to the security event notification, a security action set.

A system for managing file based backups (FBBs), the system comprising:

• a processor comprising circuitry;
• memory;
• and
• a FBB metadata file manager executing using the processor and the memory, operatively connected to a cyber sense device, and configured to:
• obtain a FBB mount request for a FBB mount of a FBB from an application, wherein the application is executing in a production host environment and the FBB is stored on backup storage;
• in response to the FBB mount request:
• enable access to a portion of the FBB by the application;
• notify the cyber sense device that the access is enabled;
• provide, to the cyber sense device, a storage location of the portion of the FBB for which access was enabled;
• receive, from the cyber sense device, a security event notification;
• and
• perform, in response to the security event notification, a security action set.