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July 21, 2025

DORA still presenting challenges

The vast majority of financial services firms across Europe believe themselves to be unable to meet the full business resiliency requirements of the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) regulation. Research conducted by Censuswide last month indicated that 96% of EMEA financial services organisations believe they need to improve their...

July 15, 2025

Data handling and protection updates

As we go into mid-summer and Q3 2025, it’s time to take another moment to catch up on the updates regarding data handling and protection. Let’s see what the newest information...

July 7, 2025

Protecting backups for cyber resilience

More companies are beginning to understand the need for establishing backups and other systems for managing their data and establishing recovery. At the same time, there’s a...

July 1, 2025

Microsoft finally ends Remote PowerShell protocol

As was signaled long in advance, Microsoft is finally making a move to axe both Remote PowerShell protocol (RPS) and other legacy authentication methods. An alert in the Microsoft...

June 24, 2025

Backups on and off the Cloud

According to Flexera’s 2025 State of the Cloud report, 70% of all businesses employ a hybrid cloud or multicloud strategy, something we have also written about previously....

June 16, 2025

EU Data Act 2025 coming soon

The EU Data Act 2025 is coming soon, slated to be effective from September 2025. Joining an already long list of data regulations, the Data Act promises to further develop the...

June 10, 2025

Top disaster recovery tips and methods

Disaster recovery is a word to conjure with in business circles. As reported in Arcserve’s 2022 report, 76% of companies report losing business critical data. The ability to...

June 3, 2025

Archive and Backup as a Service – What can it do for you?

Archives and backups are, as we have established before, a critical component of your data management strategy. Both safeguard your data going forward, and protect your...

May 26, 2025

DELL unveils AI cybersecurity features

DELL has recently released the details on their newest cybersecurity and data storage options. These include several features that look promising in early detection of system...

May 19, 2025

LockBit ransomware gang hacked

In a strange reversal, the LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced last week. The defacement message matches the one...

May 12, 2025

New options for long-term storage on the horizon

A tech startup, Cerabyte, has made waves in the data storage industry by revealing their plans for a new storage medium. If the medium pans out, it promises new options for long...

April 28, 2025

Vulnerability in Azure Found

Varonis Threat Labs identified a Destructive Stored URL Parameter Injection vulnerability in the Azure portal, which has since been patched by Microsoft. The vulnerability in...

April 22, 2025

A look at optimizing data storage

An organized office with papers carefully filed into the correct cabinets has been long accepted as a key to success – but many organizations have neglected to transpose these...

April 14, 2025

AI adoption drives data increases

AI is one of the key words in the current online environment and has been for several years now; from the growth of LLMs and other generative AI to the spread of AI-powered tools,...

April 7, 2025

Backup Day 2025

Backup Day 2025, which fell on March 31st, has come and gone. Let’s look at some of the latest trends, both positive and negative, as well as some of the questions about future...

March 21, 2025

Backups and Zero Trust

Cybersecurity, data security, and hardening internal systems is a major concern for organizations and will increase in importance as time goes on. We’ve already covered some...

March 17, 2025

Cybersecurity’s biggest hurdle

Cybersecurity is a hot-button topic, and continues to pop up in mainstream industry news every time there is a large-scale failure. So why does it continue to see so little...

March 10, 2025

Software flaw opens vulnerability in NHS

A software flaw may have opened a new vulnerability in the NHS. The NHS is now reportedly “looking into” allegations that patient data was left vulnerable due to a...

March 3, 2025

The future of cybersecurity

The industry has to look forward to the future of cybersecurity – including a new generation of specialists, and newly developed tools and procedures. This past Sunday, nearly...

February 24, 2025

Preserving data from Microsoft 365

Microsoft 365 remains by far the most dominant system for enterprises and organizations worldwide. This has had, however, a corresponding effect on how much attention needs to be...