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IT professionals are losing sleep over data backups – here’s how to make sure you’re prepared
Almost a third (30%) of IT professionals are losing sleep over their organization’s backup and recovery strategies, according to a survey from Kaseya. Less than half (40%) of respondents feel confident in their backup systems’ ability to keep critical data safe in a crisis situation, while 30% worry that their company’s backup solutions are not good enough. “So much is…
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How to enable Advanced Data Protection for your iCloud backups
Apple has advanced security features that you can enable to protect more of your data. Among other things, it includes highly secure end-to-end encryption for iCloud backups under the name Advanced Data Protection. This means that essentially only you can access the data stored in your iCloud device backup — Apple doesn’t have the key to access it. This is…
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How to Set Up Automatic Backups on Ubuntu Using Deja Dup
Summary Deja Dup is Ubuntu’s built-in backup tool that offers encryption, incremental backups, and cloud storage support. Launch Deja Dup and walk through the setup wizard, selecting a backup destination, create a password, and toggle automatic backups. Remember to test backups periodically. Without backups, you risk losing everything from important documents to irreplaceable family pictures. Deja Dup makes it easy…
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iCloud Backups Will Stop Working On Old iPhone Models
Apple will end support for iCloud backups on devices running iOS 8 or earlier on December 18, 2024. Old iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices won’t be able to create or access cloud backups after that point in time. Apple confirmed in an email sent to customers that iCloud backups will stop working for devices running iOS 8 or earlier,…
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Why you should always be wary of insider threats: A disgruntled employee at a US industrial firm deleted backups and locked IT admins out of workstations in a failed data extortion attempt
A disgruntled IT worker at a national industrial company in the US has been arrested after he launched an extortion campaign targeting his former employer in 2023. Daniel Rhyne was a core infrastructure engineer at an unnamed US-based industrial firm, and attempted to extort his company for $750,000 worth of Bitcoin. According to a press release issued by the US…
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