NHS cyber-attack: how to respond when disaster strikes

On May 12th, the NHS was harmed by a national cyber-attack. Hackers targeted the backbone of the NHS, tapping into computers, telephone lines, MRI scanners, blood-storage refrigerators and theatre equipment. Surgeons used their mobile phones to communicate, and critical information such as x-ray imaging was delivered on CDs.By Nick Hawkins, Managing Director EMEA at Everbridge.

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Three critical components of every good DR plan

When it comes to weathering a disaster, preparation is 9/10 of the law. But how DO you prepare yourself, exactly? asks Tim Mullahy at Liberty Center One, a data centre in Royal Oaks, MI.

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Datto helps keep the wheels on Reading Buses go round and round

Datto enables public transport company to remain operational in the face of growing ransomware threat.

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Ransomware attacked, what now?

On Friday afternoon, the NHS was hit by a cyber attack of historic proportions, affecting trusts and public health services nationwide. This is a stark illustration that ransomware is a very real threat, and does not discriminate when it comes to crippling businesses. In a technology age where cyber attacks and being virtually held to ransom are the new normal, it’s absolutely critical to have a strategy in place to both combat attacks when they happen, and to ultimately prevent them before they do.

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The threat IoT devices bring to business continuity

By David Paquette, product marketing manager at Scale Computing.

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Security policies matter for disaster recovery

Professor Avishai Wool, CTO at AlgoSec, looks at how organizations should approach security policy management in their disaster recovery planning.

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Preventing zero day infections

Osiris Ransomware: new addition to the Locky family.

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Disaster Recovery and the need for speed

By David Fisk, Director EMEA and APAC at Quorum.

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Give your virtualised apps the storage support they deserve

By Dan Florea, Director of Product Management at Tintri.

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Videos

Jimmy Tam, CEO of Peer Software, discusses the need for modern file management and orchestration solutions to be able to meet today’s digital data demands. He explains the essential technology components of an active/active high availability system and the benefits it provides end users.
Sergio Afonso, Sales Director at NKA Tech, discusses the innovative @RACK Mobile Data Destruction System - which recently won the DCS Awards’ Data Centre ICT Security Innovation Award - explaining the many advantages it offers over the existing alternatives. He also shares some exciting future plans in terms of expanding both the @RACK portfolio and market coverage.
Lori MacVittie, F5 Distinguished Engineer, discusses the findings of the company’s inaugural Digital Maturity Index, which looks at the ways in which organisations have, or have not as yet, embraced the technologies and processes required to implement a successful digital transformation strategy. The Index identifies doers, dabblers and dawdlers, at varying stages of their digital journeys, identifying what distinguishes each group, but also some common challenges which still remain.
Martin James, VP EMEA at Aerospike, discusses the importance of application modernisation, efficient software and IT consolidation – all of which should mean the need for less databases, but with richer feature sets. He outlines both the pitfalls of holding onto legacy applications and systems and the benefits of modernisation and consolidation, with Aerospike well positioned to help customers with the attendant data management challenges and opportunities.

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