Cyberstorage's New Gambit: DāSTOR Taps Myota for Ransom-Proof Backups

WILMINGTON, Del. – June 09, 2026 – In a strategic move to redefine enterprise data protection, hybrid colocation provider DāSTOR LLC today announced a partnership with cybersecurity innovator Myota. The collaboration infuses DāSTOR’s Backup as a Service (BaaS) offering with Myota’s pioneering cyberstorage technology, aiming to provide clients with what the companies are calling “ransom immunity.”

As businesses across data-intensive sectors like healthcare, finance, and manufacturing grapple with increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks, the partnership signals a significant shift in strategy. Instead of relying on traditional, often vulnerable, backup repositories, DāSTOR is moving to an active defense model where security is intrinsically part of the data itself. This alliance aims to solve two of the biggest challenges facing CIOs today: how to achieve true data resilience against cyber threats while simultaneously reining in spiraling storage costs.

The New Frontier of Data Protection

At the heart of this enhanced service is Myota’s patented Shard and Spread™ technology, a novel approach that fundamentally alters how data is stored and secured. Rather than creating multiple redundant copies of a file—a common practice that multiplies an organization's attack surface—Myota’s system encrypts, chunks, and then shatters the data into small fragments, or shards. These shards are then algorithmically dispersed across multiple, often geographically separate, storage locations.

The result is a data set that is, according to Myota, “computationally impossible to reassemble” for any unauthorized party. Even if attackers manage to breach one or several storage nodes, the fragments they acquire are meaningless and cryptographically useless on their own. This process is the foundation of the company's “ransom immunity” claim; if the data is worthless to the thief, the leverage for a ransom demand evaporates.

This method moves beyond simple encryption by adding layers of physical and logical separation. According to industry analysts, this type of data fragmentation is a core tenet of the emerging “cyberstorage” category, which Gartner has recently recognized in its Hype Cycle and dedicated Market Guides. Cyberstorage solutions are defined by their ability to protect data from the inside out, detecting and blocking attacks at the storage layer.

Furthermore, the technology facilitates what Myota calls an “instant rewind.” Because the data structure is inherently resilient, authorized users can reconstruct their data to a point just one second before a breach occurred, drastically reducing the recovery time objectives (RTOs) that can cripple a business for days or weeks after an attack.

A Strategic Play for Enterprise Resilience

DāSTOR, founded in 2021 by 30-year industry veteran Kevin Mulqueen, has built its business on providing robust hybrid colocation and digital services to enterprises with critical data needs. For them, this partnership is a calculated response to a changing threat landscape where traditional defenses are no longer sufficient.

“Organizations need backup solutions that improve security and resiliency without increasing costs,” said Kevin Mulqueen, CEO of DāSTOR. “Our partnership with Myota strengthens our Backup as a Service offering with a more secure and efficient approach to data protection that helps reduce storage costs for customers, while continuing to provide the hands-on engineering support and flexibility DāSTOR is known for.”

The dual promise of heightened security and significant cost reduction is a compelling proposition. Myota claims its technology can lower storage infrastructure costs by 50% or more. This efficiency is achieved by replacing full-copy data duplication with intelligent, shard-based replication. Instead of storing three full copies of a file for redundancy, the system can ensure recoverability with significantly less total data, cutting down on expensive hardware and cloud storage bills.

For DāSTOR’s clients in regulated industries, this offering addresses the urgent need to protect sensitive information from both theft and disruption while satisfying operational budgets. The enhanced BaaS is being made immediately available to its enterprise customers across its five carrier-neutral data centers in Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Shifting the Paradigm Beyond Traditional Backups

The DāSTOR-Myota solution represents a deliberate break from legacy data protection models. For decades, backup and recovery have been about creating copies and planning for their eventual restoration. This partnership champions a new philosophy focused on proactive resilience.

“Traditional backup models were built around redundancy and recovery,” said Jim Walker, CEO of Myota. “We are delivering a fundamentally more resilient and cost-effective model for data protection, one that combines ransom immunity, instant rewind capabilities, and lower storage infrastructure costs.”

This new model directly confronts the weaknesses of conventional methods. Ransomware attackers frequently target backup systems first to eliminate an organization's ability to recover. Even so-called “immutable” backups can be vulnerable if an attacker gains administrative credentials. Myota’s architecture, built on Zero Trust principles, aims to mitigate these risks by decentralizing metadata and employing what it calls “polymorphic immutability” and geographically dispersed air-gaps, making it far more difficult for a single point of failure or a compromised account to jeopardize the entire data store.

Market Validation and the Road Ahead

While the partnership is new, the technology behind it has already gained traction and validation in the market. In early 2025, Myota achieved “Veeam Ready - Object” status, a significant milestone that certifies its compatibility with one of the world’s leading data protection platforms. This allows Veeam users to direct their backups to Myota’s cyberstorage as a target, benefiting from its security and cost-saving features within an established ecosystem.

Real-world adoption provides further evidence of its viability. CDISC, a global standards development organization, has been using Myota’s technology to protect its intellectual property, secure GitHub repositories, and safeguard sensitive legal documents from ransomware threats. This use case demonstrates the technology's value in protecting high-value assets for enterprise-level clients.

The launch of DāSTOR’s enhanced BaaS is timed perfectly with growing market demand. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 60% of businesses will integrate ransomware defenses directly into their data storage systems. By embedding Myota's cyberstorage technology into its core service offering, DāSTOR is not just selling a new product but positioning itself at the forefront of a crucial evolution in the fight for data resilience.