Tony Carollo, President of Data Shark Technologies has over 15 years experience helping companies with their data protection needs (and containing ransomware infections). Based in New Orleans, he is on a first name basis with companies that have lost their data due to major hurricanes. Watching companies struggle to recover after data loss is why he advocates […]
Tony Carollo, President of Data Shark Technologies has endured a busy season protecting his customers from ransomware infections. Recently, a medical insurance company called in a panic because their servers were infected with the cryptolocker virus. With the network under attack, mission-critical files and applications were inaccessible. Tony Carollo knew he needed to act fast to contain the […]
To fully understand why Locky has secured its spot as one of the most prolific forms of malicious software, take a look at the effect it had on Methodist Hospital in Henderson, KY. It’s a cautionary tale about the severity and extent of ransomware downtime costs. What makes Locky dangerous? Like other types of ransomware, Locky […]
We’re excited to announce that Gartner positioned us as a “Visionary” in their 2016 Magic Quadrant for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). With a lot of vendors competing in the space, we’re thrilled to be ranked high in both our “completeness of vision” and “ability to execute”. You can get your complimentary DRaaS Gartner report […]
Ransomware is on the rise and here to stay. It’s why organizations are scrambling to develop plans and adopt solutions to protect their company from this threat. Are current backup and recovery best practices good enough? Gartner recently issued their guidance on how organizations can protect themselves against ransomware. (Source: Gartner, Use These Five Backup and […]
While our enterprise cloud backup solution continues to help companies defeat ransomware, we’re excited to strengthen our platform with a new anomaly detection feature that will alert users and admins that something unusual is happening on their machines before the ransom is initiated. It’s an early warning system that enables companies to quickly isolate a ransomware […]
Another day. More Ransomware attacks. The number one cyber security threat is growing and your company needs the best enterprise cloud backup defense. To help companies protect their data and avoid paying a ransom, we are excited to announce our free 60 day cloud backup trial, which includes: Complete Environment Protection: Servers, PCs, Macs, and mobile […]
You know the basics (i.e. email security, anti-virus, anti-malware), but as more companies continue to discover, this isn’t enough. The reality is that employees will accidentally click on phishing emails, software will not be updated, and attacks will get more sophisticated. In an ever-changing ransomware landscape, how does IT stay two steps ahead of cybercriminals? […]
Michael Coppola, President of CJIS solutions is at the forefront of protecting his customers (mostly law enforcement agencies) from ransomware. Recently, a customer called in a panic indicating that their primary police files had fallen victim to the crypto virus. The files were appended with an “.exx” extension and a ransom text file in each […]
Ransomware attacks are increasing, and so is the price to get your data back and systems running. The FBI recently reported, that ransomware attacks have surged and victims have paid “more than $209 million in ransom payments” in the first three months of this year, compared with $25 million in all of 2015. And while […]
Helping mid-size companies identify key disaster recovery trends and actionable best practices are why we sponsor ActualTech Media’s annual Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Attitudes & Adoption report. We’re excited to share the 2016 report that reveals many surprising insights and alarming results from 274 IT decision makers at companies with 100-5,000 employees. Overall, […]
Uh oh, experts say it could be a messy 2016 hurricane season. The potential movement of a ‘cold blob’ of water in the North Atlantic Ocean could affect the intensity and number of hurricanes this season. So, What Is A “Cold Blob”? The cold blob refers to a large area of colder-than-normal sea-surface temperatures, located […]