Business continuity, simply put, is enabling your business to continue operating at an acceptable level in the event of an incident - large or small. Continuity for your business means being proactive, ready for inevitable disruption and able to react to resume critical services.   Read more

One of the cornerstones of Amazon Web Services (AWS) best practices is using multiple accounts to manage your workloads. Dedicating accounts to specific business units or even specific applications provides numerous benefits that increase agility, improve security and streamline operations. This practice also helps operators follow the principle of least privilege, whereby only a minimal set of privileges required to perform a task are assigned to responsible users and services, and ideally, only for the time required to complete the task. Read more

As your business embraces Amazon Web Services (AWS), it is imperative to ensure that your data remains secure/protected and you are minimizing costs. One of the ways to increase security and minimize costs in AWS is through a Gateway Endpoint. Read more

Enterprises routinely face challenges when it comes to protecting their critical workloads. Meeting demanding Service Level Agreements (SLAs), unsought multi-team workflows, and convoluted or sprawling toolsets are just a few of the common constraints that organizations routinely face. When these challenges start to compound, you quickly wind up in situations where simple tasks can grind your applications to a halt.  Read more

2023 is fast-approaching, as is the release of Veeam Platform v12. Now is a great time to take a closer look at your backup strategies from all directions: To the cloud, of the cloud and even from the cloud. From consistent cloud bill shock, to the overwhelming tyranny of choice in cloud platforms and services, to the ever-looming threat of a cyber-attack, there’s a litany of reasons organizations should consider taking time to evaluate and optimize. Read more

Have you ever had a conversation with someone and another person who wasn’t part of the conversation suddenly chimes in? Maybe it was while you were in line at a coffee shop or at your kid’s sports game. Maybe even your phone chimes in when you didn’t realize you activated your digital assistant (in our house, we call our voice-activated assistant “faceless woman” in everyday conversation to avoid having her accidentally butt into our conversations when she isn’t invited).  Read more

Phishing scams are attempts by cybercriminals to trick users into performing some type of action like clicking on a link, entering credentials, opening an attachment or even making changes to a company’s process. These scams are most commonly delivered as malicious emails but can also take other forms. They can result in ransomware, installation of malicious software (viruses, Trojans, worms), stolen credentials, theft of money, data loss or even identity theft. Phishers exploit common human traits, like trusting people you know, to trick you into doing something that you normally wouldn’t. Read more

Veeam recently published the largest independent ransomware research project of its kind, the 2022 Ransomware Trends Report. Last week, we explored the first question that has to be asked when ransomware is first discovered, “How pervasive was the attack(s)?” But after that, the organization has to decide how it will move forward by remediating the intrusion and its effects. Read more

Veeam recently published the largest independent ransomware research project of its kind, the 2022 Ransomware Trends Report. For the next few weeks, we’ll be unpacking some of the key findings of that research, starting with “How pervasive are these attacks?” Read more

Since the inception of Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365, Veeam has made it our mission to educate the IT community on the importance of protecting data in Office 365. Fortunately, as time has gone by, more and more organizations understand the “why” of SaaS backup and want to focus on the “how”. So, we have created a new easy-to-read technical guide on Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 which explains everything from what the components are, to how get up and running creating your first backups and restores. Let’s cover a few important aspects of deploying Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365. Read more