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

Druva placed in the Leaders quadrant, recognized for its Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Druva, the leading provider of data security, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms. This marks Druva’s second consecutive year as a Leader.

Enterprise data protection is entering a new phase as AI becomes embedded across business workflows and identity becomes increasingly connected to how data is accessed, governed and recovered. Backup and recovery can no longer operate as isolated infrastructure. When something goes wrong, IT and security teams need to understand what changed, determine what can be trusted, and restore operations with confidence. That requires a context-aware foundation connecting data, metadata, identities, permissions and recovery history.

Druva was built with a fully managed SaaS architecture that isolates backup data and credentials from the primary network while reducing customer-managed infrastructure. Through Dru MetaGraph, Druva brings graph-based context to backup and recovery, helping organizations map relationships across data, metadata, identity and permissions. With DruAI, the platform extends this foundation with AI-driven investigation, identity-aware recovery, and agentic workflows. Customers can restore not only the data, but the identity and permission context around it without managing backup infrastructure.

“AI is accelerating both cyber threats and day-to-day change across the enterprise,” said Jaspreet Singh, CEO of Druva. “As AI becomes part of more workflows, data protection has to preserve the context organizations need when something goes wrong, including what changed, which identities and permissions were involved, and which data can be trusted. In our opinion, being named a Leader for the second consecutive year reflects the growing need for fully managed SaaS data protection built for this level of speed, context and security.”

Additional Resources

• View a complimentary copy of the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Backup and Data Protection Platforms.
• Learn more about Data Security Cloud, Druva’s fully-managed, cloud-native SaaS platform.
• See DruAI use cases and how you can leverage agentic AI to secure your business.

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection Platforms, by Michael Hoeck, Jason Donham, Sankalp Rastogi, Rizvan Hussain, 29 June 2026.

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About Druva

Druva is the leading provider of data security solutions, empowering customers to secure and recover their data from all threats. The Druva Data Security Cloud is a fully managed SaaS solution offering air-gapped and immutable data protection across cloud, on-premises, and edge environments. By centralizing data protection, Druva enhances traditional security measures and enables faster incident response, effective cyber remediation, and robust data governance. Trusted by nearly 7,500 customers, including 75 of the Fortune 500, Druva safeguards business data in an increasingly interconnected world. Visit druva.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook.