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Veeam + Storcom: Top 6 Reasons Why You Need an Office 365 Backup

Many people ask “why do I need to backup my Microsoft O365 data?” Well, simply put, backing up your data is your responsibility…not Microsoft’s. 

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Veeam + Storcom Webinar: Demo of the Key New Veeam Backup and Replication Version 11 (v11) Features

Please join us for part 2 of our Veeam Backup and Replication v11 launch series. In our previous webinar, we discussed the key new features that eliminate …

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Veeam and Storcom Ransomware Prevention and Protection in 2021 Webinar

What is Ransomware? What is the History of Ransomware? How is Ransomware Evolving in 2021? How Can I Prevent and Protect My Business Against a …

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VMware Carbon Black Infographic

Learn more about VMware Carbon Black with Storcom’s new infographic! 

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The Forrester Wave Data Security Portfolio Vendors Q2 2019

In our 25-criterion evaluation of data security portfolio providers, we identified the 13 most significant ones — Dell, Digital Guardian, Forcepoint, Google, GTB Technologies, IBM, Imperva, McAfee, Micro Focus, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, and Varonis — and researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up and helps security and risk (S&R) professionals understand the respective strengths of each vendor’s portfolio.

Recover By Storcom Infographic

Learn how our Recover by Storcom solution can help you backup and protect your data in case of a disaster. 

Ransomware Recovery and Prevention Roadmap

Learn how to protect your data from ransomware with Storcom’s Ransomware Recovery and Prevention Roadmap solution. 

Zerto Disaster Recovery Guide CIO Ebook

In this e-book you will learn about BC/DR planning with Zerto’s IT Resilience Platform for virtualized environments. Today’s always-on, information-driven organizations require business continuity and IT infrastructures that are up and running 24/7. Being prepared for any data related disaster is key!The eBook will provide insights into the challenges, needs, strategies, and solutions for disaster recovery and business continuity, especially in modern, virtualized environments and the public cloud.

Navigating Data Protection and Recovery at CLUS 2019 San Diego

It’s that time of year again. No, not the time to start making summer plans for the kids, but instead the time for Cisco Live 2019.  This year Cisco’s…

7 Spring Cleaning Tasks to Improve Data Security

Data security is a daily essential, but spring cleaning offers an opportunity to check in on your current practices and make changes where necessary.The post 7 Spring Cleaning Tasks to Improve Data Security appeared first on Security Intelligence.

4 Principles That Should Define Your Evolving Security Operations Model

It's never too soon to set the stage for your next-generation security operations model. Here are four important considerations to keep in mind.The post 4 Principles That Should Define Your Evolving Security Operations Model appeared first on Security Intelligence.

The 14 biggest data breaches of the 21st century

Not long ago, a breach that compromised the data of a few million people would have been big news. Now, breaches that affect hundreds of millions or even billions of people are far too common. About 3.5 billion people saw their personal data stolen in the top two of 14 biggest breaches of this century alone. The smallest incident on this list involved the data of a mere 134 million people.[ How well do you know these 9 types of malware and how to recognize them. | Sign up for CSO newslett…

6 ways attackers are exploiting the COVID-19 crisis

While organizations can take plenty of steps to ensure employees are well-equipped to work remotely in a secure manner, threat actors of all stripes are already taking advantage of the COVID19/coronavirus situation. Never ones to miss an opportunity, attackers are ramping up operations to spread malware via Covid19-themed emails, apps, websites and social media. Here’s a breakdown of potential threat vectors and techniques threat actors are using to attack organizations.To read this articl…

4 key problems with digital identity and why we need a new approach

Digital identity is now much more than a way to authenticate someone to access a resource. Identity and access management (IAM) has matured into a more holistic and consumer-led model, driven by privacy, cybersecurity pressures and greater functional needs. The services a consumer IAM system now must deliver require a new way of thinking about what a digital identity is and what functionality it has to perform.[ What is two-factor authentication (2FA)? Learn how to enable it and why you s…

Using Mystery Novel Techniques to Track Down Cyberthreats

If you consider yourself a good sleuth who can predict the end of every Agatha Christie novel, you might have a knack for discovering the origins of cyberthreats.The post Using Mystery Novel Techniques to Track Down Cyberthreats appeared first on Security Intelligence.

Free security resources for work-from-home employees during the COVID-19 crisis

As the world “shelters in place” amid the COVID-19 crisis, some tech companies are stepping up and offering their products and services free of charge for a limited time. These offers will help organizations set up and protect remote employees faster. In some cases, vendors are also offering support services to help companies through the set-up and deployment processes.[ Learn the 8 key security considerations for protecting remote workers. | Get the latest from CSO by signing up for our …

The 10 most powerful cybersecurity companies

Anyone who ever attended an RSA conference understands that cybersecurity vendors introduce hundreds of amazing, innovative products every year. But C-level execs aren’t looking for the flashiest new point products. Faced with a severe shortage of security professionals and up against rapidly evolving threats, CISOs are looking for strategic partners, advisory services, and vendors that offer broad platforms. They are also gravitating toward managed security services and cloud-based solution…

5 ways to tick off a CISO

YL Ventures Managing Partner Yoav Leitersdorf sat down with cybersecurity powerhouses Pete Bodine, Managing Director at AllegisCyber Capital, Mickey Boodaei, CEO & Founder at Transmit Security, Dino Boukouris, Founding Director at Momentum Cyber, Dawn-Marie Hutchinson, CISO at GSK, Jay Leek, Managing Director at ClearSky, Richard Rushing, CISO at Motorola Mobility, and Oren Yunger, VP at GGV Capital to discuss why security vendors keep CISOs up at night. However, a lot of the answers now s…

Differences Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: How VMware Horizon Can Help with Both

In light of current events, many organizations are feeling the effects of life’s unpredictability. With many organizations canceling in-person events and meetings and mandating temporary work-from-home policies, companies are quickly realizing just how prepared they really are in the wake of unexpected events. In the second blog of our business continuity series, we’ll identify the differences between disaster recovery and business […]The post Differences Between Business Continuity and Disa…

VMware at RSA 2020: Intrinsic Zero Trust Access to Any App on Any Device

Cybersecurity discussions are front and center once again as the RSA Conference in San Francisco approaches. This year is no different with some of the top cybersecurity leaders and a dedicated community of peers getting together next week to exchange the biggest ideas that will move the industry forward. Each year, there are more new […]The post VMware at RSA 2020: Intrinsic Zero Trust Access to Any App on Any Device appeared first on VMware End-User Computing Blog.

VMware Carbon Black Cloud and Workspace ONE Intelligence – The Start of Things to Come

It’s no secret that security in the enterprise continues to be challenging in today’s world. One primary factor behind this is the difficulty involved in orchestrating communication among the many tools being used in the enterprise to protect endpoints and provide quick detection and response. Organizations are leveraging countless tools to try to minimize their […]The post VMware Carbon Black Cloud and Workspace ONE Intelligence – The Start of Things to Come appeared first on VMware End-Use…

Good Security Thrives in Simplicity

(This post is a collaboration between Carlos Phoenix, Senior Compliance and Cyber Risk Solutions Strategist, and Bob Plankers, Technical Marketing Architect, and is first in a series of articles discussing the relationship between compliance, security, and complexity.) As we work to add security to our systems we often use different security protocols. A protocol is The post Good Security Thrives in Simplicity appeared first on VMware vSphere Blog.

Thales, Telstra, Microsoft and Arduino working on scalable IoT security with GSMA standard

Thales and Telstra have collaborated with Microsoft and Arduino to implement a GSMA solution that would allow trusted and secure end-to-end communication between device and cloud in order to pave way for scalable security for connected IoT devices.As billions of devices collect, process and send data to the cloud within the IoT ecosystem, a variety of IoT services are executed. In order to enable security, the IoT cloud service must have absolute trust in data received from connected devices…

The Future of Cisco Security: Protecting What’s Now and What’s Next

Security should be a business enabler, so organizations can embrace the digital transformation. Cisco Security has been on a journey to give customers the best protection and simple user experience with Cisco SecureX.The post The Future of Cisco Security: Protecting What’s Now and What’s Next appeared first on Cisco Blogs.

Coronavirus: Dusting off Disaster Plans. Do they Still Work?

Many government agencies, as well as corporations, are responding to the coronavirus in different ways. Many have restricted corporate travel and have talked about “dusting off those disaster recovery plans” in order to cope with the current issues and events as well as everyday business and government operations.The problem with “dusting off a plan” is, you don’t know if it will really work? Or, if it is still applicable to your organization if you have not kept it up and tested it every …

Coronavirus prep could prompt better disaster recovery

Backup and disaster recovery systems often do not get the respect or budget that they deserve, and despite its potentially dire dangers, the coronavirus COVID-19 could actually help change that.Most things you would do to prepare for the disease are no different than what you should normally be doing, but concerns about the virus might help accelerate existing plans or to reconsider some long-standing policies.Prepare for a mobile workforceMost employees are already very mobile and do most o…

How Disaster Recovery as a Service Is Saving Small Businesses Time, Money and Worry

It’s an unpredictable world. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, each of the past five years has seen 10 or more disasters with losses exceeding $1 billion each. The annual average number of billion-dollar events between 2014 and 2018 is double the 38-year average established between 1980 and 2018, the agency says.Major weather events, meanwhile, are only one type of event that can cause lengthy, unpredictable disruption to business. There are also …

Pandemic impact report: Security leaders weigh in

In early March, as I prepared to fly home from a business trip to Seattle, we began hearing stories of U.S. businesses sending their workers home with the expectation that they may be working from home for weeks, if not months. CISOs started to share stories of employees exiting their offices with monitors under one arm and desktop computer systems under the other. With social and work restrictions imposed by governments and businesses in response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19, organiz…

FBI warns Zoom, teleconference meetings vulnerable to hijacking

As remote work surges amid the coronavirus pandemic, the FBI issued a public bulletin Monday warning Zoom and other video teleconferencing services may not be as private, or as secure, as users may assume. Use of Zoom and similar services has exploded in recent weeks as companies, schools, governments, and individuals increasingly turn to its teleconferencing as ways to keep businesses and classrooms afloat while sheltering in pace or working from home. However the shift also represents an op…

What is a deepfake? How to prepare for and respond to this cyber attack

As cyber criminals deploy more complex methods of hacking, using deepfakes to spread misinformation and “hack reality” have become more popular. This video, audio and/or text-based content is AI-generated and may be hard to discern from factual media. While no one can be totally safe from being deepfaked, heads of global companies or politicians may be especially appealing targets for hackers. Industry analyst and author Dr. Chase Cunningham joins Juliet to discuss how individuals and enterpr…

COVID-19 demonstrates the need for disaster recovery and business continuity plans

Join Today The coronavirus may put organizations at risk through short staffing or unavailable workers and services, but disaster recovery and business continuity plans can help sustain business operations. The need for a disaster recovery business continuity plan  is becoming more critical as the enterprise adjusts to the business disruptions caused by the coronavirus.   No, a virus in and of itself can't shut your company's systems, operations, or services down, but it can impact …

Build a SaaS disaster recovery plan for IT automation tools

From simple scripts to Ansible orchestration and infrastructure as code, IT automation continues to proliferate in the enterprise. And a lot of software tool sets IT teams use to achieve this automation are hosted in the cloud. As with any SaaS tool a business relies on for success, there should be a plan for if, or when, cloud-based IT automation software fails. When an IT system goes offline, policies and procedures normally exist to handle the loss. Disaster recovery environments and proc…

COVID-Themed Lures Target SCADA Sectors With Data Stealing Malware

A new malware campaign has been found using coronavirus-themed lures to strike government and energy sectors in Azerbaijan with remote access trojans (RAT) capable of exfiltrating sensitive documents, keystrokes, passwords, and even images from the webcam. The targeted attacks employ Microsoft Word documents as droppers to deploy a previously unknown Python-based RAT dubbed "PoetRAT" due to various references to sonnets by English playwright William Shakespeare."The RAT ha…

COVID-Themed Lures Target SCADA Sectors With Data Stealing Malware

A new malware campaign has been found using coronavirus-themed lures to strike government and energy sectors in Azerbaijan with remote access trojans (RAT) capable of exfiltrating sensitive documents, keystrokes, passwords, and even images from the webcam. The targeted attacks employ Microsoft Word documents as droppers to deploy a previously unknown Python-based RAT dubbed "PoetRAT" due to various references to sonnets by English playwright William Shakespeare."The RAT ha…

Ransomware attacks see 148% surge amid COVID-19

It's well-documented that threat actors will often take advantage of society's fears in order to pursue cybercrime, but new research from VMware Carbon Black suggests that the reality might be even worse than initially thought. The endpoint security vendor, which was acquired by VMware last for $2.1 billion, said ransomware attacks jumped 148% in March over baseline levels in February. "Notable spikes in attacks can also be correlated to key days in the COVID-19 news cycle, suggesting attack…

What is the cost of a data breach?

Data breaches and security incidents are becoming increasingly costly. Canadian lender Desjardins Group recent revealed it had spent C$70 million ($53 million) in the wake of a breach earlier in the year that exposed personal information of 2.9 million members. Manufacturer Norsk Hydro said the final bill for its crippling cyberattack could be as high as $75 million. British Airways and Marriott have had to add $100 million each onto the final cost of their incidents after falling foul of GD…

Are HPE SimpliVity backups real backups? – Part 3: HPE SimpliVity and third-party backup software.

In Part 1 of this series, I discussed how HPE SimpliVity backups work. In Part 2, I explained that HPE SimpliVity on its own is a reliable technology to protect your data. Unlike traditional snapshot technologies, HPE SimpliVity provides full backups and real data protection.In this article, I discuss when third party backup software can enhance data availability and when it is a good idea to add a technology partner to further improve the platform.I use HPE SimpliVity, do I need a third-part…

Are HPE SimpliVity backups real backups? – Part 2: Backups vs Snapshots?

In the preceding article, I discussed how HPE SimpliVity native backups work, provided an introduction to backup policies and more importantly, how HPE guarantees backups under 60 seconds.In this article, I’d like to tackle some comments I’ve heard about the speed of HPE SimpliVity Backups.Are HPE SimpliVity Backups Snapshots?The short answer is NO. HPE SimpliVity backups are NOT snapshots. Any hypervisor or array-based snapshots provide a changelog of the VM data that used to restore a VM to…

Are HPE SimpliVity backups real backups? – Part 1: How do Backups work?

I have previously discussed how HPE SimpliVity HCI solutions offer more than compute, storage, and storage networking. HPE SimpliVity converges IT infrastructure, enhances your security posture, and provides data services that include data efficiency, data protection, management, and mobility.Today, I’d like to cover data protection. It is one of the HPE SimpliVity services that other HCI platforms simply do not natively provide.This 3-part series explains HPE SimpliVity backups technology, h…

5 keys to supporting telework effectively and securely

The coronavirus crisis has greatly broadened the boundaries of the “enterprise” to an extent few could have imagined — in just a period of weeks. Suddenly, countless numbers of people are working from home and requiring access to company networks and data from remote locations. Companies are striving to maintain employee productivity, even as they shift to new working environments. The last thing they need to be doing is wasting workers’ time. This massive shift in work processes can have h…

Multifactor Authentication: The Next Battleground

X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) has responded to multiple security incidents where multifactor authentication (MFA) was not implemented—but where implementing MFA might have significantly reduced the impact of the incident. Such incidents have even included destructive malware attacks, resulting in millions of dollars in losses and the irreversible destruction of thousands of machines on the network. In fact, unauthorized use of credentials accounted for 29% of all…

What is pretexting? Definition, examples and prevention

Pretexting is form of social engineering in which an attacker tries to convince a victim to give up valuable information or access to a service or system. The distinguishing feature of this kind of attack is that the scam artists comes up with a story — or pretext — in order to fool the victim. The pretext generally casts the attacker in the role of someone in authority who has the right to access the information being sought, or who can use the information to help the victim.Pretexting has …

Threat Landscape Trends: Endpoint Security, Part 2

Being aware of what’s occurring on the threat landscape can be a valuable tool when it comes to defending your organization. If you’re well informed, that puts you in a good position to decide how best to protect your assets and allocate resources accordingly. While it’s important to stay up to date with the latest ground-breaking attack techniques and new threats, it’s equally important to keep abreast of the overall trends.The fact is that, for every novel technique discovered, there are …

Foreign hackers are targeting federal, state and local IT networks, feds warn

Written by Sean Lyngaas Oct 9, 2020 | CYBERSCOOP Foreign government-linked hackers have been exploiting old software vulnerabilities in an effort to access federal, state and local computer networks in ongoing activity, the FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned Friday.The federal advisory, which did not point the finger at a particular foreign government, said that the malicious cyber activity had in some cases “resulted in unauthorized access to election…

5 Core Security Functions to Operationalize

Effective cybersecurity depends on three things: people, technologies, and processes. If even one of these pillars is lacking, all the investment in the world in the other two won't keep your organization safe. Unfortunately, too many businesses approach cybersecurity on an ad-hoc basis. They focus on putting out tactical fires—without building a strategic operation that can suppress these fires before they really ignite. Even when they've made massive investments in people, technologies, an…

How did your continuity plan stack up against Covid?

Business continuity plans have typically been similar to things like flood insurance policies or advance health care directives – something that you know is important, save in a drawer with other important items, and hope (or even presume) you'll never need to use them. 2020 is like the 500-year flood or emergency hospitalization – the time you open that drawer and need the things that are in there. As we head into the ninth month of the covid-19 pandemic, we've already looked at and made us…

How to protect backups from ransomware

Despite a recent decline in attacks, ransomware still poses significant threats to enterprises, as the attacks against healthcare organizations demonstrated this month. It is also becoming more capable. In particular, ransomware writers are aware that backups are an effective defense and are modifying their malware to track down and eliminate the backups.Ransomware targeting backupsRansomware will now delete any backups it happens to come across along the way, says Adam Kujawa, head of malwa…

Why disaster recovery is the last line of defense against ransomware

Criminals need two things to make a ransomware attack work for them; a penetrated IT security system, and inadequate or non-existent backup and disaster recovery. Sadly, this is an all too common state of affairs, as illustrated by Garmin, the latest high-profile victim of ransomware. At time of writing, the company is slowly restoring its GPS tracker and navigation services. But it is thought to have paid up to $10m to the ransomware attackers to gain access to the decryption key, according…

Double extortion ransomware will be a big theme in 2021

The coming 12 months will bring increasingly aggressive cyber crime activities as malicious actors continue to pivot their ransomware attacks from data encryption to data exfiltration, and with much of the workforce remaining at home until the second quarter at least, the cyber security challenges that were amplified by Covid-19 will persist for the time being. That is according to new research data compiled by data protection specialist Acronis, which has highlighted a number of key trends …

5 business continuity priority shifts for remote working

Here are the top 5 critical areas for your business continuity planning today and in the new normal.In 2020, we are all living through a world-changing event. Huge chunks of the workforce are on lockdown. Pretty much all of us, our colleagues, and our families are seriously affected in one way or another.It is a unique, new, and unsettling situation that not many of us would have predicted or foreseen. I just wanted to share some of the issues we've encountered from an IT perspective, how …

Why Object Storage for a Microsoft 0365 Data Backup

by:Dave Kluger, Storcom CTOThere are many reasons to consider object storage for a Microsoft O365 data backup. With today’s strict regulatory requirements, retaining email and other communication data in a centralized, manageable repository remains the most secure strategy.  A company’s electronic communication data, which includes email and social media content, can be used as evidence in everyday workplace disputes and legal proceedings.  This includes investigations, Freedom of Informat…

The 6 Key Reasons To Have a Microsoft Office 365 Backup

As a robust and highly capable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, Microsoft Office 365 fits the needs of many organizations perfectly. Office 365 provides application availability and uptime to ensure your users never skip a beat, but a Microsoft Office 365 backup can protect you against many other security threats. You or your boss might be thinking, “the recycle bin is probably good enough.” However, this is where many people get it wrong. The average length of time from data compromi…

Egregor ransomware group explained: And how to defend against it

Egregor is one of the most rapidly growing ransomware families. Its name comes from the occult world and is defined as “the collective energy of a group of people, especially when aligned with a common goal,” according to Recorded Future’s Insikt Group. Although descriptions of the malware vary from security firm to security firm, the consensus is that Egregor is a variant of the Sekhmet ransomware family.It arose in September 2020, at the same time the Maze ransomware gang announced its int…

Top 10 Things to Consider When Selecting a Data Center

Questions to Ask Yourself When Choosing the Right Location for Your DataDave Kluger – Storcom CTO Many IT professionals are often tasked with finding secure facilities to store their data and often ask the question “how do I select a data center for my business?” This list of the top 10 things to consider when selecting a data center will guide you through the process of choosing a data center to fit your specific business needs. Just like different types of technologies, the capabilities …

The 6 Key Reasons To Have a Microsoft Office 365 Backup

As a robust and highly capable Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, Microsoft Office 365 fits the needs of many organizations perfectly. Office 365 provides application availability and uptime to ensure your users never skip a beat, but a Microsoft Office 365 backup can protect you against many other security threats. You or your boss might be thinking, “the recycle bin is probably good enough.” However, this is where many people get it wrong. The average length of time from data compromi…

Veeam Backup and Replication Version 11 Release: So Many New Features, Where do We Start?

By: Dave KlugerStorcom CTO What’s New in Veeam Version 11 (v11)?There are a ton of new features and updates with Veeam version 11, over 200 to be exact. There are already many articles that simply list the new features. As Storcom’s CTO, I want to talk about what’s new in Veeam Version 11 (v11) and what I think the main updates are and WHY they are useful.  Ransomware Protection At the top of everyone’s list is that Veeam’s version 11 contains more ransomware protection features than ever…

Be ready! Choose the right Disaster Recovery solution to make DR Rehearsal a seamless process

Learn how and why it’s critical for your business to adopt the right disaster recovery solution—one that provides seamless rehearsal options and removes risks and complexities.Plenty of studies show you how industries and institutions that faced severe downtime lost one or more critical applications, resulting in losses of millions of dollars. While downtime and monetary loss is one area of negative impact when disaster strikes in various forms, loss of data is equally significant.Over the y…

5 ways to grow the cybersecurity workforce in 2021

The demand for cybersecurity professionals has surged over the past decade: In fact, by early 2020 the industry’s workforce gap had widened to a whopping half-million workers in the U.S alone, and 4 million globally. It was in that context that the COVID-19 pandemic hit last March, sending the cybersecurity world into a wild, rapid shift in which millions of workers suddenly left the office and began to work remotely. Some companies made the leap literally overnight, leaving many cybersecuri…

There Is a 50% Chance Your Data Backup Will Fail

Data protection problems are hobbling digital transformation efforts, according to the latest study by Veeam Software. And that is bad news for many chief digital officers looking to speed up their digital transformation efforts.The Veeam Data Protection Report 2021, which surveyed more than 3,000 IT decision-makers at global enterprises, painted a grim picture. Fourteen percent of all data is not backed up at all, and 58% of recoveries fail.Anthony Spiteri, the senior global technologist for…

Get Ahead of Threats This World Backup Day

Everyone possesses some form of valuable data that we can’t afford to lose, whether that is information for our business, a college research paper, or our family photos. However, we all face the risk of losing this precious data—either because of an accident or via cyberattack. And while this loss can be easily prevented through a data backup, many have never taken this step to protect their information. This is the main driver behind World Backup Day, which is celebrated eac…