by VAST | Feb 12, 2021 | Cloud Access Security
Businesses use many different types of security software. While they all provide necessary security features, they don’t always integrate well, and of course the more tools you use, the more costs and management issues you’ll encounter. It’s understandable, then, to...
by Michael Boehl | Mar 17, 2020 | CASB, Cloud, Cloud Access Security
Using cloud technology can lead to reduced technology costs, but there’s often hesitation to use cloud because of concerns about information security. That’s no surprise, given the cost of a data breach: direct financial costs can reach millions of dollars, and that’s...
by VAST | Mar 11, 2019 | Cloud Access Security, Security
Companies have less control of their data than they think. Employees widely use unapproved cloud services, with Gartner finding shadow IT making up as much as 30 to 40 percent of IT spending. Every cloud service presents the potential risk of data loss, so how can...
by VAST | Feb 8, 2019 | Cloud Access Security, Cloud Management, Security
There are many layers to the cloud which means you need many layers of protection. Cloud providers will handle keeping the physical premises and the physical machines safe, but you remain responsible for your virtual machines, your applications, your network, and your...
by VAST | Jan 9, 2019 | Cloud Access Security, Cloud Management
With the huge success of the cloud—some surveys show cloud being used by 96 percent of respondents—the risks to information have exploded. Cloud obliterates the perimeter where most traditional data security efforts focused. New approaches are needed; that’s why...
by VAST | Jan 5, 2019 | Cloud Access Security, Cloud Management, Infrastructure
Does anyone still backup to tape? Turns out the answer is yes, lots of companies still use tape as a backup media. If your goal is 3-2-1 backup (keeping at least 3 copies of your data, storing them on at least 2 different types of storage, and keeping 1 of them off...
