How to use backups for e-discovery
The first rule of using backups for e-discovery is: don’t use backups for e-discovery – if you can avoid it. If you find yourself performing e-discovery on a regular basis, or are required by...
View ArticleCloud Catasrophes: Musey deletes itself
Here is the cautionary tale of Musey – yet another tragic story of cloud data loss that should serve as a wake-up call to all of us. Musey was a promising startup pouring millions into developing an...
View ArticleBackup tapes lost the case
What do I always tell you in my books, blogs, and podcast? Don’t use your backup system as an archive system. And heaven help you the day you try to satisfy a big e-discovery case using only backup...
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The OVHCloud Dumpster Fire (literally and figuratively)
The 2021 OVHCloud data center fire was the stuff of nightmares for anyone in the data protection biz. This wasn’t just a minor hiccup; it was a full-blown catastrophe that left countless customers...
View ArticleKPMG’s Microsoft 365 Data Loss Disaster: A Wake-Up Call
Another doozy of a cloud disaster… In the latest episode of The Backup Wrap-up, we dove deep into the jaw-dropping tale of KPMG’s Microsoft 365 data loss debacle. This global consulting behemoth found...
View ArticleSalesforce’s 2019 Permission Blunder: Why SaaS Backup is Non-Negotiable
In May 2019, Salesforce, the world’s leading CRM platform, experienced a significant data security incident that sent shockwaves through the SaaS community. A faulty script update accidentally granted...
View ArticleLessons from Carbonite Lawsuit: Why Backup Vendor Due Diligence is Crucial
In the world of cloud backup, entrusting your valuable data to a third-party provider requires a great deal of faith and due diligence. However, the story of Carbonite, a once prominent cloud backup...
View ArticleLessons Learned from the Rackspace Ransomware Attack
The recent Rackspace ransomware attack has sent shockwaves through the IT community, leaving thousands of customers without access to their critical data and forcing the company to make tough...
View ArticleLearning from Disaster: Takeaways from StorageCraft’s Cloud Backup Outage
Cloud backups offer convenience and scalability, but as some outages have shown, they are not immune to catastrophic failures. The 2012 StorageCraft incident, in which a botched cloud migration led to...
View ArticleLessons from the Dedoose Disaster: Why Backing Up Your SaaS Data is...
The cloud has revolutionized the way we work, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications becoming increasingly ubiquitous. The convenience and flexibility of these cloud-based tools are...
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