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Resilient data backup and recovery is critical to enterprise success

CIO Business Intelligence

And in a troubling new trend, backup repositories have become the primary target for ransomware attacks, with backups targeted in 94% of attacks, and at least a portion of backup repositories impacted in 68% of cyber events, according to the 2022 Veeam Ransomware Report. Find out more on the Veeam website. [1]

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World Backup Day on March 31 Seeks to Protect Data Before It's Gone

SecureWorld News

However, data is as vulnerable as it is valuable, and World Backup Day on Friday, March 31st, is a welcome reminder of the need to have a well thought out data protection strategy in place. The campaign began in 2011 as World Backup Month and was changed to World Backup Day later.

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WhatsApp reportedly working on password-protected encrypted chat backups

The Verge

WhatsApp is reportedly working to increase the security of its cloud backups with a new password protection feature that’ll encrypt chat backups, making them accessible only to the user. This password will be required when you restore from the backup.” Local Android backups will be compatible with this feature.

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The Importance of an Online Encryption Policy

CTOvision

This quote summarizes the importance of online encryption policy and hands-on implementation within an organization. Through an online encryption policy, you can mitigate the risks and avoid these cases, whether you’re a profit or a non-profit organization. IBM’s latest Cyber Security Intelligence index report shows that: 1.5

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5 Must-Have Features of Backup as a Service For Hybrid Environments

CIO Business Intelligence

As the value and business criticality of data increases, so do the challenges of backup, recovery, and data management. Many IT organizations that have cobbled together data protection solutions over the years now find themselves saddled with rigid, siloed infrastructure based on an equally rigid backup approach.

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How to Choose a Data Backup Service

Galido

Information Technology Blog - - How to Choose a Data Backup Service - Information Technology Blog. New clients, existing customers, employees, and other relevant public of the organization determine a huge chunk of data, some of which is invaluable, and that explains why data backup services are paramount for every company.

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IBM partners up with Cohesity for better data defense in new storage suite

Network World

IBM and data security and backup provider Cohesity have formed a new partnership, calling for Cohesity’s data protection functionality to be incorporated into an upcoming IBM storage product suite, dubbed Storage Defender, for better protection of end-user organizations’ critical information.

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