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May 23, 2025  — 3 min read
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May 23, 2025  — 3 min read
Acronis champions ENISA’s EU Vulnerability Database for enhanced cybersecurity in Europe
Acronis is integrating EUVD into our operations to support the EU’s cybersecurity priorities and enhance digital resilience for businesses and organizations.
February 05, 2019  — 16 min read
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February 05, 2019  — 16 min read
How To Recover Data From Failed Hard Drive - Step-by-Step Guide
Every PC and Mac user should install anti-virus (AV) software. It is an important security measure that protects your data and system from viruses and hacker attacks.
January 15, 2019  — 4 min read
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January 15, 2019  — 4 min read
Agent vs Agentless Backup: Why it Matters
Agent-based backup is a proven technique for safeguarding physical servers.
January 11, 2019  — 5 min read
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January 11, 2019  — 5 min read
Having a secure database
Everyone has an important database. Whether on your mobile phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, or work server. On all these devices, we store information and data that are important and interesting to cybercriminals. Having a secure database goes beyond having the latest security patches installed. There are many things that can be done to increase security.
January 09, 2019  — 7 min read
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January 09, 2019  — 7 min read
How to Convert a Physical Server to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine
Modern computer systems are cheaper and more powerful than ever. In fact, many modern systems are so fast and powerful now that one machine can often run several other “virtual” machines – on the same box – simultaneously. Consequently, virtualization is a hot technology that is all the buzz these days.
January 05, 2019  — 5 min read
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January 05, 2019  — 5 min read
About internet security
https://www.acronis.com/gdpr/Internet security affects all network users, from individuals to large or small companies. New viruses and malware are created every day, in addition to those that already exist, so cybercriminals are constantly developing to find vulnerabilities. The Internet has many threats that pose a risk to users. Do we know how to defend ourselves?
January 05, 2019  — 6 min read
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January 05, 2019  — 6 min read
How to protect sensitive information
In the era of new technologies, we store more and more information, and we do so in more diverse places and devices. Information theft has always been a criminal practice, and now in the digital age, it continues to be so in an active manner. You need to know how to protect all that sensitive information, both from a private individual and from a large or small company, all information is attractive to cybercriminals. Do you know how to protect it effectively?
December 26, 2018  — 6 min read
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December 26, 2018  — 6 min read
Do you have the protection you need to be able to carry out a data recovery?
New technologies have come into our lives to stay. Today, in the digital age, we have a lot of private and professional information on computers, mobile phones, tablets, and all kinds of devices. But are we really doing the right thing to protect all the private, personal, and professional information that we store on them? What can we do if we lose data? Is data recovery possible?
December 26, 2018  — 6 min read
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December 26, 2018  — 6 min read
Cybersecurity for SMBs, do you know how to protect yourself?
Small and medium-sized businesses are targets of cybercrime. It may sound rigorous and scary, but it is a reality. Many think that their businesses are not going to be of interest and overlook the cybersecurity of the SMB, but in the long run, they discover that this is a mistake. Not only large companies and banks are victims of hackers. More and more SMBs regret not having made a greater effort to improve their protection and make more backups, and thus be less vulnerable to cybercriminals. How should the cybersecurity of an SMB be?
December 25, 2018  — 23 min read
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December 25, 2018  — 23 min read
Blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICO – learn the basics
The use of gold as money began thousands of years ago – as gold was the most resistant to aging and elements. During the early and high Middle Ages, Byzantine gold Solidus was the de-facto standard through the Europe and Mediterranean. As the Byzantine empire declined, its importance diminished together with the supply of gold, and European territories adopted silver to expand the money supply and extend their economies.
December 25, 2018  — 6 min read
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December 25, 2018  — 6 min read
How to get rid of junk mail
Who has never received spam in their email? It is inevitable, we cannot avoid being bombarded with emails that we do not want, but perhaps, we can find a way to automatically detect and eliminate them without the risk of losing communications that are really important. Shall we get to work?
December 25, 2018  — 5 min read
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December 25, 2018  — 5 min read
Choose a backup provider
Eventually, everyone needs to make a backup, but how to do it? What software to use? Choosing the backup provider that best suits our needs is important, so we do not waste time or money, and especially, so we are sure that, if necessary, our data is actually there and there is no problem when we recover our information, restore the system or servers. What should we consider?
December 21, 2018  — 6 min read
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December 21, 2018  — 6 min read
Avoid a phishing attack
Cyberattacks occur daily and you need to have information on them to be able to defend yourself, both by preventing the attack from happening and by knowing how to solve the damage they may have caused, because they cannot always be avoided. With this method, cybercriminals obtain very valuable data and personal information with which they can steal the identity of the victim. But they can be avoided, do you want to know how?