The Hypothetical Life of a CISO
A CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) is the pinnacle of successes and the aim for many a security engineer in the industry but many will never achieve this level of success.
Craig Ford | 21 May | Read more
A CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) is the pinnacle of successes and the aim for many a security engineer in the industry but many will never achieve this level of success.
Craig Ford | 21 May | Read more
Having reviewed Acronis's True Image backup solution multiple times over the last decade or so, I'd given up hope that it would ever sport anything that even approximated a friendly user interface.
Jon L. Jacobi | 02 Oct | Read more
As students return to school, technology goes with them. That technology--and the data generated by it--is valuable not simply as a means for getting school work done, but also as entertainment for those brief hours between one assignment and the next. It's for this reason that it pays to plan for disaster. With a single massive power burst, storage media that suddenly heads south, or interaction with a light-fingered ne'er-do-well, the technology your student depends on can vanish. Take these five tips to heart, however, and the loss of a device or data need not be catastrophic.
Christopher Breen | 20 Aug | Read more
Once upon a time one of the primary handicaps of iOS devices was the fact that you had to physically connect it to a Windows or Mac PC with a USB sync cable to back it up using iTunes. With iOS 5 Apple introduced iCloud, essentially allowing users to cut the cord. But these iOS backup methods were not created equal, and if you don't choose carefully you could be risking significant data loss. To ensure your iPhone or iPad data is fully protected, here's a look at what each option backs up and when to use it.
Tony Bradley | 15 May | Read more
March 31 is World Backup Day; do you know where your data is?
David Braue | 31 Mar | Read more
A recent study of small- and medium-sized businesses in the US and Europe revealed that many of them are facing challenges in implementing backup and recovery solutions that can help protect their businesses.
Veronica C. Silva | 18 Jun | Read more
Computers may have become a lot more user-friendly over the past decade, but they're still far from perfect--PCs require a certain amount of configuration and maintenance to operate at their full potential. Unfortunately, because we humans are also far from perfect, we frequently don't put in the work we should, and we end up with a slower, sloppier, less secure machine as a result.
Alex Castle | 05 Apr | Read more
After being announced in the US earlier this year, Symantec’s Backup Exec 3600 makes its way down to Australia.
Patrick Budmar | 17 Dec | Read more
With the increasingly mobile nature of today's workforce, securing your data while on the road has become increasingly important. We've rounded up and tested some of the best encrypted external hard drives on the market, looking at both hardware- and software-encryption based devices.
TechWorld staff | 15 Dec | Read more
Hard drive crashes are a nightmare for computer users for many reasons. Not only can data held dear to one's heart be lost, but trying to recover it can cost an arm and a leg, if not more. Hard drive maker Seagate attempts to address both those problems with the release today of its GoFlex Turbo drive with SafetyNet data recovery services.
John P. Mello Jr. | 09 Aug | Read more
It's summer across the U.S., and that means that hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, powerful thunderstorms and other natural disasters can take out your company's IT systems in a flash.
Todd R. Weiss | 06 Jul | Read more
Online storage service Dropbox made an embarrassing error Monday, turning off password authentication for millions of users.
Robert Dutt | 22 Jun | Read more
Gmail is hard at work restoring service to about 40,000 Gmail users after a software bug deleted their e-mail messages, folders, labels and filters. So, while things are looking good for those users affected by the bug, this episode proves, once again, that while Web-based services may be robust, you still have to take responsibility for your own data.