Index Engines lands third straight CRN Storage 100 nod

Index Engines has been named to CRN's 2026 Storage 100 list for the third consecutive year, earning a place in the publication's "40 Coolest Data Recovery, Observability, and Resiliency" category.

The recognition places the cyber resilience supplier among storage vendors chosen by CRN's editorial team for their work with the channel. The list highlights companies active in data recovery, observability and resiliency, areas drawing greater attention as ransomware incidents continue to test recovery processes.

The listing comes as customers and partners place greater emphasis on the integrity of recovered data, not just recovery speed. That shift has become more significant as ransomware attacks increasingly target backup environments, creating uncertainty over whether restored data is clean.

Index Engines' CyberSense product is designed to identify ransomware-related corruption in stored data. The company says the system uses artificial intelligence trained on thousands of ransomware variants and analyses more than 200 content-based statistics at the byte level to detect corruption with 99.99% accuracy.

Instead of relying on metadata or file signatures, the product analyses the underlying content of files to determine whether data has been compromised. According to Index Engines, this approach helps customers identify clean recovery points and reduce the risk of restoring infected or corrupted information.

Channel focus

The CRN list also reflects the role of channel partners in the storage market. Resellers and other partners use CyberSense to add ransomware recovery and resilience services for customers running infrastructure from Dell Technologies, IBM, Hitachi Vantara, Lenovo and Infinidat.

This partner-led route to market has become an important way for security and storage suppliers to reach large organisations, particularly where cyber recovery products must integrate with existing backup, archive and primary storage environments. In these cases, partners often link specialist software providers with customers looking to strengthen recovery operations.

CRN described the Storage 100 as a list of vendors advancing storage innovation and supporting strategic partnerships. The publication's editorial team selected the companies included.

Commenting on the wider list, Jennifer Follett, Vice President, U.S. Content and Executive Editor at CRN, The Channel Company, said: "We're proud to recognize the companies on this year's Storage 100 for their deep commitment to partnering with the channel to deliver truly transformative storage solutions. These vendors continue to push meaningful innovation in storage while evolving partner strategies that drive success across the entire channel ecosystem."

Recovery concerns

Interest in cyber recovery tools has risen as ransomware incidents have moved beyond encryption alone to the corruption or manipulation of stored data. That has made post-attack recovery more complex for enterprises, which must verify that data is trustworthy before bringing systems back online.

Vendors in this segment have increasingly focused on forensic inspection of data, anomaly detection and validation of recovery points. The goal is to help organisations avoid reinfection, reduce downtime and make restoration decisions with greater certainty.

For Index Engines, the latest CRN recognition marks a third successive appearance on the list and adds to its profile in a market where cyber resilience products are becoming more closely tied to core storage infrastructure. The company has positioned CyberSense as a tool for organisations seeking to verify data integrity after an attack and for partners looking to attach recovery-focused services to installed storage estates.

Jim McGann, Chief Marketing Officer at Index Engines, linked the recognition to the company's partner base. "This CRN recognition reflects the strength of our channel partners and our commitment to helping partners protect customers from advanced ransomware threats. Together, we're enabling faster detection and confident recovery with trusted, uncompromised data."