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Are Your Backups Safe From Ransomware? Your 8-Point Checklist for Backup Security & Data Protection

Solutions Review

And when it does happen, your ability to recover clean and up-to-date backup files is your last line of defense. The Conti ransomware gang has developed novel tactics to demolish backups The majority of targets who pay the ransom are motivated by the need to restore their data. Which storage & backup protocols are allowed?

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Testing your Response Plans: What Would Confucius Say?

On Solve

With the help of Confucius, Dr. Steve Goldman discusses the importance of testing your business resiliency and related response plans. A BR/CM/CC/DR plan exercise validates the plan and procedures, tests/trains responders in simulated real conditions and provides feedback to the plan developers and responders.

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Ransomware Attackers Find Fresh Targets in Cultural Institutions

Pure Storage

Backup your data. Today’s sophisticated ransomware attacks are laser-targeted on backups, compromising them before taking over production environments. A multilayered defense with a modern approach to backup and restore is critical. Backup data and backup metadata must be protected in an immutable state.

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Top 5 Tips for Cybersecurity Month

Zerto

Incident Response Plan Speed is the name of the game when it comes to cyber resilience. An incident response plan helps organizations react quickly when a breach occurs, minimize the impact, and improve recovery time. Data Backup The well-known metaphor, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” holds true for your backups.

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How to Put CISA’s “Shields Up” Recommendations Into Action 

Pure Storage

Know your tolerance for downtime, create a regular cadence for testing backups, and have plans for getting mission-critical data back online, such as a bunkered backup architecture or staged recovery environment. Test your emergency response plans. Plan for worst-case scenarios.

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A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

Pure Storage

Too many IT teams are failing to address obvious security gaps in backup and recovery infrastructure. Those that don’t practice good security hygiene, such as password authentication, identity management, backup policies, and incident management, make life easy for attackers. Swift mitigation and response plans during an attack.

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A Former Hacker Explains How to Fight Ransomware

Pure Storage

Too many IT teams are failing to address obvious security gaps in backup and recovery infrastructure. Those that don’t practice good security hygiene, such as password authentication, identity management, backup policies, and incident management, make life easy for attackers. Swift mitigation and response plans during an attack.