Adrian Briscoe
Data recovery and the Internet of Things
In the desire to capture digital data about people and their activities, technology is being embedded in a growing variety of consumer and industrial objects.
The good and the bad of encryption
The idea that criminals can hijack your computer content and use encryption to hold your data to ransom is worrying, but there is another, positive side to the technology that rarely gets mentioned.
Ransomware: the next computer threat
In the last couple of months discussion of the ransomware computer threat has catapulted out of the computer pages into mainstream news, and for good reasons.
Who’s responsible for what with BYOD?
It happens so fast – one moment of inattention on a business trip and someone makes off with your laptop or smartphone. Inconvenient to say the least, but also, who is going to pay for the loss? And what about the stored data that is gone – the RFP that was just completed, the lead information, your client list?
How the rise of Apple is changing data recovery
The rise of Apple devices in the consumer world is now being mirrored in business, with employees increasingly likely to bring in their own devices to access corporate information. So how should organisations address the growing trends of self-selected access devices and the increasing preponderance of Apple in work?
Six questions to ask before implementing BYOD
Employees often only see the ease and advantages of BYOD, but underestimate the potential consequences. There are six important questions to be asked of the IT department, before you allow staff to use personal devices for corporate reasons.
Managing five risks of the BYOD trend
For many employees, the line between work and personal life has grown increasingly murky. Many now use their own tech gadgets to do business as often as they use company property. On the one hand, that can save the company money on hardware and make employees more efficient – but it also presents serious security risks.
How to protect your data in a foreign land
If you’re escaping the winter blues by heading overseas and plan to take your mobile phone, tablet PC or laptop along, there are few things you should watch out for. From sand and saltwater to pickpockets and poorly protected wireless networks, many dangers can befall your electronic companion.
Damage control: What to do if your business data disappears
Any business that loses customer records, financial data or even a day’s worth of orders will experience some degree of productivity loss and may also face potential non-compliance penalties, missed sales opportunities, damage to reputation, and weakened customer confidence. Here’s how to protect your business.
Could your business’ data also be published on Wikileaks?
If you don't want to risk having your sensitive business data leaked, you need to take a serious look at how your company disposes of old PC's, hard drives, servers and other storage devices.
BYOD security strategies for small business
Whether or not your company embraces the bring-your-own-device approach, don’t ignore the data integrity and retention implications of all the personal smartphones and tablets showing up in the workplace.
Don’t put all your faith in the cloud
There are many easy and cost effective ways to store and access data from multiple devices in public and private storage clouds, but small businesses still need to remain diligent and follow basic data backup practices if they want to keep their data safe and accessible.
Managing email in today’s digital business world
Email dominates communication in today’s business environment, and many contain vital pieces of information that assist in tracking key events, employee behavior and information exchanges, making it important that SMBs understand and comply with regulations surrounding using email as formal records.
How to ensure blue skies for your cloud computing experience
Marketing has succeeded in spreading the word about cloud computing, but very few people can explain what the cloud actually represents or what it means to them. Here’s the questions you should be asking your service provider, to ward off any grey clouds on the horizon.
Top 10 data disaster stories of 2011
Information management, data recovery, and legal technology provider Kroll Ontrack has announced its annual Top 10 Data Disasters for 2011. From human error to natural disaster, this annual list of real data loss situations reveals data loss is often inevitable, but not necessarily permanent.
Avoid common data nightmares these holidays
If you’re taking off for a well-earned rest this holiday season, here are some ways to avoid a total nightmare in managing your data wherever in the world your travels may take you.
Spring cleaning your devices? Make sure your data is erased
If you’re planning to deploy new IT gear this summer, have you thought about how best to recycle your current electronic devices, to protect critical business and personal data?
Keep your data cool this summer
Adrian Briscoe blogs about protecting your business data over the warm summer months. “The new calendar year typically begins with a significant spike in data loss incidents due to extreme seasonal weather and a lack of sufficient backups. Indeed, the cyclone and bushfire season can be as destructive to computer data as it is to property.”
Is your information management a time bomb?
Adrian Briscoe looks at the many reasons to update your information management strategy. "A reliable information management strategy can both maximise accessibility and minimise risk, reducing potential headaches as businesses of all sizes face compliance, security and legal business requirements."
The cost of not protecting business data
For most small to medium enterprises (SMEs), the computer system is a lifeline. It contains your history, your present business and helps you to plan for your future. Yet despite its importance, a growing number of SMEs are neglecting to take the necessary steps to protect their data.