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Cloud providers’ default retention policies are not enough: You better back your SaaS up

TechCrunch

Without the right policies in place, organizations often have little visibility into what SaaS data they actually have; whether that data is in compliance, protected or compromised. Cloud providers’ default retention policies are not enough.

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6 Tips to Make Your Business Data Backups Secure

The Crazy Programmer

That’s why data backups are so essential. But not just any backup will do. Data backups must be properly secured if they are to live up to their purpose. The following are some of the ways you can protect your data backups. Align Your Policies Accordingly. Store Backups Offsite. Image Source.

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Achieve scalable cyber resiliency in the cloud during an age of exponential data growth

CIO

The upshot of all these environments, platforms and data types is that data becomes siloed, which means that each has its own storage and protection policies, and frequently different backup and disaster recovery systems. data types (structured vs unstructured) and containerized environments a typical enterprise operates.

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Pre-Deployment Policy Compliance

Abhishek Tiwari

However, amidst the drive for speed, ensuring policy compliance is often overlooked, leading to potential security vulnerabilities and compliance risks. Pre-deployment policy compliance, supported by policy as code frameworks such as Sentinel, Open Policy Agent (OPA), Conftest, etc.

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Top 8 ways to improve cybersecurity for your organization

CIO

This was an effective way to simplify the message, which can sometimes get lost deep in IT policies. Automated PAM solutions manage privileges according to policies so that users aren’t tempted to rely on risky security practices like sharing credentials or re-using passwords. For that reason, cyber resilience is key.

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Patch Management Policy Features, Benefits and Best Practices

Kaseya

In this blog, we’ll discuss patch management policy best practices and explain how they contribute to a better patching environment for large and small organizations alike. What is a patch management policy? This is where patch management policies come into play. What is the importance of a patch management policy?

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Prevent Data Loss with MongoDB Backup & Restore

Datavail

In order to prevent a disastrous loss of data, you’ll need to backup your database regularly. Having a good backup and restore strategy in place will help protect your databases and avoid data loss caused by failure(s). The best practice after taking your backup is to test it. Backup and Restore Underlying Files.

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