Data Protection Trends, News & Backup Tips 3 Essential Roles When Building a Disaster Recovery Plan Solution Disaster recovery plans impact the entire organization. So, it makes sense that IT can’t just build a plan on a proverbial island. There are a few individuals that can help provide context and make it a success. You’re…
The concept of building a DR plan is far more complex than you think and requires some planning before IT ever puts proverbial “pen to paper” writing up how you’ll address a disaster. I remember a ridiculous mock final exam question that has stuck with me over the years – “Define the Universe, be brief…
World Backup Day was first introduced in 2011. Only a year earlier, Google, Microsoft and Amazon launched their cloud services. It was a time when most IT functions were still overseen by technology generalists, including the now mission-critical task of backing up data. It was easy enough back then; IT just had to backup to…
Insights on DRAAS Testing Enterprise data is at risk from so many sources, from cyber crimes to natural disasters. So, one would think the importance of backup testing would be obvious to all. Unfortunately, many organizations are still lagging in this critical function. It all but ensures that when data systems go down the damage…
According to a recent survey by Owl Labs, nearly 70% of full time employees in the U.S. now work from home. Further, 84% feel that after COVID-19, the ability to continue doing so will make them happier, many adding they’d take a pay cut to work remotely. Further, in a survey of middle-market companies conducted…
If you don’t know Jason Buffington, vice president of solutions strategy for Veeam, you really should. He’s a former analyst with ESG, where he did a ton of work around backup and disaster recovery (DR), and he’s all over LinkedIn, Twitter, the Veeam blog and other platforms giving advice to IT about how to ensure…
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. Roughly half saw losses of $100,000 or more, and one in 10 of these events cost over $1 million. Further, the Veeam Data Protection Report puts the hourly cost…
An Expert Perspective on Disaster Recovery Backup Testing Vince Wood is senior systems administrator for CyberFortress, specializing in disaster recovery (DR) we thought we’d sit down with Vince for some expert advice from an IT pro who has built a career around disaster recovery services. Essential Advice for Disaster Recovery Professionals Whether you’re in IT…
Cloud backup services like Veeam, have a lot going for them as backup and disaster recovery (DR) targets. In fact, some in the backup community say that using only a cloud backup solution is enough to meet the 3-2-1 rule (three copies of the data in two different media with one offsite). There is a healthy debate about if…
Nearly every organization has by now experienced a ransomware attack. According to the 2022 Veeam Data Protection Trends Report, 76% of organizations were attacked by ransomware in 2021, more than half (51%) suffered ransomware-related outages and more than a third of data (36%) was unrecoverable after a successful attack. And while companies should take every…
Offsite Disaster Recovery Providers: Why Are They Important? Recovery is no problem for an internal IT team, so long as it involves just finding a deleted file or bringing back a single virtual machine (VM). Success depends on having the right backups in place, which can be accomplished with the right software and cloud storage. …
Hardly anyone needs convincing of the threat of ransomware. Following the recent attacks against the Colonial Pipeline and Kaseya, it’s obvious that ransomware is a clear and present danger to global stability. And the problem is growing… According to Group-IB, a Singapore-based security firm, ransomware attacks surged by 150% from 2019 to 2020. And while…
With the 3-2-1 rule, the middle part of the maxim says that an organization needs to have copies of its data on at least two different kinds of media. If you want to be technical about it, you could make two backup copies of all data on tape, ship one copy off to a storage…
This blog was originally posted on the Jungle Disk website. Jungle Disk is now CyberFortress. Madison Iszler of the San Antonio Express-News talks with Bret Piatt, an executive with a cybersecurity company, in an analysis of the current state of business travel and how it will affect the aviation industry. While more companies have resumed…
This blog was originally posted on the Jungle Disk website. Jungle Disk is now CyberFortress. Since 2012, i2Coalition’s mission has been to keep the internet open as an engine for growth and innovation. They work with internet infrastructure providers to advocate for sensible policies, design and reinforce best practices, help create industry standards, and build…
