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03 February 2025  — 3 min read
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03 February 2025  — 3 min read
Acronis channel leader earns CRN Channel Chief designation for fourth consecutive year
For the fourth consecutive year, CRN has recognized Alex Ruslyakov, head of the global channel organization at Acronis, as a Channel Chief.
26 July 2019  — 3 min read
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26 July 2019  — 3 min read
Louisiana Ransomware Attack Prompts A Statewide Emergency
A wave of ransomware attacks on public schools in the southern US state of Louisiana has prompted an unusual response, as the governor declared an official emergency to kick-start a coordinated response by several state-level law-enforcement and technology agencies. This latest ransomware attack, which locks up the data on computer systems and only provides the key to free up the data if the victim pays an online ransom, continues a global wave of similar attacks that lately has targeted municipal governments as well as the healthcare and manufacturing industries.
25 July 2019  — 2 min read
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25 July 2019  — 2 min read
#SysAdminDay 2019: What Kind of Sysadmin Are You?
It’s time to appreciate the unsung heroes of the IT team – the sysadmins that keep business moving day-in/day-out thanks to a strict regimen of caffeine and nerdy references! Show off your skills and celebrate SysAdmin Appreciation Day with our exclusive quiz and giveaway contest! Five questions will reveal if you’re CyberFit or still need a lesson or two about what a keyboard does. However you score, you can share your results for a chance to win lunch and software from your friends at Acronis!
25 July 2019  — 3 min read
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25 July 2019  — 3 min read
When Tech Conferences Are Worth The Time and Expense: How To Build The Case To Go
If you work in an IT operations, cybersecurity or tech leadership role, you probably receive several tempting invitations to industry events and conferences every month. They are usually held in comfortable venues with balmy weather and lots of nearby attractions to entertain family members you might bring along. Your hosts will probably serve up some good food, drink, and entertainment ... but in a working world where there already aren’t enough hours in a week, how can you justify time away at an event in Vegas or Orlando or some other sunny clime? Before you ask your boss to pony up precious T&E budget to fund your trip, you should build a business case to justify your attendance – one that lays out the company’s return on the investment of your time.
22 July 2019  — 2 min read
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22 July 2019  — 2 min read
GUEST BLOG: For An Effective Data Defense, Security, IT Operations and Data Owners Must Work Together
IDC's Rob Westervelt, Research Director, Security Products, explores how the need to protect corporate data and IT infrastructure requires security teams to partner more closely with data owners and operations staff – and uses recent examples of ransomware attacks to show why each group must independently enforce the policies that govern corporate data. "Building a cohesive security program requires integrated technologies,” he writes, “but organizations can't ignore the fact that people are an essential ingredient for an effective program."
19 July 2019  — 3 min read
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19 July 2019  — 3 min read
Acronis Announces Official Cyber Protection Partnership with FC Internazionale Milano
FC Internazionale Milano today announced that it has teamed up with Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, in a multi-year partnership. Several members of Inter attended the formal partnership announcement at Acronis headquarters in Singapore on July 19, including team Captain Samir Handanovic, Tommaso Berni and Corporate Chief Executive Officer Alessandro Antonello.
18 July 2019  — 2 min read
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18 July 2019  — 2 min read
GUEST BLOG: Data’s Value to Businesses Demands the New Approach of Cyber Protection
IDC's Andrew Smith, Research Manager, Enterprise Infrastructure, offers his thoughts on how enterprises are collecting more data than ever before and learning how to use that data to digitally transform their business...and how its increased value has implications for storage, usage, and security. A new data strategy should be considered. "Solving this problem requires the right data strategy," he says, "something inclusive which spans organizational disciplines and ensures the flood of data being welcomed with open arms doesn't end up washing us away."
16 July 2019  — 2 min read
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16 July 2019  — 2 min read
Enterprises Gain Enhanced Cyber Protection with Acronis Backup Support for SAP HANA
Acronis Backup now offers backup and recovery support for SAP HANA through easy, efficient, and secure protection for the entire database. Through this new support for the widely utilized data management and analytics system, enterprise users can now back up all their SAP HANA data and recover business-critical data in mere minutes, streamlining a complex process into a task any IT professional can manage with ease. Read this article to learn how this support can protect your most important data and benefit your organization.
12 July 2019  — 3 min read
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12 July 2019  — 3 min read
Top Business and Data Protection Strategies for Gulf Coast Flooding and More
For businesses, preparing for a flood (or any natural disaster) is not something that should be left to the last minute. Fortunately, there are a few established business and data protection strategies that companies should take to protect their businesses and their businesses precious data from this flood and those that will follow:
11 July 2019  — 5 min read
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11 July 2019  — 5 min read
Modular Cryptojackers Now Deliver Illicit Cryptomining to Cover Multiple Platforms at Once
Cryptojacking attacks are not going away any time soon. Instead, they’re becoming more sophisticated – and more dangerous – by using advanced modular malware with worm capabilities as a delivery mechanism. A complex backdoor, called Plurox, was recently discovered by MalwareHunterTeam. It has a pluggable architecture and is able to spread itself over a local network, with the help of the EternalBlue exploit, and start cryptominers downloaded from the command and control (C&C) server.
10 July 2019  — 3 min read
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10 July 2019  — 3 min read
British Airways Hit with GDPR Fine, Shows the Cost of Not Protecting Customer Data
The kaboom you heard earlier this week was the United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)  laying the hammer on British Airways in the form of a ₤183.39 M ($230M) fine for its failure to prevent a 2018 data breach that disclosed sensitive data on over half a million BA customers. It’s exactly the kind of disaster that BA could have avoided had it heeded our advice early last year: “Get moving fast to improve cyber protection and privacy for your customers’ sensitive data. It won’t be long before national regulatory agencies start levying massive fines on well-known companies that fail to do so.
08 July 2019  — 3 min read
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08 July 2019  — 3 min read
How the NIO Formula E Team Employs AI for Slicker Pit Work
The NIO Formula E team employs artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) developed by Acronis to recognize the signs of failing sensors and notifies their engineers before they can cause performance degradation on the track. This keeps the team at the front of the pack in motorsports fastest, and fastest-growing, competition.
03 July 2019  — 16 min read
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03 July 2019  — 16 min read
Taking a deep dive into Sodinokibi ransomware
While Sodinokibi ransomware has been in the news recently, technical details for that particular strain have been far less visible. In this article, we’ll dissect Sodinokibi, shine a light on how it works, and review how you can protect your system from this threat.