--- title: Latest stories from Gaidar Magdanurov 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/gaidar-magdanurov/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) [Authors](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/) Gaidar Magdanurov ![Image 1: Gaidar Magdanurov](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/5fdf40f1e96ea6f14a2264eab3f1ddf9.png) Gaidar Magdanurov President [gaidar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaidar/) [](https://mspnotes.com/) As a President at Acronis, Gaidar is responsible for partner enablement, education, and Acronis marketing organizations. He joined Acronis in 2013 as a Business Manager to CEO, becoming Vice President of online business and General Manager for consumer business in 2016, Chief Marketing Officer in 2017, Chief Success Officer in 2020, and President in 2023. Previously an investment director at venture capital fund Runa Capital, Gaidar was responsible for seed-stage investments, advising and educating entrepreneurs, supporting the business development of portfolio companies, and maintaining relationships with startup incubators and accelerators. Before Runa Capital, Gaidar served in various roles at Microsoft, from a technology evangelist to a Microsoft Seed Fund managing director. Before Microsoft, he worked as a software engineer and IT administrator for various companies. Gaidar holds a master’s degree in chemistry. # Latest stories from Gaidar Magdanurov [13 May 2026 — 5 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 2: By AI, With AI, For AI: Building IT services in the AI-first era](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/4d82ae2054531002387ef4d3176c0e12.png) By AI, With AI, For AI: Building IT services in the AI-first era At our recent event, “The Pivotal Point of IT: Building services for the AI-first era,” Acronis demonstrated a new generation of Cyber products built natively on the Acronis Cyber Platform. They are organized around a simple framework: By AI, With AI, For AI. Each part answers a specific MSP need in the AI era.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/by-ai-with-ai-for-ai-building-it-services-in-the-ai-first-era/) [15 June 2020 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 3: COVID-19 Response: Enabling Secure Work-from-home Operations](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) Cyber protection for essential infrastructure: Acronis Cyber Protect Beta available for on-premises installation Around the world, IT has grown in importance for many years – and with the COVID-19 outbreak, it instantly became mission-critical. Almost overnight, it’s become impossible to get essential work done without a reliable remote workplace infrastructure. Today, every person and business depends on IT and reliable IT requires cyber protection. Now Acronis delivers Acronis Cyber Protect, a unique set of innovations that balance all five vectors to provide modern protection in an easy, efficient, and secure way. Easy and efficient protection is made possible due to the deep integration of technologies for data protection, security, and authenticity, and hybrid cloud architecture designed for privacy.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/cyber-protection-essential-infrastructure-acronis-cyber-protect-beta-available-premises/) [06 May 2020 — 7 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 4: Backup is Dead: Acronis Cyber Protect is Here](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) Backup is Dead: Acronis Cyber Protect is Here The catchy title for this post celebrates a special moment. Not many companies have a chance to disrupt and transform an old, stable industry, but that’s exactly what Acronis did today. That’s because we’ve released Acronis Cyber Protect – our game-changing cyber protection solution that integrates backup, disaster recovery, next-gen anti-malware, cybersecurity, and endpoint management tools into one integrated service. As a result, we’re eliminating complexity, improving productivity, and enabling our managed service provider (MSP) partners to easily and efficiently scale while making security a focus of their service portfolio.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/backup-dead-acronis-cyber-protect-here/) [19 March 2020 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 5: COVID-19 Response: Enabling Secure Work-from-home Operations](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) COVID-19 Response: Enabling Secure Work-from-home Operations The reality of the COVID-19 pandemic has become all too real for individuals and organizations; it’s become clear that the only way to contain the virus and keep the healthcare system from becoming overloaded is to reduce close personal interactions. The need for people to work from home when possible has become critical for businesses that may have never considered the option before. As a cyber protection company, we believe strongly in protecting data, applications, and systems at all times – even when employees are working from home. As a result, the executive team at Acronis has decided to make our secure, enterprise-grade file sync and share technology available for free to partners so that organizations can remain both productive and secure during this challenging period.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/covid-19-response-enabling-secure-work-home-operations/) [19 March 2020 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 6: Acronis Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) Acronis Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic As the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 continues to spread and impact individuals, organizations, and communities across the globe, we want to share how Acronis is responding to the pandemic. While our work as a cyber protection company is focused on keeping data, applications, and systems protected, in the face of this crisis, Acronis is committed to ensuring our employees, partners and their families are protected too, while we provide the same high level of support to our partners and customers.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-responds-covid-19-pandemic/) [07 January 2020 — 4 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 7: Backing up a Parallels Virtual Machine on Mac](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) 2020 Predictions: Cyberthreats Accelerate IT Ops Transformation, Modernization and Automation The pace of change in the world is accelerating and, as the world becomes more digital, IT professionals know that cyberthreats are evolving even faster. Everyone needs to protect their organizations and clients from the financial and reputational damage that cyberattacks cause, while maintaining employee productivity, revenue growth, and client satisfaction. With that backdrop in mind, let’s consider these 10 predictions for 2020.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/2020-predictions-cyberthreats-accelerate-it-ops-transformation-modernization-and-automation/) [18 June 2019 — 3 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 8: Back Up Your Data! Even Google Can Fail You](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Why Your Organization and Team Members Need to be #CyberFit News of security breaches, data loss, and data theft is sadly a daily occurrence. Almost every industry and every size of organization have been hit — including governments, retailers, universities, and healthcare systems. What’s worse, affected businesses suffer both financial and reputational losses while being dragged into the news cycles. It’s clear that organizations and employees are not CyberFit enough to meet today’s data security and privacy challenges. Let’s look at how the landscape has changed and what organizations need to do to become CyberFit.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/why-your-organization-and-team-members-need-be-cyberfit/) [07 September 2016 — 1 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 9: Backing up a Parallels Virtual Machine on Mac](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) Backing up a Parallels Virtual Machine on Mac I am using multiple computers for business and pleasure. Most time I work on a PC running Windows 10. Sometimes I use Mac for working with graphics and animation. Fro example, Keynote has some interesting animations that are easy to set up. But even when I use my Mac, I can’t work without Windows. I use a bunch of useful Windows tools not available on a Mac. So I use Parallels to run Windows on my Mac, and always have Windows open in another space.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/backing-parallels-virtual-machine-mac/) [27 July 2016 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 10: Free Windows 10 Upgrade Ends on July 29th – Get it on Your Terms!](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) Free Windows 10 Upgrade Ends on July 29th – Get it on Your Terms! The last day to get a free upgrade to Microsoft Windows 10 is this Friday, July 29. After that, the cheapest option will be to buy a full version of Windows 10 Home for $119.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/free-windows-10-upgrade-ends-july-29th-get-it-your-terms/) [16 July 2016 — 2 min read Acronis Blog ![Image 11: Back Up Your Data! Even Google Can Fail You](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Back Up Your Data! Even Google Can Fail You Cloud services and social media are inseparable from the lives of many of us. We share what is important and even not so important. We upload pictures and videos about our life events every day.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/back-your-data-even-google-can-fail-you/)