Top 5 security risks for enterprise storage, backup devices
An average enterprise storage and backup device has 14 vulnerabilities, three of which are high or critical risk that could present a significant compromise if exploited, …
DeadBolt is hitting QNAP NAS devices via zero-day bug, what to do?
A few days ago – and smack in the middle of the weekend preceding Labor Day (as celebrated in the U.S.) – Taiwan-based QNAP Systems has warned about the latest …
What’s polluting your data lake?
A data lake is a large system of files and unstructured data collected from many, untrusted sources, stored and dispensed for business services, and is susceptible to malware …
57% of people can’t recall if they ever backed up their important documents
Apricorn announced findings from a Twitter poll exploring device data and backup processes ahead of World Backup Day on March 31st. When asked to be honest with their …
Poor data sanitization practices put public sector data at risk
A research launched by Blancco Technology Group reveals current practices and policies for device sanitization within the public sector. Researchers spoke to 596 government IT …
Organizations need to evolve their data management strategy
IDC predicts that, over the next five years, more than 80% of the data collected by organizations will be unstructured data, and that will only continue to grow 40-50% per …
Is higher security a benefit of database migration to the cloud?
MariaDB announced key findings from its survey that shows no one’s staying behind as businesses move forward with database migration to the cloud. Those surveyed included IT …
What are the barriers to moving legacy data to the cloud?
While 95% of tech leaders worldwide say moving their legacy application data to the cloud is a priority, and 80.5% want to do it within the next 12 months, only 35% of tech …
How will emerging technologies impact the data storage landscape?
Scality announced its data storage predictions for 2022, coming off a year when ransomware attacks have exploded, skills shortages remain, and cloud adoption continues. This …
Five game-changing factors for companies dealing with ransomware attacks
Continual innovation and growing sophistication of cloud services is giving organizations clear and practical routes to deal with ransomware attacks. The latest cloud-based …
Storage systems vulnerabilities: Act now to avoid disasters
Continuity issued a research report which provided an analysis of the vulnerabilities and misconfigurations of enterprise storage systems. The findings revealed that storage …
SMEs awareness of GDPR is high, but few adhere to its legal requirements
85 percent of the small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are familiar with GDPR, but more than half are still not cleaning their data and therefore not adhering …