IT disaster recovery, cloud computing and information security news
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New Ponemon research, highlighting that UK businesses are unable to determine the risk to 58 percent of the confidential data stored in the cloud and 28 percent of the sensitive information held on premise, has been published.
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By Luke Potter, Operations Manager, SureCloud.
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Independent research commissioned by Zenium Technology Partners has indicated that 50 percent of organizations are not operating a data centre / center environment that could withstand, or continue to operate after, a natural disaster.
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In a world of constantly emerging threats, security is a tough job: but the concepts of best practice have been devised for a reason. The challenge for organizations is to attain that balance between unworkable change control practices and an anarchic environment that provides ample opportunities to hide.
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Business continuity and disaster recovery are two common reasons why organizations consider cloud migration: but sometimes the decision to migrate is put off due to fears that the process will be difficult. In this article, Lilac Schoenbeck offers some tips to help smooth the migration path.
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Businesses often struggle on with legacy server rooms due to budget constraints and fear of upgrade risks. In this article Mark Allingham challenges BC managers to face up to this problem.
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A new study from ESET UK has revealed that 80 percent of IT professionals believe social media is an easy way for hackers to gain access to corporate networks
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Due to the tremendous publicity and new information regarding the impact of a cyber attack, organizations have placed greater emphasis on developing risk management strategies to proactively address these exposures.
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Deborah Galea outlines five steps that can be taken to tighten up the security of SCADA systems.
- Slow migration from Windows Server 2003 is driven by caution not complacency, suggests Databarracks
- The 2015 Public Cloud Disaster Recovery Survey
- Huge data breach impacts US Office of Personnel Management: raises questions
- Utility companies widely believe that cloud services provide better business continuity and disaster recovery than traditional technologies
