Tape drive encryption?

FacebookXYet another way to have your identity stolen… Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data

FacebookXAfter spending three days trying yet again to resurrect a PC that had no hardware problems and oddly enough not even any viruses that any of my usual tools could find, AND wrestling with one PC that constantly doesn’t want to recognze the USB, I’ve decided to go over to the dark side.  I just…

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…

FacebookXA lot of FUD has been passed around lately about the probability of a hash collision when using a hash-only de-duplication system.  What is a hash-only de-dupe system?  What is the real probability of a hash collision in such a system?  Read on to find out. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author,…

FacebookXIf you're going to backup VMware clients individually via the guest OS, how the backup software vendor prices it is very important. Written by W. Curtis Preston (@wcpreston), four-time O’Reilly author, and host of The Backup Wrap-up podcast. I am now the Technology Evangelist at S2|DATA, which helps companies manage their legacy data

FacebookXThe 3-2-1 rule is dead. I know that’s a bold statement, especially coming from someone who has spent decades preaching the gospel of three copies, two media types, one offsite. But here’s the thing – ransomware killed it. Not because the fundamentals were wrong, but because the threat landscape changed so dramatically that the old…