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Social Media and security
FacebookX Social media incidents cost a typical company $4 million over the past 12 months, according to the results of a Symantec survey published today. There have been a number of legal actions about social media in recent years, including a Financial Industry Regulation Authority (FINRA) regulatory notice, the Romano vs Steelcase Inc and Bass…
What Air Gap Backup Really Means (And Why Most Aren’t)
FacebookXAir gap backup has become one of the most misused terms in our industry, right up there with “immutable” and “secure.” Everyone’s throwing around this phrase, but when you dig into what they actually mean, you’ll find that most so-called air gap solutions aren’t really air gapped at all. This blog post summarizes the main…
Some hope about GDPR and backups.
FacebookXI am not a lawyer. I’m not even what I consider a GDPR specialist. But I’ve read a lot of the text of the GDPR, and I’ve read a lot about it and watched a lot of videos. So I’d like to offer my layman’s interpretation of an important aspect of GDPR – the right…
Dolly Drive enables Time Machine to the cloud
FacebookXI went to Mac World today and there were two products that left me very impressed. One of them was Dolly Drive. They’re an app that makes their cloud storage look like a valid Time Machine drive. You use time Machine just as you always have, but your data is securely copied up to the…
Mozy backups didn't run for a year and never complained
FacebookXAnyone that’s read this blog knows I’m a big fan of Mozy. I’m a fan of other online products as well, but I use Mozy for my own data and it’s always done me very well. Well, I’ve got my first gripe and it’s kind of a big one. It wasn’t backing up and it…
We have a logo!
FacebookXIn case you haven’t noticed, we finally have a real logo! Thanks to the folks at designcrowd.com for running the logo contest (99 logos were submitted from all over the world!), and thanks to those who helped me decide on the logo by voting. You may notice that the logo I selected was not one…