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5 Reasons Why Disaster Recovery Plans Fail

Kaseya

Failure to Protect Against Data Corruption and Malware. Despite the growing frequency of headline-grabbing incidents, failing to detect malware in backup environments continues to be among the most common issues causing disaster recovery failures. Most malware infections target Windows-based systems. .

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What Is Endpoint Security Management and Why Is It Important?

Kaseya

Compromising even a single endpoint can provide threat actors with easy access to a company’s private network and applications as well as workloads on the cloud, threatening business continuity. A robust endpoint security management process ensures security, business continuity, higher uptime and better end-user and customer service.

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Hyper V vs. VMware: Comparing Virtualization Technologies

Kaseya

Having multiple instances of virtual servers minimizes the impact of sudden downtime , which means system availability increases and companies can improve business continuity. Hyper-V safeguards VMs from malware and unauthorized access, making your IT environment and your data more secure. Improved Security. What Is VMware?

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Defending against ransomware is all about the basics

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

An attacker plants malware on your system that encrypts all the files, making your system useless, then offers to sell you the key you need to decrypt the files. An email to a victim entices them to open an attachment or to visit a website that installs malware. The concept behind ransomware is simple. How an attack begins.

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5 Steps to Effective Data Defense

Kaseya

Without this constant barrage of news about new, widespread malware, you may be tempted to relax in your approach, convinced that whatever security you have in place is enough. Consider a purpose-built appliance based on hardened-Linux to prevent attacks and secure your backup architecture. million at the end of 2017.