Posts by Jason Buffington

Veeam recently announced the winners of its Veeam Innovation Awards (VIAs) as part of our annual VeeamON conference. Read more

For the third year in a row, an independent research firm surveyed IT leaders and implementers whose organizations suffered at least one ransomware attack in 2023. This year’s report surveyed 1,200 respondents — comprised of CISOs (or executives with similar responsibility), security professionals, and backup administrators Read more

. The 2024 Ransomware Trends Report revealed that bad actors are targeting backup repositories in 96% of attacks. These attackers are waiting in your environment for the perfect time to strike, encrypt your data (especially your backups, so you can’t save yourself), and demand their ransom. Read more

Cybersecurity threats are becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated and pose significant risks to organizations of all sizes. This evolving threat landscape includes a range of challenges such as advanced persistent threats (APTs), ransomware, phishing attacks, and zero-day vulnerabilities. Read more

One of the most effective ways to accomplish that is combining current market intelligence with contextual understanding of the landscape. Mark and S&P recently published some interesting information from the 451 Research white paper from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Read more

The third annual Veeam Ransomware Trends Report is officially here. Each year, independent analysts survey unbiased and vetted organizations that experienced at least one cyberattack (breach/ransom/etc.) in the preceding 12 months. Read more

In last week’s blog, we discussed why organizations of all sizes are embracing Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). This week we are going to dive into how to decide the best cloud service provider for your organization. Read more

The 2024 Data Protection Trends Report revealed that 88% of organizations intend to use Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) for at least some of their servers within the next two years. Read more

As we continue into 2024 IT planning, organizations small, medium, and large would be well served to continually look at these macro data protection trends in order to assess how ready they are for their next disaster. Read more

For the sixth spotlight blog into key areas of the 2024 Data Protection Trends report, let's look at some new insights related to business continuity and disaster recovery (BC/DR). Read more