Rubrik Extends Immutable Backup to BigQuery
Rubrik's agentless BigQuery protection is now generally available, with Google Cloud Storage support planned in the coming months.
Updated on Nov. 11, 2026 in Cybersecurity
Rubrik has made its BigQuery backup offering generally available, providing agentless immutable backup for Google Cloud data. Customers can restore an entire dataset or a single table, with views and routines kept intact.
Why it matters
Rubrik positions the launch around the growing importance of data platforms used by AI systems as operational assets. The company's Zero Labs research reported that 90% of global IT and security executives have experienced cyberattacks.
The service uses incremental backups with periodic full backups and requires no agents or separate compute, with restores operating at petabyte scale. Backups can be stored in a customer's own Google Cloud Storage bucket or in Rubrik Cloud Vault, with immutability enforced through Google Cloud Storage Object Retention Locks.
The players
Rubrik
Rubrik is a cybersecurity and data protection company that provides backup, recovery and data security products for enterprise cloud and on-premises environments.
Google Cloud
Google Cloud is the cloud computing division of Alphabet that offers BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage and related infrastructure services used by enterprises worldwide.
The details
Rubrik's BigQuery offering lets customers restore an entire dataset or a single table, keeping views and routines intact. Immutability relies on Google Cloud Storage Object Retention Locks, and customers choose between their own storage bucket or Rubrik Cloud Vault.
Timeline
Nov. 11, 2026: Rubrik publishes the BigQuery protection announcement.
Coming months: Protection for Google Cloud Storage expected to become available.
The Tech Race
Rubrik's launch builds on Google Cloud Storage Object Retention Locks, using that native immutability feature to extend managed backup into BigQuery, a service whose native time travel is limited to seven days. The move positions Rubrik against cloud-native backup approaches as data platforms feeding AI systems grow in operational importance.
Teams running analytics on BigQuery can now restore a single table or full dataset from immutable, agentless backups without deploying additional compute. Storage can stay in their own Google Cloud Storage bucket, which keeps backup costs and data residency under their direct control.
The takeaway
Organizations storing analytics or AI training data in BigQuery should confirm whether their backups are immutable and whether they can restore at table level. Checking retention settings in Google Cloud Storage now can prevent recovery gaps later.
What happens next
Rubrik has said protection for Google Cloud Storage will become available in the coming months.
Further reading
For more on protecting enterprise data from attacks, see the Cybersecurity section.
