In today’s information-driven world, data is one of the most valuable assets for any organization. Whether due to human error, technical failures, or cyberattacks, data loss can have severe consequences. That’s why having a robust and secure backup strategy is essential. Among the various methodologies available, the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) strategy stands out for its reliability,
In today’s increasingly digital business landscape, data protection goes far beyond having internal documents written down or performing routine backups. To comply with European Union cybersecurity regulations and safeguard corporate information, more advanced and proactive measures are essential. Implementing tools like SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), XDR (Extended Detection and Response), email filtering gateways,
The Linux kernel, the backbone of countless open-source operating systems, has achieved an impressive milestone: surpassing 40 million lines of code. This achievement, reached with version 6.14 rc1, reflects Linux’s steady growth and the strength of its collaborative development model, which unites thousands of developers worldwide. Since its creation in 1991 by Linus Torvalds as
The Year in Review 2024 report by Cloudflare Radar provides a comprehensive analysis of global Internet trends, highlighting a significant 17.2% increase in global traffic compared to the previous year. This growth has been fueled by the expansion of satellite connectivity services, the adoption of advanced technologies like post-quantum encryption and the HTTP/3 protocol, and
Data protection and data sovereignty are increasingly important in the digital economy — so much that there is even a Data Privacy Day, celebrated every January 28th, since 2007. Why is it so? Because as data becomes more and more valuable for individuals, organizations and institutions, data sovereignty, protection and privacy have become key aspects
PGP provides cryptographic privacy and authentication when communicating or transferring data over the Internet. How does it do so? By using public-key cryptography, symmetric-key cryptography and digital signatures. We share a lot of data in our daily lives, both professionally and personally, and privacy is a top priority. On this matter, PGP is one the
Data immutability keeps growing in popularity as an ally to ensure data security, regulatory compliance and data recovery. As cyber threats keep on the rise, data security and disaster recovery planning has become indispensable for business continuity; and immutable data gain relevance on this matter. What is data immutability? As defined in the Cambridge Dictionary,
Both backup and data retention are types of data preservation, but they do so for different purposes. While backup retention focuses on storing data for recovery in case of data corruption, system failures or other contingencies, data retention focuses on preserving data during a specific period of time in order to meet particular business or
NoSQL databases are non-relational databases (DBs), intended for applications that need low latency and flexible models to manage large data volumes. They include a wide variety of database technologies designed to meet the development needs of modern applications — which are constantly generating huge amounts of new data. The migration from relational to non-relational databases
Data gravity highlights the importance of data in our modern economy. Organizations are facing a huge growth in enterprise data due to data-intensive applications like the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). No matter the industry, data continues to grow within companies as they move forward and it is becoming increasingly strategic. What
