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The Great Facebook Outage of 2021: 4 Key Lessons

DRI Drive

4, Facebook suffered one of its longest outages of nearly six hours, which was long enough to majorly disrupt online retail and global communications networks and create panic and confusion among users. The post The Great Facebook Outage of 2021: 4 Key Lessons appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Business Continuity Planning for the Retail Industry

everbridge

Business Continuity in the Retail Industry. Enduring the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a unique opportunity for businesses in the retail industry to reshape how they operate. A BCP is vital for the retail sector for several reasons. Top Threats to Business Continuity in Retail. Utility outages. Cyberattacks.

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How to Create a Network Disaster Recovery Plan

Pure Storage

Communication plan: Your NDRP should specify how communications should be handled during a disaster, detailing how employees, customers, regulators, and others will be kept up to date. The company can no longer process orders for retailers, either. Faced with a crippling cyberattack, the company’s website is down.

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How to Create a Network Disaster Recovery Plan

Pure Storage

Communication plan: Your NDRP should specify how communications should be handled during a disaster, detailing how employees, customers, regulators, and others will be kept up to date. The company can no longer process orders for retailers, either. Faced with a crippling cyberattack, the company’s website is down.

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6 Best Practices for Seamless Notifications with International SMS by Cristina Dias

PagerDuty

Whether it’s receiving crucial banking alerts, getting updates from our favorite retailers, or even surfacing a notification from PagerDuty when your service is down–SMS keeps us informed and connected. A2P SMS often faces disruptions due to network outages or planned maintenance, affecting message delivery.

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IT Orchestration vs. IT Automation: What’s the Difference?

Pure Storage

Facilitate service discovery and networking by allowing containers to communicate with each other seamlessly. E-commerce: Online retailers leverage orchestration to manage inventory, process orders, and handle shipping logistics efficiently.

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Guest Post: Cybersecurity Incidents Lead to New Standards, Requirements

Security Industry Association

Axis Communications’ Wayne Dorris Discusses How Mirai, SolarWinds Have Pushed the United States and European Union to Act Wayne Dorris is business development manager, cybersecurity, at Axis Communications. The response to Mirai from both the U.S. and Europe was a call for a basic level of security in all IoT devices.