No application is safe from ransomware. In 2022, IDC conducted a study to understand the evolving requirements for ransomware and disaster recovery preparation. This study uncovered a demand for data that has never been greater, and yet the vulnerability and risks to data integrity are escalating, with ransomware attacks growing in both severity and scale. […]
With the proliferation of data-driven digital business growing at an exponential pace, so is the pace of cyber security threats and attacks, such as ransomware. In fact, according to Cybersecurity Ventures, the global cost of ransomware is predicted to reach $11.5 billion in 2019. Cyberattacks can cost a company $1.4 Million on average in recovery […]
On Friday 12 May 2017 the global WannaCry ransomware attack affected more than 200,000 computers in at least 100 countries. In the UK, the attack affected the NHS in particular, although it was not the direct target. One year on, the UK government issued a report that looked into the fallout of the WannaCry attack, […]
Whether you’re in the IT industry or not, you’ve either barely heard the term RPO/RTO or you have heard it and think you know what it means to you. We here at Zerto wanted to make sure you understood our stance on this dire topic in order to ensure you leave here informed, educated, and […]
In what could turn out to be the biggest, most impactful Ransomware attack to date, the BBC reported today that, “NHS services across England have been hit by IT failure, caused by a large-scale cyber-attack. GP surgeries and hospitals in London, Blackburn, Nottingham, Cumbria and Hertfordshire are among those whose computer systems have been […]
“Warning, your personal files on this computer are encrypted.” If you have the misfortune of reading this message, you are likely one of the millions of individuals that have been attacked by ransomware. At this point, you have two options: you can either pay the hackers the ransom in order to (hopefully) restore your files, […]
By Keith Taylor, Zerto SDR Test your DR or Test Not, There is No Try… May the 4th be With You… In honor of this year’s Star Wars day, we thought we’d take a quick look at the importance of regularly testing your DR solution – just in case the empire does decide to strike […]
What Is DRaaS? Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is one deployment method for disaster recovery. It used to involve bringing a datacenter to you on the back of a large truck and uploading your data to it. Old-fashioned as that sounds, this cumbersome and time-consuming process was once the gold standard for disaster recovery […]
Data Everywhere Business continuity is an area of increasing complexity in the current multi-cloud IT paradigm. In the old days, we used backups to protect against ‘localized’, limited-impact data loss, like a single system crash, and small-scale data loss. On the other hand, disaster recovery is a set of plans and technical capabilities that help […]
On Alton Brown’s cooking show, he used to abhor a unitasker – a tool used for only one thing. They clutter the cabinets and are useful only in the rare instance that you need to slice an egg or store half an onion. Similarly, a unitasking product in tech is annoying. They clutter your IT […]
