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CIOs eye SaaS backup plans post-CrowdStrike

CIO

One such area that’s getting more thought today is SaaS backup and recovery, something many CIOs have to date taken for granted, leaving it to their SaaS vendors to not only deliver better than five-nines uptime but also be the sole entities backing up and recovering SaaS-siloed data that is increasingly vital to companies’ data-driven operations.

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What to do when your IT provider vanishes

CIO

The importance of good planning This work prior to any debacle is essential when it comes to managing it with greater success. So too are robust vendor management practices. Plus, regular vendor audits and contract reviews can be conducted.

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Leadership in Cybersecurity

N2Growth Blog

Below is a list of security initiatives that a security leader would either manage or have parallel impact upon within a business: Data security. Vendor management. Disaster Recovery (DR). Identity & Access Management (IAM). Vulnerability Management (VM). Budgeting & forecasting. Data storage.

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How CIOs reinterpret their role through AI

CIO

These aren’t just the basic backup and disaster recovery protocols that already exist, but tools that measure every process and service on business-critical systems to verify they’re performing as expected.

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Outsourced IT: Is It Right for Your Company?

Kaseya

However, small and midsize businesses usually outsource services like: Endpoint management. Compliance management. Data backup and disaster recovery. Objective Alignment — Having a third-party vendor manage your IT infrastructure might lead to misalignment of objectives. Help desk/service desk.

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Managed Services: Everything You Need to Know

Kaseya

Having an internal IT team means working with a bunch of IT vendors. However, vendor management can become an expensive and cumbersome task. Service providers manage these tasks for their clients, freeing up plenty of time and resources for those clients to manage their businesses. Backup and Disaster Recovery.