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Is Your Business Prepared to Recover from a Cyber Event?

CIO Business Intelligence

Swift recovery is paramount to minimizing damage. Why a disaster recovery plan may not be good enough Many organizations have disaster recovery plans and assume the concept of disaster recovery and cyber recovery are the same: a system or location goes down, you shift operations, complete recovery efforts, and return to normal.

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Four questions for a casino InfoSec director

CIO Business Intelligence

Physical security of the Ethernet/fiber cabling, along with the switch hardware interconnecting today’s casino floors, has become a much bigger focus of IT security teams as direct physical access can often be the starting point for unauthorized access.

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Telefonica is working to help enterprises decarbonize their operations

CIO Business Intelligence

More than half of the company’s portfolio has also achieved Telefónica’s Eco Smart Seal verified by ,AENOR, a designation that enables customers to quickly identify solutions and services that deliver energy savings, reduce water consumption, lower CO2 emissions and extend the useful life of hardware to promote a circular economy.

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How to calculate TCO for enterprise software

CIO Business Intelligence

And there could be ancillary costs, such as the need for additional server hardware or data storage capacity. Here are some costs that will need to be included in your analysis: Hardware: Do I need to buy new hardware, or do I have capacity to run the software on existing servers and storage?

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Disruption Doesn’t Make an Appointment. A Guide for Handling the Unwelcome Knock.

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The one huge lesson is there’s no bad side to planning to avert pushing the limits of technology capacity, workforce resiliency, and existing business continuity strategies and disaster recovery planning. Provide remote working “how to” tips to all employees Technology dependencies. Something happens! The immediate actions.

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Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

of administrative tasks such as OS and database software patching, storage management, and implementing reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. pricing starts at $0.035/hour and is inclusive of SQL Server software, hardware, and Amazon RDS management capabilities. License Includedâ?? blog comments powered by Disqus.

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Password Encryption 101: Best Practices Guide for Orgs of All Sizes

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This encompasses various factors, including the programming language, hardware requirements, and other technical considerations. How to protect password databases Although it sounds trite, you need to use complex passwords to protect your password database. Finally, implement a database disaster recovery plan.