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Ransomware Exponentially Increasing as IoT Provides Physical Targeting Opportunities

CTOvision

Background: At the Feb 2017 RSA conference, Ed Skoudis of SANS reported over 150 families of crypto ransomware were in the wild and evolving. Ransomware in late 2016 interrupted San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) payment machines and in Jan 2017 compromised the electronic key system of an Austrian hotel.

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2018 state of resilience: The pressure is on

Network World

As we swerve onto the runway in 2018, IT leaders are finding themselves under increased pressure to ensure security, high availability and disaster recovery for the applications and systems under their care. The results of several surveys underscore the concerns of nearly 6,000 IT professionals around the globe.

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Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS US East (Ohio) Region

All Things Distributed

In the remainder of 2016 and inq 2017, we will launch another four AWS regions in Canada, China, the United Kingdom, and France, adding another nine AZs to our global infrastructure footprint. It brings the worldwide total of AWS Availability Zones (AZs) to 38, and the number of regions globally to 14.

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How CIOs reinterpret their role through AI

CIO Business Intelligence

For Daniele Deligia, IT director of Italo-Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori, Italy’s first private operator of high-speed rail networks, the exchange of information between the CIO and other executives is good for business. “You need to speak both languages, technology and business, bridging the gap between these two functions.”

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Data Protection Diaries Fundamental Topics Tools Techniques Technologies Tips

Storage IO Blog

Data Protection Fundamental Topics Tools Techniques Technologies Tips Update 1/16/2018 Data protection fundamental ompanion to Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials – Cloud, Converged, Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft ( CRC Press 2017) By Greg Schulz – www.storageioblog.com November 26, 2017 This is Part I of (..)

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Data Protection Diaries Reliability, Availability, Serviceability RAS Fundamentals

Storage IO Blog

Reliability, Availability, Serviceability RAS Fundamentals Companion to Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials – Cloud, Converged, Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft ( CRC Press 2017) By Greg Schulz – www.storageioblog.com November 26, 2017 This is Part 2 of a multi-part series on Data Protection fundamental tools (..)

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Data Protection Diaries Fundamental Point In Time Granularity Points of Interest

Storage IO Blog

Data Protection Diaries Fundamental Point In Time Granularity Companion to Software Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials – Cloud, Converged, Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft ( CRC Press 2017) By Greg Schulz – www.storageioblog.com November 26, 2017 This is Part 5 of a multi-part series on Data Protection fundamental tools (..)

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