08 January 2025 — 2 min read
Acronis names Gerald Beuchelt as Chief Information Security Officer
Acronis has named Gerald Beuchelt as its new CISO. He will play a pivotal role in expanding Acronis' influence in the cybersecurity community.
Ransomware is constantly targeting medical companies across the United States. Within the past year, these attacks have led to downtime, lost productivity, and - in some cases - needing to close their doors for good. Learn how Acronis Cyber Protection solutions and the innovative AI-based Acronis Active Protection defense can help to ensure that these same consequences don't hit your organization.
The inaugural Acronis Global Cyber Summit is in the history books. After two and a half days of cyber protection insights, advances, and discussions the cybersecurity experts, CIOs, IT pros, MSPs, value-added resellers, ISVs, and developers that joined us in Miami are on their way back to the corner of the world they call home.
A new ransomware family was discovered in August 2019. Called HILDACRYPT, it is named after the Netflix cartoon “Hilda” because the TV show’s YouTube trailer was included in the ransom note of the original version of the malware. HILDACRYPT camouflages itself as a legitimate XAMPP installer, which is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP, and Perl. However, the cryptolocker’s file name ‘xamp’ differs from the legitimate version. Moreover, the ransomware file does not have a digital signature. We took a deep dive into this new cyberthreat to show how it works and how you can help overcome its attack with Acronis Cyber Backup.
Following the partner awards last night, the main program of the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2019 is officially over. No more celebrity keynotes. No more insightful panels. No more wining and dining at the luxurious Fontainebleau Miami Beach Resort. Yet the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge and insight continues on Day 3, as IT pros, salespeople and engineers roll up their sleeves and get formal training on the strategies and solutions that will make the cyber protection revolution a success. Attendees who can stay another day have the opportunity to join a series of training and certification sessions that will help them put the knowledge that they gained during the Summit into practice.
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