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CIOs eye SaaS backup plans post-CrowdStrike

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As a result, software supply chains and vendor risk management are becoming ever more vital (and frequent) conversations in the C-suite today, as companies seek to reduce their exposure to outages and the business continuity issues of key vendors their businesses depend on. An extra layer of redundancy may become critical.”

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How to create an effective business continuity plan

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A solid business continuity plan is one of those foundational elements. Every business should have the mindset that they will face a disaster, and every business needs a plan to address the different potential scenarios,” says Goh Ser Yoong, head of compliance at Advance.AI What is a business continuity plan?

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11:11 Systems: Empowering enterprises to modernize, protect, and manage their IT assets and data

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We believe that IT teams, and the operational leaders and business functions they support, need a partner like 11:11 Systems that is capable of modernizing, protecting, and managing their entire IT estate.” Orsini notes that it has never been more important for enterprises to modernize, protect, and manage their IT infrastructure.

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Is your disaster recovery a house of cards? Why BIA, BCP, and DRP are your foundation

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In fact, successful recovery from cyberattacks and other disasters hinges on an approach that integrates business impact assessments (BIA), business continuity planning (BCP), and disaster recovery planning (DRP) including rigorous testing. Recognizing that backups alone do not constitute a disaster recovery solution is crucial.

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Secure Your Backup with Multi-Factor Authentication

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However,today, even backups are not always safe and are being targeted by cybercriminals. Recently, a Managed Service Provider was hit by a ransomware attack which disabled their backup and recovery systems and spread malware to their end-customer networks. . Leverage Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) to Secure Backup .

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CrowdStrike incident has CIOs rethinking their cloud strategies

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The incident, which saw IT systems crashing and displaying the infamous “ blue screen of death (BSOD) ,” exposed the vulnerabilities of heavily cloud-dependent infrastructures. However, our in-house developed application remained unaffected due to GoDaddy’s use of its own hosting infrastructure,” said Borade. “We

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5 Reasons Why Disaster Recovery Plans Fail

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You diligently back up critical servers to your on-site appliance or to the cloud, but when an incident happens and you need it the most, the backup recovery fails. . Disaster recovery plans often include backup and data retention strategies that do not thoroughly map the dependencies and requirements needed for smooth disaster recovery.