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Backup Central, Monday, July 8th, 2024
Ransomware attacks have become a major threat to businesses and organizations worldwide. These malicious attacks can cripple operations and cost millions in damages. However, there are effective ways to prevent them. This blog post will explore three essential strategies on how to stop ransomware attacks.
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StorageNewsletter.com, Monday, July 1st, 2024
Enterprise backup and recovery software solutions enable organizations to back up their data by copying and archiving it to make it accessible in case of data loss or corruption. Infrastructure and operations leaders can learn from ratings and reviews by their peers shared on Gartner Peer Insights.
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How-To Geek, Monday, July 1st, 2024
Cloud storage is amazingly convenient. We can all agree on that. So why bother backing up stuff the old-fashioned way? Well, here's why.
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Backup Central, Monday, July 1st, 2024
Immutable backups are a crucial part of modern data protection strategies. They offer a strong defense against cyber threats, especially ransomware attacks. But what exactly are immutable backups? Let's explore this important concept. (Boy have times changed since I wrote this blog on immutability in 2008.)
more → techradar.com, Tuesday, June 25th, 2024
Since cloud computing was first rolled out to the public it has been identified as a target for hackers. Bad actors will go after the largest players in the game, pulling down their defenses with apparent ease.
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Backup Central, Monday, June 24th, 2024
Today ransomware attacks are a growing threat to organizations of all sizes. One critical aspect often overlooked is the vulnerability of backup systems. This blog post will explore how to protect backups from ransomware, ensuring your last line of defense remains intact.
more → Solutions Review, Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Object First's Eric Schott offers insights on the best backup strategies to consider in an era of consolidation. This article originally appeared on Solutions Review's Insight Jam, an enterprise IT community enabling the human conversation on AI.
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Backup Central, Monday, May 6th, 2024
In the era of cloud computing, disaster recovery has become a critical aspect of any organization's IT strategy. As more businesses rely on cloud services to store and manage their data, it's crucial to have a robust plan in place to ensure business continuity and data protection.
more → Cloud Native Now, Friday, April 19th, 2024
Efficient cloud-native data protection is essential for business continuity - especially given that, as of mid-2023, 94% of U.S. enterprises use cloud services. In this post, I explain what cloud backup is, what makes a data protection solution 'cloud native' and why they're worth your time.
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Search Data Backup, Monday, April 15th, 2024
Data protection, privacy and security might look alike but their differences can make or break a comprehensive compliance program to collect, manage, access, erase and secure data.
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Search Data Backup, Thursday, April 4th, 2024
They might be viewed as separate functions, but data backup should be part of an overall data protection strategy to thwart ransomware and comply with stringent privacy laws.
more → The Register, Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Next time you get in a Facebook argument, just let ChatGPT handle it
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FutureCIO, Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Around 94% of organisations hit by ransomware in the past year said that the cybercriminals attempted to compromise their backups during the attack according to a study conducted by independent research agency Vanson Bourne.
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FutureCIO, Monday, April 1st, 2024
Veritas Technologies announced enhancements to Veritas Backup Exec, including malware detection capabilities, role-based access control, and additional optimisations for fast backup and recovery of business-critical data.
more → ITProToday, Saturday, March 30th, 2024
On World Backup Day, explore our curated collection of expert insights on effective backup strategies.
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ITPro, Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Lackluster data backup strategies cost have cost the UK economy billions over the last five years, prompting calls for a more robust approach among small businesses
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Backup Central, Monday, March 18th, 2024
Another doozy of a cloud disaster. In the latest episode of The Backup Wrap-up, we dove deep into the jaw-dropping tale of KPMG's Microsoft 365 data loss debacle. This global consulting behemoth found itself in a world of hurt when an admin accidentally nuked months of critical Teams chat data for a mind-boggling 145,000 employees, all during the chaos of the 2020 pandemic. If that doesn't send a shiver down your spine, I don't know what will!
more → StorageNewsletter.com, Friday, March 15th, 2024
An Analysis of the Market for Information Archiving Solutions Revealing Top Players, Trail Blazers, Specialists and Mature Players.
more → Backup Central, Thursday, March 7th, 2024
What do I always tell you in my books, blogs, and podcast? Don't use your backup system as an archive system. And heaven help you the day you try to satisfy a big e-discovery case using only backup tapes.
more → Continuity Central, Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
Over the past few months there has been a significant increase in publicized attacks on storage & backup systems
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ComputerWeekly, Monday, February 26th, 2024
The TechTarget and ESG spending intentions survey finds big bias towards averting risk and building organisational resilience, but on-premise storage a significant planned outlay
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InfoQ, Monday, January 22nd, 2024
This week's Java roundup for January 15th, 2024, features news highlighting: JEP 455 Proposed to Target for JDK 23, JDK 22 in Rampdown Phase Two, an updated Jakarta EE 11 release plan, GraalVM, and Oracle's Critical Patch Update for January 2024.
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StorageNewsletter.com, Monday, January 22nd, 2024
In late 2023, an independent research firm surveyed 1,200 IT leaders and implementers on a wide range of their data protection challenges and strategies.
more → ComputerWeekly, Wednesday, January 17th, 2024
Basic cloud data protection is just not enough. Several loopholes leave business data vulnerable and that means additional cloud-to-cloud backup should be seriously considered
more → Search DataBackup, Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
In 2024, generative AI and machine learning, along with employee education, are important tools to prevent the spread of ransomware throughout the enterprise.
more → Cloud Native Now, Friday, December 22,2023
Alan Shimel: Hey everyone, we're back here live in Las Vegas for AWS re:Invent 2023, along with 59,980 of our close friends. But we are in our own little video suite here at the Wynn in Las Vegas, and so it's not crowded
more → Networkworld, Friday, December 15,2023
Ransomware that's aimed at backup infrastructure can put critical backup repositories at risk as well as expose a treasure trove of corporate data.
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comforte, Thursday, December 14,2023
It's been another year full of incident. But 2024 has plenty in store for IT and business leaders. As organizations continue to adapt to economic, political and business uncertainty, the value of effective data protection will never be so obvious.
more → SearchStorage, Tuesday, November 28,2023
Continuous data protection (CDP), also known as continuous backup, is a backup and recovery storage system in which all the data in an enterprise is backed up whenever any change is made.
more → SearchDataBackup, Friday, November 24,2023
Protecting data is a critical task for backup admins, and threats are ever evolving. Preparation is key to preventing data loss and recovering quickly.
more → HelpNet Security, Monday, November 13,2023
Often overlooked but critically essential, backup lies at the core of data security and business continuity. However, data is also susceptible to a myriad of threats, ranging from hardware failures and accidental deletions to malicious cyberattacks.
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StorageNewsletter.com, Friday, November 3,2023
According to Backup Review, the top 100 cloud based online backup companies are grouped into 4 categories, namely: Consumer, SMB, Enterprise and Enablers
more → Solutions Review, Monday, October 23,2023
Solutions Review's Contributed Content Series is a collection of contributed articles written by thought leaders in enterprise tech. In this feature, Apricorn's Kurt Markley offers four data backup and resilience questions to ask right now.
more → Gestalt IT, Friday, October 6,2023
Presenting W. Curtis Preston, known to many as Mr. Backup. Preston is the host and creator of The Backup Wrap-Up Podcast, that discusses all things backup.
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DCIG, Thursday, September 28,2023
Anyone who believes their organization remains impervious to ransomware after the recent attack on the MGM Resorts, I hope you are right! However, if this attack has finally prompted you to act, or at least reaffirm the security actions you have already taken work properly, then read on.
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Enterprise Storage Forum, Thursday, September 28,2023
Data backup and recovery-the process of making copies of critical data, storing it securely so that it remains accessible, and restoring it in the event of a disaster or drive failure-are fundamental to data protection and cybersecurity.
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Daily Host News, Friday, September 15,2023
The adoption of hybrid and multicloud environments, coupled with the widespread use of SaaS applications, is on the rise among businesses. This surge in technological integration also exposes them to the ever-present risk of ransomware attacks.
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Enterprise Storage Forum, Wednesday, September 13,2023
Backup and recovery is a critical part of enterprise IT, ensuring that organizations have access to their most critical data and the ability to maintain operational continuity even in the event of hardware failure, data loss, cybersecurity incident, or natural disaster.
more → Solutions Review, Friday, September 8,2023
CISOs rely on information from across the organization about security, particularly from the various IT departments. Unfortunately, the information being fed to CISOs about the state of cybersecurity risk is incomplete.
more → PeerSpot, Wednesday, September 6,2023
Data backup involves copying and moving data from its primary location to a secondary location from which it can later be retrieved in case the primary data storage location experiences some kind of failure or disaster.
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Gestalt I, Tuesday, September 5,2023
Snapshots are still not backups but the nature of data storage means care must be taken to determine data retention requirements. In this episode of the On-Premise IT Podcast, Brian Knudtson, Matt Tyrer, and Richard Kenyan discuss the nature of data protection and recovery point objectives.
more → ITProToday, Monday, August 21,2023
Follow the journey of Mirazon, a managed service provider, as it transformed its data backup strategy in response to new technologies and security challenges.
more → Networkworld, Wednesday, August 16,2023
Replication excels at providing immediate data availability, but it shouldn't be the sole safeguard against human errors, data corruption, or cyberattacks.
more → Technative, Friday, August 11,2023
With the rise of ransomware attacks, it has become crucial for businesses to adopt and innovate on their backup policies and procedures to remain effective and prevent attacks.
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Backup Central, Monday, July 24,2023
During this recording, Mr. Backup asked our guest how many backup systems that he had looked at had at least one critical security flaw, he said pretty much 100%. Holy. Cow.
more → StorageNewsletter.com, Thursday, July 20,2023
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Cove Data Protection for Microsoft 365 from N-able, Datto SaaS Protection+, Keepit Backup and Recovery for Microsoft 365, Spanning SaaS Backup
more → StorageNewsletter.com, Friday, July 14,2023
Offers business owners actionable content and customisable templates to create personalised backup strategy. Cybersecurity provider Hornetsecurity GmbH has announced the launch of its Backup Bible - a complete guide to support businesses through all stages of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from a substantial data loss event.
more → SearchDataBackup, Tuesday, July 11,2023
Data backup vendors see generative AI as a complement to existing standards, but experts say the potential is still a way off and likely to be democratized across sellers.
more → CXOtoday.com, Thursday, June 29,2023
What is cloud backup? Cloud backup is a highly popular internet-based backup method that an individual or an organization can employ to store data off site.
more → Solutions Review, Friday, June 16,2023
It's no secret that backup systems are critical to preserving sensitive data files from ransomware, theft, sabotage, and accidental loss. However, it's important to remember that merely leveraging backups isn't the end-all-be-all solution to a challenge riddled with complexity.
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