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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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Recent report claims Seagate and Hitachi HDDs are most likely to fail

TechSpot

As solid-state drives (SSDs) have become the primary storage device, HDDs are the go-to for games, file backups, or cheap additional storage. Recently, the typical usage of a hard disk drive (HDD) has shifted drastically. Hard drive prices have dipped significantly in the last few years, leading some buyers to.

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Leading IT Analyst Firm GigaOm Recognizes Infinidat as the Industry Leader in Ransomware Protection for Block Storage

CIO Business Intelligence

This fact puts primary storage in the spotlight for every CIO to see, and it highlights how important ransomware protection is in an enterprise storage solution. When GigaOm released their “GigaOm Sonar Report for Block-based Primary Storage Ransomware Protection” recently, a clear leader emerged.

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Backblaze study finds HDDs typically fail in under 3 years

TechSpot

California-based cloud and data backup service Backblaze regularly posts about the reliability of its thousands of storage units – a recent report showed that SSD reliability was only slightly better than HDD. Read Entire Article

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Organizations need to patch Pulse Secure VPNs

Network World

Backup lessons from a cloud-storage disaster. Organizations using Pulse Secure’s mobile VPN should patch vulnerabilities reportedly being exploited in the wild, possibly by a “Chinese espionage actor”.

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The Toll of Ransomware is Growing

CTOvision

Most companies reported that they know what they need to do to increase their security levels, but it often just falls through the cracks. The best way to protect against ransomware is to have a strong series of backup solutions.

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Report: Hybrid cloud dominates in Europe, adoption driven by security concerns

Tech Republic Security

A recent study from NetApp examined the growing use of hybrid cloud infrastructure in Europe, noting that storage and backup were the most listed use cases.

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