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Data protection warrior explains LTO & RDX
Pat Mayock is a Data Protection Warrior for HPE, and he helped us to understand where he thinks LTO & RDX (a removable disk technology) sit in the ma…
4 years, 3 months ago
Top seven things you must stop doing with your backups
This whole episode is a Mr. Backup rant, where he talks about things that people should really stop doing with their backup systems, starting with ba…
4 years, 3 months ago
How to prepare for an emergency (at home and work)
This week we are joined by emergency preparedness expert and prolific author and speaker, Virginia Nicols, webmaster of EmergencyPlanGuide.org. We t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Snorkel42, security expert from reddit, explains his security cadence series
If you liked last week's episode where we talked about this "so let's talk about ransomware" series on reddit, you'll love this week. We have the au…
4 years, 3 months ago
How to prevent ransomware, slow its spread, and respond if you get it
This week, Prasanna and Mr. Backup (W. Curtis Preston) review a series of posts made by Snorkel42, who previously appeared on this podcast in the epi…
4 years, 4 months ago
Vast Data really does appear to be "vast"
Vast is a massively-scalable storage system designed around multiple pieces of technology that weren't available just a few years ago (e.g. NVMe, Sto…
4 years, 4 months ago
A look inside the Conti ransomware group
This episode is a unique look inside the Conti ransomware group, courtesy of a four-part series from Krebs on Security. We review the interesting ta…
4 years, 4 months ago
Backup is evil (or at least how many people do it is)
This week we are joined by John "Ricky" Martin, Director of Strategy at NetApp (and former owner of a tape recovery business), to talk about his pape…
4 years, 4 months ago
Security expert rips Okta for their response to hack
We have none other than Snorkel42 from Reddit on the podcast today. He has 20 years experience in InfoSec, and is a prolific writer on Reddit under …
4 years, 5 months ago
Restore test fails due to bad documentation
Gary Williams tells a great story about earlier in his career that taught him the value of testing backups and updating documentation. He explains h…
4 years, 5 months ago