In this episode of the Backup Wrap-Up, host W. Curtis Preston, also known as Mr. Backup, discusses the topic of backing up data in a hybrid cloud storage system. He starts with a brief overview of backup-related news and then dives into the question of whether or not backing up…
In this podcast, the host discusses the common misconception in the technology industry that every problem can be solved with new equipment or software. The guest, a cyber expert, emphasizes the importance of focusing on process, people, and then technology. They also talk about their own podcast, which is a…
In this episode of the Restore It All podcast, W. Curtis Preston, a.k.a. Mr. Backup, and Prasanna Malaiyandi are joined by Chris Groot and Stefan Voss from N-Able, a company specializing in backup, data protection and security systems. Nable focuses on serving the needs of managed service providers to deliver…
In this episode of Restore it All, our hosts Curtis and Prasanna delve deep into the recent significant developments in the world of data backups, with a special spotlight on Microsoft 365's about-face on native user backups. They dissect Microsoft's sudden realization of its potential revenue streams and the ramifications…
In this episode, we look at the latest Ransomware Trends Report from Veeam, which gives us a view into the sobering world of ransomware attacks and the critical lessons they teach us about cyber defense. Join W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and Prasanna Malaiyandi, as they break down the key…
In this episode, W. Curtis Preston and Prasanna Malaiyandi are joined by Eric Olden, the CEO of Strata Identity. With over 25 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, Eric sheds light on the concept of Identity Orchestration and how it addresses the complexities of modern identity management in multi-cloud…
Duanne Laflotte, CTO of Pulsar Security and head of their red team, talks on our podcast about how your backup system can be used to attack you.
Our guest this week is a specialist at offensive cybersecurity; that is, they keep you safe by attacking you and showing you your vulnerabilities. They're a red team. We've got the leader of their red team, Duanne Laflotte, to help us understand how hackers think – and what we can…
Nothing tells the story like a good story, right? This week we have Mike Saylor, the CEO of Black Swan, a cybersecurity company. Boy, has he been in the trenches. He tells some great stories about responding to cyber attacks. They’re great stories and he’s a great storyteller. We also…
This week the SEC has made a new rule that publicly traded companies must disclose any cyber attacks within four days. What if you're not a publicly traded company in the US? Should you reveal what happened to you? We bring in a wireless cyber security expert, Scott Schober of…
During this recording, Mr. Backup asked our guest how many backup systems that he had looked at had at least one critical security flaw, he said pretty much 100%. Holy. Cow. Doron Pinhas runs a company called Continuity Software, that does security assessments of storage and backup and recovery systems.…
Krista Macomber, analyst from the Futurum Group, joins us this week to talk about a number of things, but one thing really bubbled up to the top: co-opting of marketing terms. That is, it's probably using terms to describe their product, because they think you want to hear them. Two…
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…