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Disaster Recovery Workshop: Dealing with New Requirements, Expectations, and Threats
Tagged with: AI, Cloud, Commvault, Containers, Cyber Security, Disaster recovery, dr, ML, Ransomware, Software Defined, VM
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eBook: Developing a Holistic Storage Security Strategy
The target of most cyber-attacks, like ransomware, is eventually the primary storage system that stores the organization’s most valuable data. If an attacker compromises the organization’s data, they either attempt to restore the data from backups or pay a ransom…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Consolidation, Cyber Security, Encryption, RackTop, Replication, Retention, Snapshots
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How to Create a Secure End-to-End Storage Infrastructure
Security breaches are a constant threat to organizations, and while securing primary storage is a top priority another challenge is making sure data is secure as various processes copy it. Organizations copy data for many legitimate reasons; backup, test-dev, and…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, Object Storage, RackTop, Software Defined
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Storage Consolidation Requires Cloud Archive
Managing one of something is usually easier than managing five of something. Indeed, when it comes to storage systems, it is easy to manage one vast storage array than it is five to ten individual ones. Consolidated systems focus much…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, Object Storage, RackTop, Software Defined
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Is Encryption Overrated
When the subject of data security comes up, it often begins, and unfortunately, ends with encryption. Indeed, encrypting data is critical, but in most cases, if the hacker or malware program compromises a user or administrator account, then more than…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, RackTop, Software Defined
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Breach – Preparing Cyber-Secure Storage for the Inevitable
The goal of cyber-secure storage is to eliminate attempts to breach an organization’s storage and access its data. The prior three blogs describe methods IT can take to better protect the organization’s data assets; however, despite all the best efforts,…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Consolidation, Cyber Security, Encryption, RackTop, Replication, Retention, Snapshot
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The Challenges of After-The-Fact Encryption
Encryption is a foundational component of a cyber-secure storage system. The problem is that most organizations implement encryption after-the-fact, months if not years after the initial implementation. When IT is considering a new storage system, they tend to focus on…
Tagged with: Archive, Cloud, Cyber Security, Encryption, RackTop, Replication, Retention, SED, Snapshots
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Performance vs. Security vs. Management – How to Solve the Primary Storage Paradox
Applications and users demand unprecedented levels of performance, cyber-threats like ransomware require new levels of security and access control, and organizations are intolerant of any form of downtime or data loss. At the same time, they need to manage data…
Tagged with: Cloud, Cyber Security, dr, Encryption, Flash, Fragmentation, Migration, RackTop, Ransomware, Replication, Retention
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Cyber-Secure Storage Requires More Than Encryption
Encryption is a fundamental element of building a secure storage system, but organizations need more than just encryption. Encryption works when the outside attacker can’t authenticate themselves, but if the outside attacker can compromise a user or admin account, then…
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The Importance of Consolidation for Secure Storage
The Security Problems with Multi-Vendor Data Storage One of the most common data center trends is storage system sprawl. In today’s data center, every environment or workload has a unique storage architecture. While dispersed storage does allow IT to target…
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