When I talk to an organization about their technology for the first time, a lot of the conversations begin with statements like, “I don’t’ need extra cybersecurity” as our systems are in the cloud.
Or “we don’t need backups as our data is in the cloud.” In most circumstances these thoughts are incorrect.
The “cloud” is just a server somewhere else; servers must be backed up regardless of where they are housed.
The responsibility is yours to make sure you back up email and files, securing them whether in your office or the cloud. This hit home this week for a very large number of people in Florida (and around the world) as cloud giant Rackspace was hit with a cyberattack, specifically ransomware.
They disclosed the full nature of the attack on Day Five of the outage (this past Tuesday)
The short, dire recommendation on their website should be motivation for you to take a fresh look at your technology if you have not done so lately.
A screenshot from the public-facing Rackspace website Monday morning, Dec. 5 at 10:53 a.m.
I had just finished a column on how the elections went smoothly (from a technological standpoint) with a minimum of interference from hackers. Then this happens.
Another “cyber incident” involving an industry powerhouse. From a financial standpoint, Wall Street does not like hacking. Shares of Rackspace were down 8% according to Market Watch (and dropping more as the week goes on).< ..
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