Ransomware—a form of malware where your data is locked and encrypted until you pay for it to be released—is by no means a new threat. Recent reports indicate a 15% increase in ransomware attacks over the past five years. While the percentage may not appear alarming, the repercussions are substantial. Consider this, on average, a…Read More
Depending on your industry and the nature of your business, you may be obligated to comply with some fairly serious data retention requirements. This is particularly crucial for IT teams, as the loss of data resulting from ransomware attacks, accidental deletions, or other unforeseen incidents can lead to significant fines. To ensure compliance, it is…Read More
Imagine this: An employee at your company logs in early to get a head start on the month-end finance reporting. They access the company’s file storage to view invoices for the past month, when suddenly an old-fashioned-looking popup window, written in ominous font breaks the news: ‘your files are all encrypted and locked by a…Read More
Ransomware, although alarming, scary, and costly, typically unfolds as an uneventful occurrence. In such cases, a company experiences file encryption, and it must decide to either pay the ransom or restore the files from the backup before moving forward. However, there are occasions when a ransomware attack unleashes destructive waves and impacts millions of…Read More
No one wants to believe that their organization will be the target of compliance auditors and potential fines and penalties for non-compliance, but that threat is real and increasing. Some organizations believe that they cannot afford the necessary precautions to meet heightened compliance standards. However, a recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute and Globalscape…Read More
The current COVID-19 crisis spurred an increase in cyberattacks taking advantage of the sudden shift to virtual work and uncertainty surrounding health and safety information. Between March and May of this year, reported ransomware attacks increased 148% with global manufacturing, government, and internet providers the hardest hit1. Ransomware attacks are the new “go-to” for criminal…Read More
Cost-Efficient Storage Optimization Storage optimization may be defined as the process of moving data to the most efficient and cost-effective storage system for that data. Here are a few quick steps to cost effectively identify, manage, and protect your most important data. Step 1: Identify You can’t protect what you can’t see or identify, yet…Read More
These days, every business knows the threat of data breaches, with most, if not all, investing in proactive protection and reactive recovery measures to mitigate risks against data loss. But what about natural disasters? Hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, fires, landslides – according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2017 was the most expensive year on…Read More
Every IT professional knows they are up against exponential data growth and ever-increasing corporate demands that are pushing traditional data protection methods to their limit. The need to build a backup infrastructure to support unprecedented data growth and increasingly challenging SLAs is more important than ever. Visibility to the backups and control can be challenging.…Read More
Recently ZDNet reported that Microsoft’s long-awaited feature update introduced a bug which deleted user files in a way not easily recoverable. An underappreciated problem with modern computer systems is despite the layers of error detection, they remain unable to tell the user when files (or folders full of files) simply disappear. The cause can be…Read More
