--- title: Latest stories from Dave Kostos description: Stay up to date with the latest cybersecurity and cyber protection news, research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/6/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) [Authors](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/) Dave Kostos ![Image 1: Dave Kostos](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/4ebd2c6ab90855a20d45286557169382.png) Dave Kostos # Latest stories from Dave Kostos [30 November 2020 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 2: The Future of Remote Work and How to Get Prepared](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) How the New Acronis Academy Empowers Partners Acronis partners gained an all-new way to position, sell, and deploy in-demand cyber protection solutions to the organizations they serve with a relaunched and redesigned Acronis #CyberFit Academy training and certification program. Guided by a focus on information, training, and education, these technical and sales training and certification courses are available for free to all existing Acronis partners through the Acronis Partner Portal for a limited time.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/how-new-acronis-cyberfit-academy-empowers-partners/) [26 October 2020 — 8 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 3: The Best Moments of #AcronisCyberSummit 2020](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) The Best Moments of #AcronisCyberSummit 2020 The Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020 is officially over but the opportunities to learn, protect, and grow your organization with cyber protection are here to stay. In our first-ever hybrid-virtual Summit, which ran from October 19-21, the Acronis team hosted the world’s large gather of cyber protection professionals from around the world to engage in three days dedicated to insights, innovation, and actionable advice from some of the foremost leaders in the community. If you weren’t able to join the #AcronisCyberSummit this year, or if you missed out on any of the sessions or segments, here’s a quick recap of the best moments from the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/best-moments-acroniscybersummit-2020/) [22 October 2020 — 11 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 4: Pandemic protection lessons: IT teams reflect on their cyber readiness](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) #AcronisCyberSummit: Day Two Top Highlights The Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020 is officially over! Our first hybrid-virtual conference attracted more than 9,000 registrants from around the globe, all eager to learn about the benefits of cyber protection from more than 70 industry experts and thought leaders. At the closing day of the 2020 Summit these insights and discussions extended to a wide range of topics – touching on everything from challenges that professional sports teams face when it comes to cybersecurity to the best practices service providers should employ to boost their efficiency and profitability. If you weren’t able to catch all of today’s sessions, you’re in luck: we’ve collected some of today’s key highlights to give you an at-a-glance view of Day Two at the #AcronisCyberSummit. Plus, as part of our effort to share the cyber protection approach to everyone in IT, all of the Summit content will be available on-demand for attendees to revisit and share following the event.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acroniscybersummit-day-two-top-highlights/) [21 October 2020 — 8 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 5: #AcronisCyberSummit: Day One Top Highlights](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) #AcronisCyberSummit: Day One Top Highlights The Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020 kicked off its main program today with thousands of attendees connecting with a line-up of experts and thought leaders from around the world to gain exclusive access to insights, advice, and networking opportunities. If you weren’t able to catch all of today’s sessions, you’re in luck: we’ve collected some of today’s key highlights below to give you an at-a-glance view of Day One of the #AcronisCyberSummit. Plus, as part of our effort to share the cyber protection approach to everyone in IT, all of the Summit content will be available on-demand for attendees to revisit and share following the event.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acroniscybersummit-day-one-top-highlights/) [17 October 2020 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 6: Pandemic protection lessons: IT teams reflect on their cyber readiness](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) Welcome to the #AcronisCyberSummit 2020 It’s finally here! Explore all of the sessions, workshops, events, and surprises in store at the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020 before it begins this Monday. We’re highlighting all the top moments, best speakers, and biggest opportunities for our IT channel, developer and ISV, enterprise IT, and sales and marketing attendees. Before you finalize your custom agenda or finish blocking off your calendar check out this guide to everything at the #AcronisCyberSummit to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the excitement, insights, and inside looks that will be unveiled at this year’s biggest cyber protection event.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/welcome-acroniscybersummit-2020/) [15 October 2020 — 5 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 7: Energy Sector Giant Struck by $11M Ransomware Demand](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) 6 Special #AcronisCyberSummit Events You Won't Want to Miss We’re less than a week away from the can’t-miss cyber protection event of 2020: the Acronis Global Cyber Summit! And at this year’s completely free virtual conference, we’re pulling out all the stops and filling October 19-21 with events that designed to inform, entertain, and inspire. Still deciding which sessions to block your calendar off for? Here are six of the fun social activities that you won’t want to slide off your radar. Take a sneak peek and reserve your spot today to make sure you don’t miss out!](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/6-special-acroniscybersummit-events-you-wont-want-miss/) [21 September 2020 — 6 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 8: #AcronisCyberSummit 2020: The Cyber Protection Era is Here](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) #AcronisCyberSummit 2020: The Cyber Protection Era is Here The largest ever gathering of cyber protection professionals is less than a month away! From October 19-21, the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2020 will bring together thousands of service providers, developers, sysadmins, distributors, resellers, enterprise IT pros, tech marketers, and sales teams to network, learn, and grow. Completely virtual, this year’s Summit is free to join and packed with events and insights from around the globe that wouldn’t be possible in a purely in-person venue. Attendees will have the opportunity to take part in more than 30 sessions in four distinct conference tracks, all led by innovators and thought leaders in the community. Today, we’re taking a sneak peek behind the virtual background to explore some of the most exciting sessions, workshops, speakers, and appearances of the upcoming event. And, whether you’re in the Channel, DevOps, Sales and Marketing, or Enterprise IT, we’ll be revealing just why the Acronis Global Cyber Summit needs to be on your calendar for next month.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acroniscybersummit-2020-cyber-protection-era-here/) [17 September 2020 — 6 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 9: Pandemic protection lessons: IT teams reflect on their cyber readiness](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) Pandemic protection lessons: IT teams reflect on their cyber readiness The COVID pandemic threw the strengths and weaknesses of organizational IT stacks into sharp relief. Now – half a year after most offices closed and work transitioned to remote work environments – we’re taking a look back at how businesses around the world performed through the sudden, dramatic shift. To do that, we surveyed more than 3,000 remote workers and IT managers around the world about their experiences both during and following the migration to remote work environments in our first Acronis Cyber Readiness Report. Learn how IT teams at organizations worldwide led their organizations through the unexpected, navigated a sudden jump in environment and security complexity, and how your team can stay prepared for the next challenges that are in store with this report deep-dive.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/pandemic-protection-lessons-it-teams-reflect-their-cyber-readiness/) [14 September 2020 — 6 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 10: The Future of Remote Work and How to Get Prepared](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) The Future of Remote Work and How to Get Prepared Six months ago the COVID pandemic drove a mass migration from offices to remote work environments. That shift led to major changes for organizations and employees as security, connectivity, and support needs spread overnight. To determine how businesses were able to cope with this migration to remote work environments – and where their people, processes, and tech wasn’t up for the task – we surveyed more than 3,000 remote workers and IT managers around the world. Hear how remote workers experienced this shift, how their views on in-office work have changed, and how your organization can prepare for the future of remote work with the 2020 Acronis Cyber Readiness Report deep-dive.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/future-remote-work-and-how-get-prepared/) [04 August 2020 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 11: Unveiling Acronis Cyber Backup SCS: Hardened Backup for Air-Gapped Networks](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/a96a8eeca15ee795c5833fdfc0bebe12.png) Unveiling Acronis Cyber Backup SCS: Hardened Backup for Air-Gapped Networks Organizations dealing with especially sensitive data can’t allow for any level of data loss or compromise. To achieve this level of privacy and security, many rely on ‘ hardened’, air-gapped networks that limit their environment’s attack surface but also limit the solutions that can effectively be introduced to help with daily operations.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/unveiling-acronis-cyber-backup-scs-hardened-backup-air-gapped-networks/) [30 July 2020 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 12: Energy Sector Giant Struck by $11M Ransomware Demand](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) #SysAdminDay 2020: Celebrating the Unsung Heroes of the Great WFH Migration This SysAdmin Day, Acronis is celebrating sysadmins around the world who saw the systems they administrate shift dramatically in 2020 and kept their teams running through it all. With this year’s massive migration to remote work – and all the security, connectivity, privacy, and accessibility challenges that came with it – sysadmins faced enormous obstacles and overcame them all. Today, we’re sharing some of their stories to highlight just how much they do to keep businesses in business and offering free Zoom virtual backgrounds and digital stickers to help make sure they get the credit they’re due.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/sysadminday-2020-celebrating-unsung-heroes-great-wfh-migration/) [16 April 2020 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 13: Energy Sector Giant Struck by $11M Ransomware Demand](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) Energy Sector Giant Struck by $11M Ransomware Demand In a move that’s becoming all too familiar, cybercriminals have encrypted the systems of Energias de Portugal (EDP), one of the largest energy sector operators. The organization faces an $11 million ransom to have these systems unlocked so that they can hope to return to normal operations. Like all of the ransomware that have filled headlines in recent years, the Ragnar Locker ransomware strain used in this attack would have been detected and eliminated if EDP had Acronis Cyber Protection solutions deployed. 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