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Backup lessons learned from 10 major cloud outages

Network World

I’ve always called for independent backups of everything. Whether it’s in your data center, an IaaS vendor like AWS, or a SaaS vendor like Microsoft 365, it needs independent backup. Fifteen years of cloud data-loss incidents gives a pretty good idea of how bad a cloud outage can be.

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How cybersecurity red teams can boost backup protections

Network World

Let’s look at the tactics, strategies, and importance of red teams and the role they can play in enhancing the security of your backup system. Red teams may attempt to compromise backup systems to demonstrate the potential impact of such an attack. Nowhere is this more true than inside the backup system.

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Data Center Physical Security Best Practices

Galido

Due to the nature and confidentiality of the data stored in a datacenter, operations and personal must have restricted and closely monitored access. Below is a best practices checklist recommendation for physical data center security. All personnel should be educated to watch for intruders or suspicious activity.

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World Backup Day Reminder Don’t Be an April Fool Test Your Data Recovery

Storage IO Blog

World Backup Day Reminder Don’t Be an April Fool Test Your Data Recovery World Backup Day Reminder Don’t Be an April Fool Test Your Data Recovery. March 31 is the annual world backup day to spotlight awareness around the importance of protecting your data and test your data recovery.

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World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder

Storage IO Blog

World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder It’s that time of year again, World Backup Day 2018 Data Protection Readiness Reminder. In case you have forgotten, or were not aware, this coming Saturday March 31 is World Backup (and recovery day).

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Virtual, Cloud and IT Availability, its a shared responsibility and common sense

Storage IO Blog

IT Availability, it’s a shared responsibility and common sense In case you missed it, recently the State of Oregon had a data center computer problem (ok, storage and application outage) that resulted in unemployment benefits not being provided.

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Microsoft unveils new sustainability steps in effort to remove all carbon produced in company history

GeekWire

The company will provide $50 million in grants to community organizations working on education, habitat restoration, clean energy programs, and job training. As part of Tuesday’s announcement, Microsoft also pledged to stop using diesel fuel to power backup generators in data centers.

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