Andrew Dodd

With data centres consuming huge helpings of electricity, they’re becoming targets for sustainability initiatives to cut environmental footprints. No surprise to see tape in the frame as a prime driver for cutting costs against a rising tide of data bit.ly/3pnPs3b;

What do Amazon, Microsoft and Meta have in common when it comes to developing the most imposing defenses against ransomware? The answer will surprise you! bit.ly/3NOFX7j #lastinginnovation #cybersecurity #ransomware #storeever #ultrium

The 13th annual Cyber Security & Data Protection Summit kicks off 5 November 2023 at the London’s QEII Centre giving public sector IT security leaders meet with experts to mount a serious counterattack against cyber criminals. bit.ly/41jJsWf #cybersecurity #ransomware

Phishing is still ransomware’s preferred delivery method. 75% of the 1400 organisations it surveyed suffered a ransomware attack, highlighting its continued prevalence in the business world. So what can you do to protect yourself from phishing attempts? bit.ly/44JknXY

Using offline tape backups to mitigate the impact of ransomware is not about the medium, or the process, it’s about having a strategy for prioritising data, storing it in the right place, at the right time, and keeping golden copies off-site. bit.ly/422cqer

Heimdal’s latest Cyber-Security & Threat Intelligence report for 2022-23 lists some of the highest profile ransomware sectors attacked last year. How do your defences compare? bit.ly/3njS6X3 #lastinginnovation #cybersecurity #ransomware #storeever #ultrium #datacenter

Cybersecurity experts Crowdstrike provide a comprehensive guide to the what-why-and-how of ransomware, latest strains to look out for and some useful tips on how to prevent or at least mitigate the risk. bit.ly/3p2YZwx #lastinginnovation #cybersecurity #ransomware

More than 200 US government, education & healthcare organisations were hacked by ransomware gangs in 2022, including 24 hospitals. Most infamous among them being a children’s hospital that was compensated with an apology and a free decryptor! bit.ly/3AjA9ec;

Guidance from the NCSC on how to mitigate malware and ransomware attacks makes backing up the number one action to take, emphasising the need to take files offline where criminals can’t reach them. bit.ly/43R1ce6 bit.ly/3UYCRzi; #lastinginnovation #storeever

Thales’ cybersecurity expert Grahame Williams thinks passwords are well past their sell-by date and wants them dropped altogether, in favour of more secure logins such as multi-factor authentication (MFA). . bit.ly/3KWmTku; #lastinginnovation #storeever #ltotape

A recent comparative study conducted in 2022 demonstrated that a large scale 10 petabyte Open Compute Project (OCP) Bryce Canyon HDD storage system had 5.1 times greater CO2e impact than a comparable enterprise tape storage solution. Find out more. bit.ly/3LhQt5c

It’s took 2 years for a local government department in London, UK and the 250,000 citizens it serves to recover from a ransomware attack. In situations like this, having a clean copy of data stored offline on tape could help limit the impact bit.ly/3oxXmGM

If ransomware can use Robin Hood tactics to force people to carry out charitable acts, what else could it get you to do? It seems like a very dubious area when ransomware criminals are attempting to take some kind of moral highground bit.ly/40eqpw5

Is ransomware running out of steam? Maybe it could, if enough victims refused to give in to their blackmail. New evidence finds that since paying a ransom doesn’t buy your data back, you might as well stand firm - as long as you have the means to do so bit.ly/3L8oQvr

Ransomware gangs can exploit the briefest of gaps in cyber security, creeping in through the back door and hiding in your infrastructure, waiting for their moment to pounce bit.ly/3UKeyVo; bit.ly/3ol7fHR #lastinginnovation #storeever #cybersecurity #ransomware

Storing petabytes of data in an offline archive could cut the carbon footprintfor storing that data by up to 80%. One more tick for the climate and another excellent reason to choose tape. Read the white paper bit.ly/41eUnBq #lastinginnovation #storeever #sustainability

So fast & furious is data growth, we’re running out of ways to quantify the data volumes we’re routinely creating, day by day. Enter the ronnabyte (27 zeroes) & quettabyte (30 zeroes) to boggle the mind even more. Help me, ronna, help, help me ronna! n.pr/414UFL9

Of the 239 companies that signed up to the Science Based Targets Initiative in 2020, 94% included commitments to cut emissions at customers and suppliers. It’s an important step, but it could prove the hardest mck.co/3Kvwo9R bit.ly/41nVJtv #lastinginnovation

Climate neutral by 2050 – the European Green Deal ambition bit.ly/3zONlY3 #lastinginnovation #storeever #ltotape #sustainability #environment #datastorage #climateneutral

IDC estimates that digital data storage capacity may have to double/triple by 2030 to meet global demand for data storage. And in 10 years, some estimate that cloud infrastructures will consume up to 20% of the world’s energy! Common sense answers here. bit.ly/3zME2b6