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FacebookX Choosing the best cloud backup requires more than just picking the first solution you find with good marketing. After decades in the backup business, I can tell you that getting this decision right matters more than ever, especially with today’s cybersecurity threats. This blog post summarizes the main points of my latest podcast episode….

FacebookXImagine if you had to lease a car in order to use Uber. That’s the logic behind how many infrastructure software vendors sell their “service” in the cloud. These “services” come in a couple of different flavors, but both of them come down to the same thing: infrastructure set aside for your exclusive use – which…

FacebookXRansomware detection isn’t something you want to figure out after the fact. With attacks happening around the clock and bad actors getting more sophisticated, knowing how to detect ransomware early can save your business from disaster. This blog post summarizes the main points of my latest podcast episode. If you’d like, you can listen to…

FacebookXFans of my books and websites may not be aware of my music parody hobby, partly because I never put them all in one place.  So I recently uploaded all of them to Youtube, and am going to post them here as separate articles. This was the very first one we did, and we didn’t…

FacebookXThe cryptolocker virus is one of the most significant pieces of ransomware ever created — not because the code was brilliant, but because it became the blueprint that every ransomware gang since has built on. If you want to understand why ransomware looks the way it does today, you need to understand CryptoLocker. This blog…

FacebookXThe statistics are in, and they’re not pretty. Ransomware attacks on backups have become the norm, not the exception. According to recent data from Veeam and Sophos, 96% of ransomware incidents now include attempts to compromise backup infrastructure. If you round that up, it’s basically every single attack. This blog post summarizes the main points…