By Joey Pepka of Peptronics
Cyber-attacks are going up for small businesses. Data backup is seriously important. Your hard drive is not enough to keep your data safe. Plainly put, a data backup is a copy or archive of the important information stored on your devices such as a computer, phone, or tablet, and it’s used ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.On June 24, 1868, Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for something he called a “Type-Writing Machine.” The early tech resembled a piano and had 21 keys.
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Microsoft announces Windows 11, with a new design, Start menu, and more. A new version of Windows is officially on the way.
Storage-device maker advises customers to unplug My Book Lives ...
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I got a call from a client who disconnected a large USB-connected external drive, and when he reconnected it, was unable to find the terabytes of images that were stored on it. He knew about properly disconnecting an external drive, but thought the computer was asleep, and that it would be ok. It was not.
First let’s talk about ...
Continue Reading →Tuesday, March 31 is World Backup Day. Wednesday April 1st is “I don’t backup day.” It is also April Fool’s Day. Is there a connection?
In the era of crypto-ransomware attacks, backup is considered one of the cornerstones of a good cybersecurity program. Having a automatic backup system, and full set of recent and tested backups is critical for businesses of any size. Current ransomware exploits often will encrypt network attached backup solutions too. Would your current ...
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If you are a small business owner or manager, you have a target on your back. You face a special set of risks from cyber-crime exploits. Most often, you do not have the financial resources to afford a full time IT support employee. You do not have the budget for expensive Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems. You might not even have a firewall, ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.March 31 is World Backup Day. Monday is April Fool’s Day. Coincidence? I think not. I you are one of the hold-outs who is going to get around to it someday, today is your chance.
Google’s Project Zero researchers have revealed a ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Sometime around April 3—give or take about a week—China’s 9.5-ton Tiangong-1 space station will fall out of orbit and enter Earth’s atmosphere. While media reports for the last few months have hyped the Continue Reading →
Which means we all get into our cars and spend the day driving in reverse? Not quite. What this means for some of your that today is the day you quit kicking that can down the road and set up a data backup for your systems. Hardware, software, cloud – pick your poison and set it up.
For those of you who are already using a backup solution, today would be ...
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