Do you know your Recovery Time Objective (RTO)? For many businesses, both small and large, 24×7 data access is a necessity to run their business, serve their customers and prevent lost revenue. Hospitals are a great example of a type of organization that has near real-time requirements for their data backup and recovery. If their [...]
We are all inundated with emails these days and most of us feel that there is not enough time in the day to read through all of them. You might feel the same way about all the newspapers and magazines that are piled up on your desk. However, in the technology world with everything changing [...]
With a number of data breaches in the news recently, I felt the need to follow up on last week’s blog about the new data privacy laws being adopted by a handful of states. Last week I discussed The Nevada Electronic Transmission Encryption Law (NRS 597.970) and The Massachusetts Privacy Law (201 CMR 17.00). Other [...]
With greater dependency on the Internet, more personally identifiable information (i.e. full name, birth date, social security number, credit card numbers) is out in cyberspace. To protect consumers, states are starting to develop more stringent legislation for businesses involved in electronically transferring this type of data.
Massachusetts and Nevada are the first two states to pass [...]