From the Fortress
Field notes on data resilience, ransomware recovery, and what actually works when the alert fires.
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Whose Database Is Your Data In?
FulcrumSec published roughly 8.8 million people’s data from Manchester Airports Group over the first weekend of September 2026, after the airport operator…
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Managed Server Backup RPO and Recovery Times in 2026
For a 200-person company in 2026, a reasonable managed server backup posture is a 15-minute to 4-hour RPO for transactional systems, a…
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Outsourcing Server Backups in 2026 Full Guide
Outsourcing server backups works when the contract covers monitoring, remediation, verified restore testing, immutable offsite storage, and assisted recovery, with stated RPO…
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You Can’t Out-Patch an Attacker That Adapts in 31 Seconds
Researchers have documented what they are calling JadePuffer: a ransomware operation reportedly run end-to-end by an autonomous LLM agent, with no human…
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Managed Veeam BaaS vs DIY Veeam for Lean IT Teams
The software is the same. What differs is who runs it. DIY Veeam gives you full configuration control and requires you to…
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Backup Verification for Enterprise Audits in 2026
Audits fail because a successful backup job proves only that data was written. Auditors want evidence of scope, retention, immutability, and tested…
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How to Compare Managed and Self Managed Backup
Compare the two on five dimensions, in this order: control, retention and immutability, recovery capability, audit readiness, and total cost including labor.…
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Why does hybrid IT produce gaps so reliably?
Because controls are designed per environment while data moves across them. A policy written for the data center does not automatically apply…
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Small Business Endpoint Backup After Device Loss
Endpoint backup works when it is continuous, encrypted, offsite, independent of the device, and tested. A stolen laptop should cost you a…