October is a month dedicated to many worthy causes, including breast cancer awareness, bullying prevention, arts and humanities, and (ahem) pizza. It’s also National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). Here at Acronis, every month is cybersecurity awareness month, but in the interest of promoting this worthy campaign, we’d like to note a few recent cybercrime trends and offer some best practices for protecting yourself from them.

Get ready for a stunning statistic. A report from Deloitte determined that all but 10% of businesses will fail without a disaster recovery plan in place. What’s more amazing is that 75% of all small businesses don’t have any disaster recovery plan. Perhaps these business owners see headlines about natural disasters and catastrophic downtime and – in misguided denial – think, “It won’t happen to me.” Since not everyone could be among the more than 1,000 IT pros and business owners who attended the Disaster Recovery Journal fall conference this week, we thought it would be a good opportunity to review the basics of modern disaster recovery planning. After all, it’s never too late to get serious about the threats that are out there and always a good time to plan for the worst.

If you weren’t able to make it to SpiceWorld this year, don’t worry. Acronis Community Evangelist Bagaudin Satuev was in the front row for all of the most exciting events. Read through his experience from the conference floor and get caught up with the three most important insights and takeaways from Austin’s annual gathering of IT professionals.

We took a deep dive into the insidious Syrk ransomware strain that targets young Fortnite players to deliver a debilitating encryption payload complete with Cryptolocker anti-monitoring and self-defense capabilities. Learn how this threat to your system works and how Acronis can help you overcome it to keep your files safe.