With our 2021 merger behind us, the StorageCraft blog is now the Arcserve blog. So you can still get the important news, industry insights, and high-value information about data protection, backup, and recovery you’ve come to expect from StorageCraft—and more—all in one place. You’ll find the blog at Arcserve.com. We have also merged our social… Read more »
Read the ArticleWhat a year 2021 has been. It will go down in history as a challenging year thanks in no small part to the ongoing pandemic. But it’s been especially tough for IT pros and cybersecurity experts. We saw ransomware take down the largest fuel pipeline in the United States—Colonial Pipeline—leading to shortages across the East… Read more »
Read the ArticleUnless you live in a cave (unlikely, but possible in today’s pandemic-burdened world), you’ve seen the ransomware headlines. Ransomware is another kind of epidemic that has spread like wildfire. SonicWall reported an alarming rise in cyberattacks, with a record 190.4 million ransomware attacks posted in the third quarter of 2021 alone. That brings the year-to-date total… Read more »
Read the ArticleIf you’re an IT pro in a manufacturing or production environment, you already have your hands full, keeping everything running smoothly. Rising cybersecurity threats bring even more challenges. With ransomware rampant—striking 36 percent of manufacturing and production organizations last year, according to Sophos’ The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2021 report—odds are you’ll… Read more »
Read the ArticleA recent listing of the ten biggest healthcare data breaches of 2021 in Healthcare IT News notes that, for breaches reported to the federal government, more than 40 million patient records were affected. The list of victims is diverse, from patient providers to ancillary healthcare services. For example, Florida Healthy Kids Corporation—which offers child-centric comprehensive… Read more »
Read the ArticleMarketWatch notes that the global network-attached storage (NAS) market will grow at an impressive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 28 percent between 2021 and 2027. Much of that market growth can be attributed to the massive increase in data generated by organizations everywhere. That isn’t much different from the global projections for the… Read more »
Read the ArticleThe orders came straight from the top. The President’s May 2021 announcement of the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity directed the federal government to bring the “full scope of its authorities and resources to protect and secure its computer systems, whether they are cloud-based, on-premises, or hybrid.” That includes ensuring federal information systems… Read more »
Read the ArticleRansomware constantly makes the headlines these days. This week, Sinclair Broadcasting saw its systems taken down, with one Sinclair reporter quoted as saying, “still no phones, file video or graphics” three days after the attack. The company’s stock dropped nearly 3 percent that day. We don’t know how the ransomware wiggled its way into Sinclair… Read more »
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