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May 13, 2025  — 5 min read
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May 13, 2025  — 5 min read
Is the Purdue Model for operational technology security outdated?
The Purdue Reference Model for operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) security is a crucial framework widely used today. However, the rapid evolution of technology has led to concerns about whether the model can address modern security challenges. Does the Purdue Model need some tweaks? Yes. But what exactly do manufacturers need to do? This blog post explains.
June 29, 2021  — 3 min read
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June 29, 2021  — 3 min read
How to be sure you can restore files from a corrupted drive?
If you already have a corrupted or damaged drive and have not backed up your data, your chances of restoring your data are uncertain but there are a few ways you can try to recover.
June 24, 2021  — 7 min read
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June 24, 2021  — 7 min read
What is data loss prevention?
Data loss prevention (DLP), also known as data leakage prevention or data loss protection, is a technique that protects sensitive corporate data from leaving the company due to user negligence, mishandling of data, or malicious intent. DLP technologies enforce data handling policies by allowing or blocking data access and transfer operations based on a set of predefined security rules.
June 09, 2021  — 3 min read
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June 09, 2021  — 3 min read
What is data integrity?
Data integrity refers to the information stored in any type of database or data center that is accurate, complete, consistent, and reliable, no matter how long it is stored or how often it is accessed. Maintaining data integrity means ensuring data remains intact, searchable, and recoverable over the course of its lifecycle. It is the job of data protection solutions to ensure data integrity by protecting sensitive and business-critical information from external and internal threats.
May 20, 2021  — 6 min read
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May 20, 2021  — 6 min read
How much can data loss really cost your business?
Data can be lost for a variety of reasons and the cost of data loss varies depending on the event type, the industry, and the location
March 30, 2021  — 4 min read
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March 30, 2021  — 4 min read
5 ways to protect your home network
Before we discuss what you need to do to protect your home network, computer, Wi-Fi connection, and data, let’s discuss why it is important. You may be surprised to understand the full repercussions of a cyberattack to you and to your company.
March 23, 2021  — 2 min read
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March 23, 2021  — 2 min read
Charting a low-risk path to modern disaster recovery
Several new forces have converged to highlight the urgent need for disaster recovery (DR) and to transform its business case. The sudden shift to remote work, the growing reliance on SaaS applications, and a surging cyberthreat environment have created daunting new challenges to preserving 24/7/365 business uptime. The high cost and relative inflexibility of traditional DR solutions call for new thinking, architectures, and implementations – including a path forward that minimizes business risks. With companies experiencing an average of 14 hours of IT downtime annually, resulting in 545 hours of lost employee productivity, there is a better way ... and we'll be sharing it at DRJ Spring 2021.
March 08, 2021  — 5 min read
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March 08, 2021  — 5 min read
What is offsite disaster recovery?
Offsite disaster recovery (DR) is a business continuity strategy where an organization’s production systems and data are replicated and maintained in a location away from the office and production systems themselves.
March 08, 2021  — 3 min read
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March 08, 2021  — 3 min read
What types of businesses need a disaster recovery plan?
There was a time when only large corporations worried about disasters and developed disaster recovery (DR) plans. But those days are long gone. Whether your business is a global organization or a five-person shop, developing a company disaster recovery plan is a must.  If you work for a small-to-medium-sized business (SMB), you are probably wondering how your organization can afford the talent, time, and budget to develop and execute a DR plan. Read on and discover how.
March 08, 2021  — 6 min read
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March 08, 2021  — 6 min read
How to offer DRaaS as a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?
Many organizations, including some of your clients, do not believe they need a disaster recovery (DR) solution because they already have backups – but this is a dangerous assumption. While backing up their systems protects their data, backup alone will not help your clients recover their data in the event of a disaster.
March 08, 2021  — 3 min read
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March 08, 2021  — 3 min read
Why every MSP should invest in a disaster recovery solution?
As a managed service provider (MSP), you offer your clients a variety of IT resources to remotely manage part or all of their IT infrastructures, which can include managing their operating systems, applications, databases, networks, endpoints, as well as ensuring security, compliance, and backup. Many organizations will buy your services because it is a less expensive option or, more importantly, because you bring the right tools, expertise, and best practices to support more complex, mission-critical IT functions.
March 08, 2021  — 3 min read
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March 08, 2021  — 3 min read
Alternative to Azure Disaster Recovery
Site Recovery is an Azure disaster recovery (DR) solution that replicates workloads running on your Windows/Linux servers or VMware/Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) into Azure and orchestrates failover and failback events when a disaster happens. Replicating to Azure eliminates the costs and complexity of maintaining a secondary data center and includes the ability to:
February 12, 2021  — 3 min read
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February 12, 2021  — 3 min read
What is managed disaster recovery?
Managed disaster recovery (DR) is a service offered by third-party cloud providers who manage a business’ disaster recovery by replicating their systems and data to a private or public cloud and orchestrating the failover and failback process. Managed DR is also called Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). Companies of all sizes used managed DR and pay for the services via a contract or on a monthly or annual fee.