Randy Barrett is a freelance writer and editor based in Washington, D.C. A large part of his portfolio career includes teaching banjo and fiddle as well as performing professionally. When disaster ...

Ironing out recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) is crucial to balancing what stakeholders want and what it will cost to meet those expectations. When evaluating the ...

Data is one of the most important assets for many organizations. A significant level of care should be given to prevent data security incidents. However, despite the best plans and intentions, both ...

Everyone agrees that backups should be sent off site, but not everyone agrees on how that should be accomplished. The decision about which method to use will affect your recovery-time objective (RTO), ...

As noted in the first article in this series, IT disaster recovery (DR) strategies and procedures help organisations protect their investments in IT systems and infrastructures. The essential mission ...

Protecting corporate data has always been a high priority for IT organizations. Years ago, customers had one choice to protect their data — backing up disk volumes to tape. Data protection ...

SQL Server instances, even if equipped with provisions like automatic backup and recovery, are not sufficiently protected against sudden, disastrous situations like multi-site database failure, ...

They're the first questions you might be asked in the heat of a disaster, DDoS, or ransomware attack: How soon before we're back up? How good are our backups? Have the wrong answer to those questions, ...

With the increased need to do more with less, it’s not uncommon for federal government IT teams to experience pitfalls that can jeopardize their data integrity and availability. Whether it’s ...