Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesCOVID-19 has many organizations shifting gears when it comes to pandemic planning, and SMBs are no exception. For small companies, adaptability is the key to recovery. By Paul Kirvan Businesses of all sizes have been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with smaller organizations facing their own particular struggles. SMBs are often working with fewer employees, resources and customers than
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesYour DR plan may be unprepared for a pandemic, and while mid-pandemic is not the ideal time to be discovering issues, you should use this time to make changes. By Nick Cavalancia Having a disaster recovery plan in place implies that a business believes there will come a time when operations will be disrupted, and it will be necessary to
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThe zero trust model is a security model used by IT professionals that requires strict identity and device verification regardless of the user’s location in relation to the network perimeter. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Laura Fitzgibbons The model is based on the assumption that all users, devices and transactions are already compromised, regardless of whether they’re inside or outside of the firewall.
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesNetwork management and security have become even more intertwined now that more employees are working from home. How can enterprises ensure they are keeping their networks secure? By Amy Larsen DeCarlo The COVID-19 pandemic drove sweeping changes to corporate and public sector network operating models. In the blink of an eye, brick-and-mortar businesses, governmental agencies and educational institutions shifted to
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesDDoS attacks on networks can result in devastating and expensive damage for organizations. Learn three ways to prevent and respond to DDoS attacks to keep company networks secure. By John Cavanaugh Denial of service, or DoS, attacks emerged in the early days of the web and commercialization of the internet. These attacks literally deny service and make a resource scarce;
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhen employees are dispersed, data backups need to move off site, too. Here’s why organizations should consider using backup as a service in these tumultuous times. By John Edwards Backup as a service is becoming an increasingly attractive option for enterprises of all types and sizes, primarily because it eliminates the need to rely on costly on-site resources to preserve
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhether you choose public or private cloud or a cloud service provider for backup, it comes down to your needs in such areas as cost and security. Explore how each one differs. By Nick Cavalancia If you’re not storing backups in the cloud, you’re behind the times. The good news is, when thinking about where to store your backups in
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWe run through the main items charged for by the big cloud storage providers, such as capacity, storage type, transactions, data egress, networks and data protection. By Paul Stringfellow There is a lot to consider when moving data to cloud storage. Key among these, with potentially the biggest impact, is cost. Cloud storage cost models can be complex despite the attraction
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesThere are free cloud backup options for businesses, not just consumers. Discover some of the top choices, plus the limitations of free vs. paid versions. By Brien Posey With the recent increase in remote work, now is a great time to try out the cloud for backup. One of the best ways to get started with cloud backups is to try one
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEvaluate full vs. incremental vs. differential backup, as well as newer types of backup, in synthetic and incremental-forever, to determine what’s best for your organization. By Erin Sullivan, Brien Posey For quite some time, there have been three basic types of backup: full, incremental and differential. All three have benefits and drawbacks, so deciding which one works best for you will
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On 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, China. ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2) was confirmed as the causative agent of what we now know as ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ (COVID-19). Since then, the virus has spread to more than 100 countries, including South Africa.
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