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Scheduling Amazon DynamoDB Backups with Lambda, Python, and Boto3

Linux Academy

Let’s assume you want to take a backup of one of your DynamoDB tables each day. We also want to retain backups for a specified period of time. Second, we grant permission for the Lambda function to Create, List, and Delete DynamoDB backups on all tables. Verify the scheduled backup job ran using CloudWatch Logs.

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Guarding the gates: a look at critical infrastructure security in 2023

CIO Business Intelligence

This analysis isn’t just a statistical exercise but a crucial necessity in our interconnected world, where the security of our digital infrastructure is intertwined with our physical safety and economic stability. A BCP typically includes four steps: business impact analysis, recovery strategies, plan development, and testing and exercises.

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How to Improve Your Organization’s Cyber Resiliency

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s about making sure there are regular test exercises that ensure that the data backup is going to be useful if worse comes to worst.”. As part of this exercise, organizations need to prepare adequate response plans and enforce the requisite best practices to bring the business back online. A Cyberresilience Road Map.

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How to create an effective business continuity plan

CIO Business Intelligence

One common business continuity planning tool is a checklist that includes supplies and equipment, the location of data backups and backup sites, where the plan is available and who should have it, and contact information for emergency responders, key personnel, and backup site providers. It should be a living document.

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Best practices for developing an actionable cyberresilience road map

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s about making sure there are regular test exercises that ensure that the data backup is going to be useful if worse comes to worst.” As part of this exercise, organizations need to prepare adequate response plans and enforce the requisite best practices to bring the business back online.

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Kronos Ransomware Attack Reveals How Your Customers Will React

SecureWorld News

Here is some vital information for your next incident response tabletop exercise. I'm kicking myself for not doing my own daily data backups. And you can certainly expect questions about your backups. See what chsalcedo wrote to the Kronos user group: "Where are the backups, can't the backups be restored?

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Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures and Techstars unveil cohort for ‘Future of Longevity’ Accelerator

GeekWire

These “backup” sons and daughters address the caregiver shortage while also helping combat loneliness. Taught by certified instructors and health professionals, the app’s programs address the needs of people as they age—from stretches to help with arthritis to exercises to build muscle and reduce lower back pain. m : UpsideH?m

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