NexusTek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

As you might rightly assume, a consistent and thorough data backup strategy is integral to cyber resilience. Alarmingly, however, 40% of SMBs conduct NO data backups, and 58% do not have a data backup process for their endpoints 3. Having a second set of backups in another location helps to defang ransomware attackers’ strategy.

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Pure Storage

MAY 13, 2022

In fact, according to IDC , 64.2ZB of data was created or replicated in 2020, and within the next five years, data creation and replication will reach a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23%. Interestingly, there’s been a lot of investment in improving backup performance but little has been put into improving recovery times. .

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NexusTek

AUGUST 18, 2021

The cryptocurrency craze has grown in the past few years, with prices jumping in 2017 and simply skyrocketing in 2020. The average ransomware payment increased by 60% in the first half of 2020. Before 2020, there was no ransom above $6 million, but every quarter since Q1 2020 has had at least one. To Pay or Not To Pay.

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Zerto

AUGUST 10, 2021

While there are many new enhancements that I’m not going to cover here, this blog is specifically related to the platform enhancements to bring even more value, cost savings, and security to Amazon S3 repositories used with Zerto’s long-term retention (backup). Auto-Tiering for Data Backed Up to Amazon S3.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 25, 2021

In 2020, the average ransomware payment was $312,493 —a 171% year-over-year increase. Back up your data and frequently test your backups. If you’ve made an external backup of your files, you should still have access to your data if cybercriminals try to steal and hold it hostage. But what about the speed of your recovery?

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OffsiteDataSync

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In a 2020 disaster recovery (DR) survey conducted by 451 Research , four out of 10 companies with more than 1,000 employees experienced significant outages during the prior two years. According to Bitdefender’s 2020 Consumer Threat Landscape Report , these attacks grew an astounding 485% in 2020 over 2019.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Backups are the #1 method used to restore data, used by 73% of organisations whose data was encrypted. On average, organisations that paid got back only 61% of their data, down from 65% in 2020. Similarly, only 4% of those that paid the ransom got ALL of their data back in 2021, down from 8% in 2020.

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Pure Storage

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Backups and Security that Deliver Peace of Mind. We also rely on the data backup capabilities of Portworx to give customers peace of mind that their data is in good hands. We can now create external backups and clone data containers with zero hassle, in addition to creating our own internal backups.

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NexusTek

JANUARY 11, 2023

Even worse, ransomware attackers are now more likely to locate and encrypt the victim’s backups as well. 2020, June 19). 2020, May 13). This renders the company’s data unusable, which forces the company to suspend most if not all business activity. Stage 3: Victim Receives Ransom Note. References: 1.Drapkin, Drapkin, A.

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Pure Storage

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In 2020, residential orders skyrocketed and created new revenue streams for the business. When Flügge took his new role at USM in April 2020, his mandate was clear: to streamline IT operations. The post Furniture Design Meets IT Innovation: How USM Modernized Storage appeared first on Pure Storage Blog.

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Pure Storage

JULY 7, 2021

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis reports that ransomware victims in the United States alone paid out nearly $350 million to attackers in 2020. In fact, cybersecurity firm Group-IB reports that nearly two-thirds of ransomware attacks analyzed during 2020 came from cyber actors using the RaaS model. demand their ransom.

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NexusTek

JULY 20, 2022

Business Continuity Planning and Backup Services: Disasters and cyber attacks are unpredictable by nature, and both can result in data loss. Whether you use a cloud-based or on-premises infrastructure, data backup services ensure that you always have a copy of your business data, no matter what happens. 2020, November 11).

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OffsiteDataSync

JUNE 29, 2021

Yet, according to a 2020 report from Kaspersky Labs, half of companies that allow employees to use personal devices from home don’t even have basic policies on usage in place. First, you need to figure where to store your backup. If you want pricing related to backup and disaster recovery, contact us here ! Cover those ends.

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OffsiteDataSync

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In 2020 alone, 1,681 schools, colleges and universities were hit by ransomware attacks. Learn more about our Veeam Cloud Backup. These findings are consistent with a warning issued by U.S. intelligence officials last year, that said that universities are being targeted by malicious hackers because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NexusTek

AUGUST 4, 2021

Remote work peaked in April 2020 when 70% of workers were off-site either fully or part-time. Instead of repetitive, manual backup processes, cloud backup automatically copies and stores data regularly and securely. Backup to the Cloud is a safer, more reliable method that saves time and increases productivity.

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NexusTek

MARCH 9, 2022

Now, you might be thinking, “But we have our data backed up…why would I pay these criminals for a code to decrypt our data when we can just rely on our backups?” A concerning trend over the last few years has been for ransomware attackers to first go after existing backups, well before anyone is aware that their systems have been breached 3.

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OffsiteDataSync

JUNE 29, 2021

According to the IDG 2020 Cloud Computing Survey , IT management expects to “reduce their use of commercially licensed software (65% currently, down to 50%) in favor of software as a service (SaaS) applications (up from 24% to 36%)” by the end of 2021. And for SMBs, SaaS has been a particularly important initiative. That data is critical.

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Pure Storage

JULY 28, 2021

from 2020 to $4.1 FlashArray integrates with VMware Site Recovery Manager to deliver double-strength backup capabilities. The post Improve Business Continuity with Virtualization appeared first on Pure Storage Blog. Gartner had to update its 2021 predictions for global IT spending to highlight growing industry investment.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 16, 2021

Without question, 2020 has been the biggest disrupter of the retail industry in modern times. Blazing-Fast SQL Backup and Restore for Retailers. The post The State of Retail IT and Digital Transformation appeared first on Pure Storage Blog. Organizations are still reeling from the impact.

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Pure Storage

AUGUST 25, 2021

The guide is free and discusses the impact of 2020 on retail digital transformation. Blazing-Fast SQL Backup and Restore for Retailers. Based on the Fortune 500 retailer list for 2020. The post 4 Reasons Retailers Rely on Powerful Data Storage appeared first on Pure Storage Blog.

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NexusTek

MAY 15, 2023

Business continuity planning may include measures such as establishing redundant infrastructure, establishing backup management procedures, and creating guidelines for employee conduct during an adverse event. 2020, May 13). They ensure a firm can continue functioning without downtime, regardless of adverse circumstances or events.

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Pure Storage

MAY 4, 2022

The usual considerations inherent to any database setup—rules on who can access the database, who will run backups, who will install software updates, and who will patch the operating system running on your servers—become especially involved when assembling a database platform from the ground up. The post DBaaS or DIY?

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OffsiteDataSync

MARCH 10, 2022

Success depends on having the right backups in place, which can be accomplished with the right software and cloud storage. Are your backups in shape to be restored? You can set up backup jobs on your own. billion increase over 2020. A backup- and DR-as-a-service (BaaS and DRaaS) provider offers more than backup storage.

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Castellan

AUGUST 24, 2021

As we have mentioned in several other blogs here at Castellan, when it comes to resilience, our approach should no longer be about if we experience a disruption or disaster — but when. Case in point: More than 37 billion records were exposed through cyber breaches in 2020.

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Assurance IT

MAY 25, 2021

In this blog, we answer all of your questions and review what the pipeline oil ransomware attack taught us. If we learned anything from recent events in 2020 and 21, it is disaster can strike quick and hard when least expected. Specify backup and off-site storage procedures. What happened on May 7th, 2021 to the oil pipeline?

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Pure Storage

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A Storage-efficient Solution for Rapid Restore of VMs by Pure Storage Blog With the tremendous growth of data, companies are looking for the best approach to back it up. Most disk-based backup solutions can’t keep up with the demands of rapid recovery or rapid restore of VMs. We selected not more than eight VMs from one ESX server.

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Pure Storage

JANUARY 12, 2022

According to IDC, in 2020, 64.2ZB of data was created or replicated , and between 2020 and 2025, data creation and replication will reach a compound annual growth rate of 23%. This is a logical backup utility included with the standard PostgreSQL installer. is a physical backup utility that can be procured from.

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Pure Storage

JULY 14, 2022

In part 2 of our three-part cloud data security blog series, we discussed the issue of complexity. A great way to make sure it’s protected no matter what happens is through solutions like Pure Storage ® SafeMode ™, a high-performance data protection solution built into FlashArray™ that provides secure backup of all data.

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Pure Storage

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In 2020 alone, phishing and ransomware attacks increased 520% in just four. More than one-third of financial services organizations surveyed by Sophos , a British security firm, were hit by ransomware in 2020. The post What a 1930s Bank Robber Can Teach Financial Institutions About Ransomware appeared first on Pure Storage Blog.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

Are they locked out of their systems and so it is taking them a while to recover and rebuild them from backup or are they as they claim not bringing them back due to preserving the forensic evidence. Update 10th January 2020. Update 27th Secember 2020. Figure 1 Initial statement on 24th December 2020 taken from the SEPA website.

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OffsiteDataSync

MAY 16, 2022

San Antonio, TX — May 13, 2022 – OffsiteDataSync , a global provider of highly available and secure cloud data protection solutions, today announced it is now providing customers with recovery from any cloud and any platform with backup-as-a-service (Baas) and disaster recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) for Veeam. About OffsiteDataSync.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2021

Are they locked out of their systems and so it is taking them a while to recover and rebuild them from backup or are they as they claim not bringing them back due to preserving the forensic evidence. Update 27th Secember 2020 This blog post below was written on the 27 December 2020 – Four days after the incident.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Throughout the autumn of 2020, mandatory cyber training was also provided and completed by 1,252 staff with 70 remaining outstanding”. This attack displayed significant stealth and malicious sophistication with a second and deliberate attempt to compromise SEPA systems as the team endeavoured to recover and restore backups.

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Pure Storage

MAY 5, 2022

In 2020, a Cambridge University study sought to create a framework for the value of data, categorizing aspects of data by informational and economic attributes. The post If Data Is as Valuable as Cash, It’s Time to Treat It That Way appeared first on Pure Storage Blog. So how is it valued?

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Business Continuity Planning Guide for Smaller Organizations Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 26 minutes We all live in an unpredictable world. Note : Some sections of this article were previously published in our blog archives. Business Continuity is not a data backup.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Alex Jankovic. Note : Some sections of this article were previously published in our blog archives. Business Continuity is not a data backup. The Managed Services Providers (MSPs) industry has managed to h ij ack the Business Continuit y term , and it became all about data backup.

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