--- 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/7/ 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 [06 April 2020 — 1 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 2: Acronis Acquires 5nine: MSPs Gain Unified Cloud Management and Security Tools](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) [Infographic] A Look Back at the Evolution of Cyber Protection Last week was the inaugural World Cyber Protection Week, a new annual event created to raise awareness of the increasingly complex protection challenges that face today’s home users, IT professionals, and service providers. Throughout it, we shared resources meant to help you prepare for the digital world of tomorrow – today, we’re shifting focus. Join us for a fun look back at how backup and storage have evolved through the ages – and how it will continue to evolve in the years to come.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/infographic-look-back-evolution-cyber-protection/) [02 April 2020 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 3: How Cyber Protection Trends are Evolving in 2020](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) Cyberthreat Concerns Reach New Heights for Personal Users As the inaugural World Cyber Protection Week starts to wind down, we’re taking a deeper look at our survey results to explore what they really have to say about personal, home users and how you can use these insights to keep yourself safer in the year ahead. Learn how people around the world are protecting their increasingly digital lives and confronting the modern cyberthreats attacking their data, applications, and systems.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/cyberthreat-concerns-reach-new-heights-personal-users/) [02 April 2020 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 4: Top Cyber Protection Week Survey Takeaways for IT Pros](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) Top Cyber Protection Week Survey Takeaways for IT Pros As the first-ever World Cyber Protection Week begins to wind down, we’re taking an in-depth look at what the results of this year’s survey mean for IT professionals around the world. With this IT pro-focused review, you’ll learn where your peers are excelling, where they aren’t, and how you both stack up to – and can get ahead of – the pack.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/top-cyber-protection-week-survey-takeaways-it-pros/) [31 March 2020 — 7 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 5: How Cyber Protection Trends are Evolving in 2020](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) How Cyber Protection Trends are Evolving in 2020 This year’s World Cyber Protection Week survey results offer a wealth of insight into how individuals and IT professionals are approaching the challenges of increasing complexity, cost, and vulnerability. And while there’s a great deal personal users, IT professionals, and service providers can learn from these survey findings, viewing them in a silo ignores some important, broader context. To offer a clearer picture of what this year’s survey means, we’ve compared our 2020 findings with responses from personal users and IT professionals in all of our previous survey iterations. This comparison presents a robust perspective of how data-defense priorities have evolved over time, and how cyber protection’s modern, comprehensive approach to safeguarding data, applications, and systems is poised to become even more necessary in the months and years ahead.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/how-cyber-protection-trends-are-evolving-2020/) [30 March 2020 — 5 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 6: The Best Moments from #AcronisCyberSummit 2019](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) The Results are In: Cyber Protection Week 2020 Survey This World Cyber Protection Week, we expanded our annual data protection survey to cover more of the digital challenges and concerns that face modern IT users – whether they’re at home, at work, or relying on a service provider that protects a portfolio of clients. This year’s results paint a clear picture: People and organizations are acutely aware of the risks on the horizon but they are much less certain about how to easily, efficiently, and securely prepare for and overcome them. Let’s dive into the findings of our 2020 survey.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/results-are-cyber-protection-week-2020-survey/) [29 January 2020 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 7: The Best Moments from #AcronisCyberSummit 2019](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) How to Overcome Seven Healthcare IT Challenges with Cyber Protection The healthcare industry is in the middle of a digital transformation: a necessary pivot from the antiquated methods of creating, storing, and sharing information to new data-intensive diagnostic and treatment applications. For healthcare IT professionals, the pressure to accelerate this transition is coming from all sides. To respond to these challenges, protect patients, and stay at the forefront of the industry, healthcare IT professionals need cyber protection to ensure their organization is #CyberFit. Here is a quick overview of how cyber protection can solve seven of the most prevalent IT challenges your healthcare organization may face.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/how-overcome-seven-healthcare-it-challenges-cyber-protection/) [16 January 2020 — 5 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 8: Cyber Chat: Cybersecurity, Partnerships, and the Future of IT](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) Cyber Chat: Cybersecurity, Partnerships, and the Future of IT Leaders from Acronis and Eze Castle took to theCUBE stage to discuss the cyber protection revolution, the outcome of the 2019 Acronis Global Cyber Summit, and the future of the IT industry. Hear their thoughts and join in the conversation, yourself, with this video and highlights from the conversation.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/cyber-chat-cybersecurity-partnerships-and-future-it/) [16 December 2019 — 11 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 9: The 29 Must-Attend ITOps Conferences of 2020](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) The 29 Must-Attend ITOps Conferences of 2020 The digital world never stops moving. One of the best ways to make sure your organization is #CyberFit, and ahead of the curve is by pulling insights from the expertise of the global ITOps community. To do that, you’ve got to know where the most influential conversations, networking opportunities, and technology showcases will occur: that way you can get your name on the guest list. To make that easy for you, we’ve sifted through all the IT conferences in 2020 to offer up the ones that we’d recommend for your priority list. Don’t miss out on the knowledge-sharing opportunities the year ahead has in store. Mark your calendar with some of these 29 top ITOps conferences in 2020 to make sure you’re up-to-date with the most exciting insights from the industry.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/29-must-attend-itops-conferences-2020/) [10 December 2019 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 10: Acronis Acquires 5nine: MSPs Gain Unified Cloud Management and Security Tools](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Acronis Acquires 5nine: MSPs Gain Unified Cloud Management and Security Tools This week Acronis acquired 5nine, which means Acronis Cyber Platform users and those using Acronis Cyber Cloud will gain unified cloud management and new security tools from the noted Microsoft Hyper-V and Azure cloud management and security provider. Explore how these new capabilities will extend the reach of our cyber protection solutions and what they mean for your organization’s efforts to get #CyberFit.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-acquires-5nine-msps-gain-unified-cloud-management-and-security-tools/) [05 November 2019 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 11: 10 Monstrous Ransomware Strains that Haunted 2019](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) Out of Office at #MSIgnite? Acronis Keeps your O365 Data Safe Microsoft Ignite 2019 (#MSIgnite) is underway with tens of thousands of developers, IT professionals, and security professionals gathered to connect in Orlando, FL. While they’re out of the office and working from the expo floor, many of these attendees can rest easy knowing that their existing and newly created Office 365 data is backed up with robust Acronis cyber protection services.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/out-office-msignite-acronis-keeps-your-o365-data-safe/) [31 October 2019 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 12: 10 Monstrous Ransomware Strains that Haunted 2019](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) 10 Monstrous Ransomware Strains that Haunted 2019 There are dark and dreadful things that lurk in the shadows of the digital world, ready to bleed your company of data and dollars. This year a number of monstrous ransomware strains creeped and crawled their way into the headlines. Brace yourself and take a peek at the most nightmarish strains that came to light this year – and learn how Acronis can help keep you and your data safe from dusk to dawn.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/10-monstrous-ransomware-strains-haunted-2019/) [21 October 2019 — 7 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 13: The Best Moments from #AcronisCyberSummit 2019](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) The Best Moments from #AcronisCyberSummit 2019 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/best-moments-acroniscybersummit-2019/) [1](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/1/) [2](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/2/) [3](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/3/) [4](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/4/) [5](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/5/) [6](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/6/) [7](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/7/) [8](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/8/) [9](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/dave-kostos/page/9/)