Zerto

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

This year we had three spine-tingling tales that covered everything from hardware failures and human errors to ominous outages, monstrous migrations, and a blindsiding bioterrorism attack! Backups from January were restored to 3, but the Robocopy job sought Server 1. Beware false comforts; verify backups thoroughly.

Outage 93

Outage Disaster Recovery Airlines Cyber Resilience 93

Pure Storage

JANUARY 8, 2025

These figures highlight the escalating financial risks associated with system outages, underscoring the importance of robust disaster recovery solutions like disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) to mitigate potential losses. DRaaS helps mitigate this risk by ensuring data availability and regulatory compliance.

Disaster Recovery 91

Disaster Recovery Mitigation Failover Resilience 91

Pure Storage

OCTOBER 8, 2024

This eliminates the complicated and time-consuming process of planning and executing multiple workload outages while data is moved and then cut over to the new array. The second benefit is the mitigated operational risk of an in-place stateless controller upgrade.

Architecture 119

Architecture Outage Airlines Activation 119

Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Approaching maintenance in this way allows your organization to be prepared for planned outages within your infrastructure, including patch installation, security updates, and service packs. Increasing your backup frequency is a critical way to lower your RPOs and RTOs. Over-Reliance on On-Prem Backup .

Data Recovery 98

Data Recovery Disaster Recovery Backup Outage 98

Zerto

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The world has become increasingly reliant on access to data and digital services, and prolonged outages may cost your organization lost business, impaired productivity and irreparable reputation damage. Even the largest public clouds experience outages as seen in recent news events. Your Data is Your Responsibility.

Disaster Recovery 83

Disaster Recovery Outage Backup Application 83

Pure Storage

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Australian wildfires (2020): After losing their office to wildfires, an Australian company restored operations within 48 hours thanks to their offsite backup and recovery system.

Disaster Recovery 121

Disaster Recovery Failover Cyber Resilience Resilience 121

Disaster Safety

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Discuss the systems exposure to winter weather and potential mitigation options. Avoiding a power outage can save a day or two of business interruption. Select a heating system repair service before an unexpected outage or maintenance issue arises mid-season. Winterize your landscaping and irrigation. Maintain your HVAC system.

Insurance 129

Insurance Insurance Outage Alert 129

Solutions Review

MARCH 16, 2022

The editors at Solutions Review have compiled this list of the best backup and restore courses and online training to consider. The growing importance of backup and restore best practices and techniques for maintaining business continuity are becoming paramount in the enterprise. Veeam Backup & Replication Beginner to Advanced.

Backup 52

Backup Disaster Recovery Risk Management Cybersecurity 52

AWS Disaster Recovery

APRIL 5, 2021

Therefore, if you’re designing a DR strategy to withstand events such as power outages, flooding, and other other localized disruptions, then using a Multi-AZ DR strategy within an AWS Region can provide the protection you need. If data needs to be restored from backup, this can increase the recovery point (and data loss).

Disaster Recovery 101

Disaster Recovery Architecture Failover Backup 101

MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: How to Get Strong: Unlocking the Power of Vulnerability Management The Practice of Vulnerability Management Last week, MHA CEO Michael Herrera wrote a blog about vulnerability management , the practice of identifying and mitigating the weaknesses in an organization’s people, processes, and technology.

Vulnerability 98

Vulnerability Capacity Outage BCM 98

Zerto

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has developed a set of prioritized mitigation strategies known as the Essential Eight to safeguard internet-connected information technology networks. These strategies, outlined by the ASD, form a comprehensive framework to mitigate cybersecurity incidents effectively.

Cybersecurity 58

Cybersecurity Resilience Backup Disaster Recovery 58

MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Follow these seven steps to implement a BC strategy that can help you swiftly recover your business processes in the event of an outage. The backups to the business continuity manager. You can also develop individual department strategies and actions for recovery and continued operations during an emergency or outage event.)

Business Continuity 98

Business Continuity BCM Disaster Recovery Outage 98

Pure Storage

JULY 17, 2023

According to the strategy, investing in a resiliency architecture means: Reducing vulnerabilities in foundational technology—including critical infrastructure such as storage, which should be capable of tiered backups, immutable snapshots, and fast recovery times. Training everyone to be a security expert.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Resilience Architecture Backup 98

IT Governance BC

JULY 30, 2024

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. The outage was caused by a bad security update rolled out by CrowdStrike. Without question, this is one of the most expensive IT outages to date, with significant global impact. billion (about £4.2

Business Continuity 91

Business Continuity Insurance Insurance Outage 91

AWS Disaster Recovery

APRIL 27, 2021

Earlier, we were able to restore from the backup but wanted to improve availability further. We built a pilot light using point-in-time backups for data stores, cross-Region Amazon RDS read replicas , cross-Region Amazon S3 replication , and AWS CloudFormation templates. Standardize observability. Related information.

Architecture 74

Architecture Resilience Application Backup 74

Pure Storage

JULY 12, 2021

But even internally, an outage can be disastrous. To mitigate this, organizations need available recovery points to get back up and running quickly. If you don’t pay up, it will be up to you to get systems back online and recover data from whatever backup and restore solutions you have. What Happens If You Do Pay the Ransom?

Backup 69

Backup Authentication Outage Architecture 69

BMC

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

It is the payoff for cost-effective buying of spare machines and servers, performing backups and bringing them off-site, assigning responsibility, performing drills, educating employees, and being vigilant.”

BCM 95

BCM Business Continuity Management Impact Analysis 95

IBM Business Resiliency

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Closely aligned with a data center strategy should be a holistic BCDR strategy that considers all types of risks (system failure, natural disaster, human error or cyberattack) and outage scenarios, and provides plans for mitigation with minimal or no impact to the business.

Resilience 52

Resilience Failover Outage Backup 52

Zerto

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The world has become increasingly reliant on access to data and digital services, and prolonged outages may cost your organization lost business, impaired productivity and irreparable reputation damage. Even the largest public clouds experience outages as seen in recent news events. Your Data is Your Responsibility.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Outage Backup Application 52

Solutions Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of September 27, 2024 Cayosoft Secures Patent for Active Directory Recovery Solution Cayosoft Guardian Forest Recovery’s patented approach solves these issues by functioning as an AD resilience solution rather than a typical backup and recovery tool.

Benchmark 52

Benchmark Cyber Resilience Outage Backup 52

Online Computers

MARCH 10, 2023

These may include natural disasters, cyberattacks, power outages, supply chain disruptions, and more. This entails creating a detailed response plan for each potential risk identified, including the procedures and strategies that need to be put in place to mitigate the impacts of a particular risk.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP Disaster Recovery 52

Online Computers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

But how can you be sure that your strategy to mitigate disasters will actually work? Secure your backups. This involves creating backups of any software or applications you use, as well as any website files. If you use a content management system such as WordPress, make sure you create a backup of your database as well.

Disaster Preparedness 52

Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Backup Hazard 52

Pure Storage

MAY 2, 2024

RTO is the service level defining how long a recovery may take before unacceptable levels of damage occur from an outage. Meanwhile, RPO is the service level defining the point in time when data loss resulting from an outage becomes unacceptable. Cost: Backups cost money. Both represent critical points of failure.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Backup Outage Architecture 52

Pure Storage

MAY 2, 2024

RTO is the service level defining how long a recovery may take before unacceptable levels of damage occur from an outage. Meanwhile, RPO is the service level defining the point in time when data loss resulting from an outage becomes unacceptable. Cost: Backups cost money. Both represent critical points of failure.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Backup Outage Architecture 52

Zerto

JANUARY 17, 2023

To help mitigate against ransomware attacks, organizations need to not only carefully identify which applications should be refactored but consider the integration of data protection solutions early on. Backup to a Cloud Bucket. This means that applications are born protected. Disaster Recovery & Data Protection All-In-One.

Disaster Recovery 96

Disaster Recovery Failover Application Vulnerability 96

Pure Storage

APRIL 13, 2022

Knowing that you have a backup in place provides peace of mind that you can keep your business moving forward. But having to wait hours, days, or—let’s face it—weeks in some cases for a backup to restore can cause significant pain to the operation of the business. So how fast is the FlashArray//C and NetBackup solution?

Backup 52

Backup Application Outage Media 52

MHA Consulting

MARCH 14, 2024

Risk can never be eliminated but it can be mitigated. Enterprise Risk Management is the activity of identifying and mitigating the hazards that threaten an organization (definition from Strong Language: The MHA Glossary of Essential Business Continuity Terminology , available for free download with registration).

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management All-Hazards Mitigation 52

MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Assistant Continuity Manager: The backup to the Business Continuity Manager. Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership The post The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements appeared first on MHA Consulting. This could be a titled position or an assigned position.

BCM 105

BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Crisis Management 105

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Recent heavy rainfall in Rhode Island, Georgia, and Indiana caused deadly flash floods and thousands of power outages. Requirements for emergency and backup power supplies as well as consideration of other logistical needs for long-duration events are an important part of the rule.

Hazard 77

Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction Pandemic 77

NexusTek

MAY 15, 2023

In fact, over the course of a 3-year period, 96% of businesses can expect to experience at least one IT systems outage 1. Unexpected downtime can be caused by a variety of issues, such as power outages, weather emergencies, cyberattacks, software and equipment failures, pandemics, civil unrest, and human error.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Continuity Planning Outage 52

Online Computers

JULY 17, 2022

Corruption can occur due to a variety of reasons, such as viruses, hardware problems, or power outages. Use reliable storage devices – Reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions can ensure that critical data is always available, even if files become corrupted. Is it possible to retrieve a corrupted file?

Backup 52

Backup Disaster Recovery Outage Business Continuity 52

Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

” The BCP is a master document that details your organization’s entire prevention, mitigation, response, and recovery protocols for all kinds of threats and disasters. RTOs and RPOs guide the rest of the DR planning process as well as the choice of recovery technologies, failover options, and data backup platforms.

BCP 73

BCP Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis Continuity Planning 73

Pure Storage

MAY 7, 2024

When a hurricane leads to widespread power outages, flooding, and workforce disruption, for example, an effective disaster recovery plan ensures that IT systems remain up and running and that operations can come back online as soon as possible. This includes minimizing downtime, minimizing data loss, and ensuring business continuity.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Business Continuity BCP Continuity Planning 52

Pure Storage

MAY 7, 2024

Readiness starts with an effective disaster recovery plan that incorporates backup systems, data replication, and testing procedures to ensure that the plan will work in practice. This typically involves detailed technical strategies for system failover, data recovery, and backups. What Is Business Continuity Planning?

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Business Continuity BCP Continuity Planning 52

Pure Storage

JUNE 30, 2022

To recognize its importance, you only need to look at the multibillion-dollar industry that has been built up around it or read the news to observe the near-daily outages of major businesses or ransoms paid to bad actors. Mitigating Risks with Pure Cloud Block Store. Low-Cost Disaster Recovery Meets Granular Ransomware Mitigation.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Mitigation Outage Capacity 52

Pure Storage

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Service outages ultimately frustrate customers, leading to churn and loss of trust. Backup solutions regularly back up critical data and store it securely, ensuring rapid recovery without succumbing to extortion demands. Execute predefined steps to handle the breach, communicate with stakeholders, and mitigate damage.

Security 52

Security Vulnerability Cybersecurity Cyber Resilience 52

Zerto

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

It also documents existing strategies and measures already in place to mitigate the impact of said risks. Essentially, risk assessment identifies potential risks, assesses their severity, and determines the best course of action to mitigate or eliminate them. What is a Service Level Agreement (SLA) in Business Continuity?

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis Outage Business Continuity 52