Today we are proud to have as our guest, Zach Fuller, a founding partner of the Silent Sector, a cybersecurity firm -- and a former Green Beret who served in combat. We talk a little about how his service made him the person he is today, and how it lead…
Jim Love from IT World Canada joins us to talk about, among other things, how to foster a culture of recovery in your organization. 00:00 ITC
Barry Lunt, co-founder of M-Disc, explains why they created it. (Turns out what Mr. Backup thought was all wrong!) M-Disc's origin story is a lot more down to earth. This is an excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast. Listen to the full episode here: https://apple.co/3Qw4Frx Watch the full…
Barry Lunt, co-founder of the M-Disc archival medium, tells us about a study they did with 27K optical discs, to see how well they held onto data for 3-5 years. Surprise! They didn't do very well. This is an excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast. Listen to the…
Barry Lunt, co-founder of the M-Disc optical platform (capable of storing data for 1000+ years), explains how they can say that. He explains the origin and development of the concept of accelerated aging, which is used to see how something will withstand the test of time. This is an excerpt…
Druva offers a data resiliency guarantee of up to $10m, but they're not the only one with a guarantee. One differentiator is that their guarantee doesn't have any weird exclusions, like other guarantees that exclude things like internal negligence or internal attacks. Druva only requires a certain service level and…
A quick excerpt from the latest episode of the Restore it All podcast, where Stephen Manley, Mr. Backup, and Prasanna Malaiyandi discuss how the things that Druva is guaranteeing are only possible because they manage the whole stack, due to being a SaaS provider. Listen to the full episode here:…
Howard Marks explains how Vast Data cusomters CAN delete their "indestructible" snapshots, but only after going through many hoops, in this clip from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast episode "Vast Data really does appear to be "vast"" If you like the clip, check it the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vast-data-really-does-appear-to-be-vast/id1469663053?i=1000557909258…
Howard Marks of Vast Data gives us their elevator pitch in this clip from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast episode "Vast Data really does appear to be "vast"" If you like the clip, check it the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vast-data-really-does-appear-to-be-vast/id1469663053?i=1000557909258 . (The Restore it All Podcast is also available…
A reminder to ensure your backups actually work, n this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #149, "A look inside the Conti ransomware group." If you like the clip, check it the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-look-inside-the-conti-ransomware-group/id1469663053?i=1000557094339 . (The Restore it All Podcast is also available wherever you…
We discuss how the Conti ransomware group (the largest of all of them) is specifically targeting your backups in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #149, "A look inside the Conti ransomware group." If you like the clip, check it the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-look-inside-the-conti-ransomware-group/id1469663053?i=1000557094339 .…
We talk about how it appears the NSA proactively hacked the Conti ransomware group, resulting in a trove of information about them, which we discuss in this episode of Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #149, "A look inside the Conti ransomware group." If you like the clip, check…
Ever wonder what the Conti ransomware group is like on the inside? We discuss details about their inner workings in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #149, "A look inside the Conti ransomware group." If you like the clip, check it the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-look-inside-the-conti-ransomware-group/id1469663053?i=1000557094339…
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Bad upload! Real video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_mZp3uaMsU
John "Ricky" Martin tells us about the time he ran a tape recovery business, starting with explaining what that actually is! This is an excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #148, "Backup is Evil, or at least how many people do it is." If you like the…
John "Ricky" Martin explains to us why he thinks backup is evil in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #148, "Backup is Evil, or at least how many people do it is." If you like the clip, check it the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/backup-centrals-restore-it-all/id1469663053?i=1000556173775 . (The…
Security expert explains what he thinks Okta customers should be doing right now, in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #147, "Restore test failed due to bad documentation." (Clearly it wasn't a piece of cake.) If you like the clip, check it the full episode here:…
Security expert explains the biggest surprise he found in the Okta story, in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #147, "Restore test failed due to bad documentation." (Clearly it wasn't a piece of cake.) If you like the clip, check it the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restore-test-fails-due-to-bad-documentation/id1469663053?i=1000555261406…
Gary Williams explains why he proactively reboots servers, to ensure they will reboot when he needs them to, in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #147, "Restore test failed due to bad documentation." (Clearly it wasn't a piece of cake.) If you like the clip, check…
Mr. Backup (W. Curtis Preston) tells the story of when he got the nickname "Crash," in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #147, "Restore test failed due to bad documentation." (Clearly it wasn't a piece of cake.) If you like the clip, check it the full…
Security expert explains what happened last week at Okta, in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #147, "Restore test failed due to bad documentation." (Clearly it wasn't a piece of cake.) If you like the clip, check it the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/restore-test-fails-due-to-bad-documentation/id1469663053?i=1000555261406 . (The Restore…
Gary Williams discusses how he tracks his servers and whether or not they've been patched or rebooted recently, in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #147, "Restore test failed due to bad documentation." (Clearly it wasn't a piece of cake.) If you like the clip, check…
Gary Williams talks about how he though a restore test would be a piece of cake, in this excerpt from Backup Central's Restore it All podcast, Episode #147, "Restore test failed due to bad documentation." (Clearly it wasn't a piece of cake.) If you like the clip, check it the…