Safeguard your organization, protect your critical source code with HYCU
Git repositories like Bitbucket are the lifeblood of any DevOps-driven organization. While often seen primarily as developer tools, the reality is that these repositories hold some of the most critical data and configurations across your company’s tech stack. From your source code, configuration files, libraries, and dependencies—they are the foundation upon which your entire business operation runs.
The burning question though is, “what happens in the event of your Bitbucket data being lost or compromised?”
That’s where the importance of data protection for Bitbucket comes into play. At HYCU, we understand that securing Bitbucket is not just about traditional backup and recovery but also protecting against cyberthreats like ransomware while also ensuring compliance with organizational policies. And, we’re proud to be the only enterprise backup and recovery software solution vendor recognized by Gartner for our capabilities in safeguarding Atlassian applications, including Bitbucket.
The Shared Responsibility Model: Who is Really Responsible?
One of the most dangerous assumptions organizations make is believing that SaaS providers, like Atlassian, are fully responsible for data protection within their applications. However, the shared responsibility model tells a different story. While Atlassian ensures system-level availability and disaster recovery, it is up to the user to protect the actual data, configuration files, and code stored in Bitbucket.
In other words, if a repository is accidentally deleted, overwritten, or maliciously modified, Atlassian is not responsible for recovering that data. This is where HYCU steps in—providing a seamless backup solution that ensures your Bitbucket repositories are always recoverable, no matter the circumstances.
Common Threats to Bitbucket Data
- Human Error: The most common cause of data loss remains simple human error. Whether it's accidental deletions, force push errors, overwrites or misconfigurations, human mistakes can have devastating effects on your development pipeline.
- Insider Threats: In larger organizations, disgruntled employees or contractors with legitimate access can intentionally delete or alter repositories. This becomes a significant risk when offboarding policies are not strictly enforced.
- Cyber Attacks: Given the high ROI of compromising development environments, cybercriminals often target source code repositories for ransomware or intellectual property theft. Protecting against these attacks requires both preventative measures and secure backup solutions.
Protecting Bitbucket: The HYCU Approach
At HYCU, our philosophy is simple: you should have full control over your backups, ensuring they are safe, secure, and easily accessible in the event of a disaster. We offer purpose-built data protection for Bitbucket automates all backup operations, stores backups offsite, and enables one-click restore of projects and repositories.
Our solution ensures that backup data is stored offsite, outside the Atlassian ecosystem, so that even in the event of an Atlassian outage, your data remains accessible and recoverable. This approach also allows organizations to comply with internal security standards and geographical data residency requirements.
Why HYCU?
- Rapid restore: Quickly restore Bitbucket projects and repositories from a safe, offsite copy.
- Automated Backup and Recovery: No more manual exports or scripts. HYCU automates the backup process, so you spend minutes a week managing your backups.
- Complete Control: You decide where your backup data is stored—whether in your AWS, Google Cloud, S3-compatible storage or even on-premises, you have complete control over data residency and access. HYCU does not store your backups.
- Comprehensive Coverage: We don’t just protect Bitbucket. HYCU covers the entire Atlassian and DevOps stack, including:
- Production applications in the cloud or on-premises
- Immutable Backups: With HYCU, you can create immutable copies of your data, ensuring it remains untampered and recoverable even in the face of a ransomware attack.
Future-Proof Your Data Protection Strategy
Bitbucket is more than just a repository—it's a core piece of your business, and it deserves enterprise-grade protection.
By adopting HYCU, you’re not only securing your development environment but also empowering your team to focus on innovation without worrying about the devastating impact of data loss. Whether it’s human error, a cyber-attack, or insider threats, HYCU ensures that your data is safe, secure, and always recoverable.
For those looking to experience the full power of HYCU's data protection for Bitbucket, we’re offering a free 14-day trial. Give it a try, and see how HYCU can seamlessly integrate into your existing workflows, providing you with peace of mind and robust protection.
For a deeper dive into how you can protect Bitbucket with HYCU, make sure to check out our discussion here.
Further Information
- Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Recovery: See why HYCU has been recognized as a Visionary for three consecutive years.
- Research: State of the SaaS Data Protection
- Backup and Recovery for Atlassian BitBucket
- Visit the Bitbucket Marketplace
- Datasheet: HYCU for Bitbucket
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