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October 01, 2026 — 4 min read
What are the lessons of Cybersecurity Awareness Month?
October 01, 2026 — 4 min read
What are the lessons of Cybersecurity Awareness Month?
This year's Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme, “Don’t make it easy for them,” asks us to look beyond today’s cyber risks by building good habits into our everyday routines. Practicing those habits consistently can make life harder for cybercriminals.
February 08, 2019 — 2 min read
More Capabilities, More Control: Meet the Updated Acronis Disk Director
February 08, 2019 — 2 min read
More Capabilities, More Control: Meet the Updated Acronis Disk Director
The reliability of your computer has a lot to do with how your system disk is structured and organized. So anyone whose livelihood requires them to have a reliable computer – from professional consumers like freelance photographers, videographers, and independent IT consultants to small businesses with a small handful of employees – an affordable and easy-to-use tool for organizing their hard drives is vital. For many of these “prosumers” and small businesses, Acronis Disk Director has become their preferred solution – and with good reason. It enjoys the reputation for being the most feature-rich toolkit available for managing your data and hard drives. Acronis Disk Director users will be excited to learn that we’ve just released an updated version of this award-winning disk management and data manipulation software.  The newly released Acronis Disk Director (v 12.5) delivers even greater control to anyone looking to optimize their system.
January 29, 2019 — 4 min read
The Weak Link: Why Saving Money by Using Outdated Software Puts Data at Risk
January 29, 2019 — 4 min read
The Weak Link: Why Saving Money by Using Outdated Software Puts Data at Risk
https://www.acronis.com/en-us/cyber-protection/ New computers and software can be expensive. If you're using your laptop for your child's homework assignments or keeping your fledgling small business going, you might be tempted to not update your device or software that often. After all, it’s getting the job done, and as the saying goes, “If it’s ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” A lot of people think this way. A recent report found that most people in 2018 are using computers that are on average six years old. Only 2.54 percent of users have a machine purchased in 2017, and nearly 75 percent of users who own a device bought it in 2011 or earlier. The problem with relying on an older computer is that updating to newer software – from apps to operating systems – can become more difficult. More importantly, relying on outdated operating systems, file- and print-sharing utilities, and applications can expose your computer and all the data you keep on it to tremendous risks.
January 23, 2019 — 2 min read
Essential Marketing Tips IT Service Providers Can’t Live Without in 2019
January 23, 2019 — 2 min read
Essential Marketing Tips IT Service Providers Can’t Live Without in 2019
We recently asked our cloud partners what was on their 2019 wish list for support – what they needed most to realize new success. The overwhelming reply: Help in knowing how to better market their services.  As a result, we created a comprehensive Acronis MSP Marketing Guide to help service providers boost their business with greater ease. Here’s a quick preview of what it covers.
January 21, 2019 — 4 min read
Cyber Insurance, Cyber Warfare, and Modern IT Needs
January 21, 2019 — 4 min read
Cyber Insurance, Cyber Warfare, and Modern IT Needs
You purchased cyber insurance to protect your business, just like you bought health insurance to protect yourself and your family. However, in the same way that health insurance can deny a procedure or medication, cyber insurers may deny your claims for business disruption arising from cyberattacks.
January 14, 2019 — 4 min read
Acronis Team Begins to Build a School in Senegal
January 14, 2019 — 4 min read
Acronis Team Begins to Build a School in Senegal
In November 2018, the Acronis Foundation partnered with the non-profit buildOn to send a group of Acronis employees on a buildOn Trek experience to build a new school in Soupa Serere, Senegal. Of the 200 Acronis employees who volunteered to participate, 20 applicants from countries around the world were selected to represent Acronis in Senegal. They spent two weeks in Soupa Serere, working on the construction site together with the local population, playing with community children, teaching them English, and learning more about their educational needs. This trek became a meaningful experience both for Acronis employees and the local population.
January 05, 2019 — 6 min read
How to protect sensitive information
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?
January 04, 2019 — 4 min read
Good News! Fighting Malware in 2019 Will Be Much Easier (Just Kidding ... It Gets Way Harder)
January 04, 2019 — 4 min read
Good News! Fighting Malware in 2019 Will Be Much Easier (Just Kidding ... It Gets Way Harder)
Looking back at 2018, the fight against malware showed glimmers of promise, as new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) were successfully deployed in some quarters to fight high-priority threats like ransomware. The outlook for 2019 is less rosy, though, as malicious state actors and cybercriminals prepare for battle with a new array of tools and techniques designed to create mayhem and reap profits at the expense of everyone else. Buckle up, IT security pros: the following trends indicate the anti-malware ride in 2019 is going to be a bumpy one.
December 27, 2018 — 2 min read
In Just One Month, Acronis’ New Cryptojacking Blocker Delivers Great Results
December 27, 2018 — 2 min read
In Just One Month, Acronis’ New Cryptojacking Blocker Delivers Great Results
One month after the release of the Acronis True Image 2019 Cyber Protection update, we’ve already gotten some interesting findings and amazing results to share from our update to our Acronis Active Protection defensive technologies. One of the major features added as part of the Cyber Protection update was the ability to detect and stop potential cryptomining malware in Windows systems, safeguarding the machines resources, performance and potential hardware of Acronis True Image users. While we did not expect to see a lot of detections during the initial rollout, the telemetry data collected so far – surprisingly – shows the opposite.
December 25, 2018 — 23 min read
Blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICO – learn the basics
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
How to get rid of junk mail
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 21, 2018 — 6 min read
Avoid a phishing attack
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?
December 20, 2018 — 10 min read
Showdown: Encrypted Cloud Storage vs. External Hard Drives
December 20, 2018 — 10 min read
Showdown: Encrypted Cloud Storage vs. External Hard Drives
Gone are the days when people used personal computers just to write letters or work on spreadsheets. No, these days, computers (and even our smartphones) help us do everything from booking reservations and conversing with friends and family to filing our taxes and everything in between. Also, let us not forget how many of us use our systems as entertainment sources with social media and video streaming. Consequently, we store and keep more data on our devices than ever before. And, if you’re like most people, a lot of that data is stuff you don’t want to lose. Therefore, in this article, we will discuss backing up your data to external hard drives and encrypted cloud storage, as well as the pros and cons of each.