Posts by Brad Linch

Are you confident that your backups can recover from a cyberattack? During a cyber incident do you have forensics, decryption, and negotiation services readily available to help your organization recover quickly and safely? Read more

Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, targeting cloud-based workloads and posing significant risks to organizations. These cyber threats can encrypt critical data, disrupt business operations, and demand hefty ransoms. Read more

The CrowdStrike outage disrupted critical services for many organizations, highlighting how Microsoft Windows continues to be a critical infrastructure. This incident exposed a crucial lesson: no system is immune to failure. Comprehensive backup and recovery strategies are critical to mitigate the impact of such disruptions. Read more

Ransomware attacks have a greater chance of causing data loss than any other DR event. Without visibility into the backup repositories, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to find the last known good copy of your data. Learn how Veeam's three-tiered approach to identifying clean data can help you recover faster. Read more

Ransomware attacks need to be viewed under the same category as power outages and natural disasters. The requirement to recover quickly is a necessity. Recently, I'm seeing many vendors in the data protection industry advertise immutability and ransomware detection features. Both of which should absolutely be part of a company's ransomware strategy, but an immutable copy coming from spinning disk or tape can result in too much downtime for the business. It's an easy decision for a CEO or CFO if an attacker's ransom is $100,000 and the cost of downtime for a day is $500,000. The only question at that point becomes how do we make a Coinbase account to transfer Bitcoin? Read more

Protect, Detect and Recover! The three key pillars a backup vendor is expected to offer when it comes to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. The top priority on that list is protecting your data. A secure backup both on premises and in a private or public cloud offers immense protection. This can protect data from both a hacker accessing the backup server as well as the backup repository. Secondly, the ability to recovery quickly is crucial. Read more