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Why SMBs Must Prioritise Cybersecurity: Lessons from Recent UK Retail Attacks
Recent cyberattacks on major UK retailers like Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods have highlighted that no organisation is immune to cyber...
BackupVault + Everything ICT Procurement Framework
We are thrilled to announce that BackupVault has been approved as a supplier on the Everything ICT procurement framework.
Your Guide to The UK Government’s Plan to Ban Ransomware Payments in the Public Sector
The UK government has proposed a new plan to crack down on ransomware attacks targeting public sector organisations. Right now, paying ransomware...
EDR vs MDR vs XDR: Your Complete Guide to Cybersecurity Solutions
Around 2,244 cyber attacks happen around the world every day. That’s nearly one every 39 seconds! Defending against cyberattacks requires a proactive...
Google Workspace vs Microsoft 365: Which Is Right for Your Business?
Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 are top productivity suites for team communication, collaboration, and organisation. While Microsoft 365 is the preferred choice...
Microsoft 365’s New Data Archiving Fee: How to Protect Your Unlicensed Microsoft User Data
Here, we’ll look more closely at Microsoft 365’s new policy changes, how they work, and what steps you can take to manage...
A Complete Guide to the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)
Technology is a crucial part of your operations, but it puts you at risk for cyberattacks and other digital threats. How do...
Election Cyber Attacks: Why Your Business Is at Risk and How to Stay Protected
Did you know that with election season comes an increase in cyber attacks? And it's not just political organisations in the crosshairs
ISO 27001 and 9001 Certification Awarded to BackupVault
We are proud to announce that BackupVault has been awarded both the ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certifications, demonstrating our commitment to...
Building Resilience: IT Risk Management Strategies for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
This guide will help you identify common IT risks, outline the key components of IT risk management, and suggest risk management processes...
Transforming Data Protection: AI and Machine Learning in Data Backup
This guide will discuss how AI and machine learning automate backup processes and detect potential threats in real time. We’ll also look...
The Hidden Costs of Not Having a Proper Data Backup Strategy
This guide will uncover the risks of not having a proper backup strategy in place and lay out some examples of how...
The Most Shocking Data Loss Incidents in 2024 and How They Could Have Been Prevented
In 2024, a number of alarming data breaches served as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities businesses face. Among the most significant...
Efficient Backup Testing Tools: Ensuring the Reliability and Integrity of Your Data Backups
Data is the lifeblood of your business, helping you make smart choices, serve satisfied customers, and stay ahead of the competition.
Unveiling the Alarming Phishing Attacks Statistics: A Growing Menace in the Digital World
In our ever-growing digital world, phishing attacks are on the rise at an alarming rate. Unfortunately, these attacks haven't just surged in...
Grandfather-Father-Son Backup Strategy Explained
Whether it's customer information, financial details, or operational records – your data is the lifeblood of your business operations.
BackupVault Achieves Acronis Platinum Partner Status
We are delighted to announce that BackupVault has been awarded Acronis Platinum Partner status, recognising our commitment to delivering top-tier cyber security...
Understanding Google Workspace’s Shared Responsibility Model
The rise of cloud computing has completely changed how organisations handle their data. It’s brought huge benefits like better security, more flexibility,...
Secure Legal Data with Reliable Backup Solutions: Ensuring Data Protection and Compliance
Data lies at the heart of your law firm’s operations, serving as the cornerstone of efficient and informed decision-making. You handle a...
Fortify Your Business: Avoiding Costly Data Disruptions with Data Loss Insurance
The significance of data for businesses cannot be overstated. It's become a critical asset, shaping strategies, decision-making, and operations. However, with the...
The Unfortunate Case of Musey: How a Google Workspace Data Loss Disaster Destroyed a Company
Your Google Workspace account is the lifeblood of your daily operations. It’s the central hub of everything from brainstorming documents with your...
A Guide to Microsoft 365 Cloud Backup: Europe Edition
Microsoft 365, previously known as Office 365, forms the backbone of countless businesses, offering a range of benefits from productivity and collaboration...
Cloud-Based Backups: Exploring Dropbox Benefits, Limitations & Alternative Solutions
From financial records to customer information, the accessibility, security, and integrity of your digital assets are pivotal to your success. While the...
Secure your Dental Practice with Cloud-Based Data Backup Solutions
As a dedicated dental practice, your daily routine involves handling vast amounts of critical data. From patient records and treatment histories to...
The Power of Cloud-Based Data Backup Solutions For MySQL: Safeguarding Your Data
With its many significant advantages, MySQL is a compelling choice for businesses seeking robust and efficient data management solutions. From its exceptional...
Don’t Get Hooked: Effective Strategies To Combat Cloud Phishing Attacks
Among the various types of attacks we're witnessing, cloud phishing is one common culprit with devastating results for businesses. It can lead...
Digital Disappearance: Google Drive’s Unresolved File Loss
As reported by BBC News, a mysterious issue recently disrupted the digital world involving Google Drive: users encountered an unexpected loss of...
Stay One Step Ahead: Prevent Ransomware Attacks with these Proven Strategies
Cyberattacks aren’t going anywhere. Armies of hackers launch cyberattacks daily in the form of malicious attachments, malicious software, and ransomware threats designed...
How to Find the Most Secure Cloud Backup Solution for Data Protection
Your business data is invaluable, and protecting it like a vital asset is essential. But choosing the right cloud backup solution to...
Essential Data Protection Tips for Fortifying Against Data Breaches
With data breaches routinely in the news and data protection a legal requirement for companies, the importance of data protection is unmistakable.
The Importance of Microsoft 365 Email Backup and How to do it Right
Have you considered the potential consequences of losing crucial business communication and sensitive data in your Microsoft 365 email account?
Examining DMARC Policy Records: A Comprehensive Guide to Email Authentication
There is no doubt that email remains a vital communication channel for businesses. It plays an essential role in daily interactions with...
Your Guide to Microsoft 365 Backup Costs: Exploring Cloud Solutions
When it comes to productivity and collaboration tools, Microsoft 365, formerly Microsoft Office 365, stands out as an unrivalled choice, thanks to...
Unveiling Google Workspace’s Backup Policy for Long-Term Protection
Google Workspace (formerly known as G Suite) is a fantastic choice for businesses, offering powerful tools that boost collaboration and productivity. But...
How Much Does Google Workspace Backup Cost?
Google Workspace, formerly G Suite, is a compelling choice for businesses, offering an extensive array of productivity tools and collaboration features.
Data Backup Budgeting & Cost Considerations to Be Aware of As a Tech Business
With the tech industry moving at such a fast pace, knowing where to invest your resources can be challenging. Especially when it...
Industry Insights: Data Backup Compliance and Regulations for The Tech Industry
In light of recent high-profile cyberattacks and data leaks, governments worldwide are now taking action to safeguard user data, ensure fair competition,...
7 Effective Measures To Stop Data Theft At Your Company
As a business owner, you know cyber security is essential. Protecting your customer data is fundamental to sound business practices and establishing...
Data Backup Best Practices for Tech Startups: What Should You be Prioritising?
In the dynamic world of technology startups, data is key for fueling growth and helping you make more informed decisions. From user...
The Essential Guide to GDPR Data Protection Backups: Safeguarding Personal Information
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) originated in the European Union but remains intact in the United Kingdom. Regardless of location, any data...
Ransomware Attacks: A Growing Threat to Dental Companies and the Importance of Data Backup
To safeguard patient data, ensure compliance, and avoid downtime, dental practices must now prioritise data backup and implement preventive measures to ensure...
From Client Confidence To Data Security: How Data Protection Laws Safeguard Your Digital Life
Join us in this blog as we delve into the power of data protection laws, and explore how they offer unmatched security...
Securing Your Dental Practice Data: A Comprehensive Backup Guide
To get you started, our expert team is here with their insights on building an effective data backup strategy and ensuring your...
The Ultimate Guide To Choosing The Ideal Data Backup And Recovery Solution
In this guide, we'll introduce you to the most essential features of an effective data backup and recovery solution so you can...
The Relevance of HIPAA Requirements for UK Dental Companies
We’re taking a look at the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a set of regulations that all US dental practices...
Protecting Sensitive Client Data: A Guide for Advertising Agencies
From marketing strategies and customer insights to financial data - your advertising industry handles vast amounts of sensitive client information.
ProtectingYour Data Against Cybersecurity Threats: The Importance Of Regular Cloud Backups
Is your organisation doing enough to safeguard itself against the ever-present stream of cybersecurity threats?
Bouncing Back From Network Disasters: A Checklist For Effective Disaster Recovery
Network disasters can strike anytime, seriously threatening your organisation's continuity and success.
Ensuring Data Protection: The Benefits Of Automated Microsoft 365 SharePoint Backup Solutions
Microsoft 365 SharePoint is a hub for team collaboration, document management, and content sharing, making it an indispensable tool in your daily...
Top 10 Mistakes Agencies Make With Data Backups And How To Avoid Them
Data is like the backbone of any agency, facilitating smooth business operations and safeguarding sensitive information.
Ensuring Data Security: Vital Data Protection Advice For Insurance Companies
In this blog, we'll explore the best practices that will not only protect sensitive information but also strengthen the bond of trust...
The Power Of Cloud Backup: Safeguarding Your Insurance Business Against Disasters
Is your insurance business fully prepared to safeguard its valuable data in the face of potential disasters?
Preventing Data Loss: Harnessing The Power Of Cloud Backup
In this blog, we'll explore how you can harness the power of cloud backups to protect your business's valuable data and ensure...
Data Disasters No More: Safeguarding Your Microsoft 365 With Backup Solutions
Accidental deletions, hardware failures, malicious attacks, and data breaches can have disastrous consequences for your organisation's Microsoft 365 data.
Lessons Learned: Cybersecurity Challenges Faced By The UK Banking Sector
The UK banking sector has faced several notable cyber attacks that have highlighted ongoing cybersecurity challenges in the industry.
Everything You Need To Know About Cloud Backup Pricing
Are you considering implementing cloud backup for your business data but unsure about the cost?
The Importance Of Data Backups For Financial Institutions: Ensuring Business Continuity
As a financial institution, safeguarding your client's sensitive information is paramount for ensuring business continuity and protecting your reputation.
Data Protection For Financial Institutions: Preventing Data Loss And Fraud
Securing your financial institution's transactions is of utmost importance in today's fast-paced world of finance.
BackupVault And AvePoint Join Forces To Supercharge Data Protection
At BackupVault, we're thrilled to announce that we've teamed up with AvePoint to bring you a powerful partnership that takes data protection...
Learning From The NHS Phishing Attack: Strengthening Healthcare Cybersecurity
In 2017, the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom fell victim to a widespread phishing attack that affected numerous hospitals...
The Importance Of Data Backup In Healthcare: Protecting Patient Records And Ensuring Continuity
Did you know that approximately 30% of the world’s data volume is generated by the healthcare industry?
The Leading Causes Of Data Breaches In Law Firms
As a law firm, data breaches pose a significant threat to your operations and the confidentiality of your clients' information.
The Consequences Of Not Backing Up Your Data As A Law Firm
Data is the lifeblood of any organisation, and as a law firm, you're no exception. The sensitive information you handle and the...
The Essential Data Compliance Rules For Law Firms: What You Need To Know
As a law firm, it's vital for you to handle sensitive client information with great care and follow data protection laws.
The Importance of Microsoft 365 Cloud Backup: UK Public Sector
As a public sector organisation, you handle vast amounts of sensitive information critical to the smooth functioning of your operations and the...
The Role of Cloud Service Providers in Protecting Against Ransomware
As you’re likely aware, ransomware has become a significant concern for organisations, from small businesses to large enterprises.
Safeguarding Your Business Against Ransomware with Cloud Backup
If you want to protect your email domain from spam, phishing, and other cyber threats, it's essential to create an SPF (Sender...
5 Simple Steps to Create an SPF Record for Your Email Domain
Protect your email domain from cyber threats by creating an SPF record. Follow these 5 easy steps to create your own SPF...
Creating and Implementing DKIM Records for Email Authentication:
Discover how to create and implement DKIM records to authenticate emails. Our step-by-step guide covers key generation, DNS record setup, and secure...
Hook, Line And Sinker: How To Recognise And Avoid Cloud Phishing
Cloud phishing is becoming increasingly common, which, unfortunately, means it’s becoming more sophisticated.
How to Create and Add a DMARC DNS Record
DMARC is an email authentication protocol that prevents cyberattacks by detecting spoofing. Learn how to create DMARC policies, receive reports, and improve...
The Rising Threat of Phishing: How to Protect Your Data
As many business owners know, the threat and impact of phishing attacks has increased significantly in recent years.
Data Redundancy and Deduplication Making Your Data More Efficient
Data redundancy refers to having multiple copies of the same data stored in different places across a network or repeated within a...
GDPR Data Retention: A Guide To Compliance
Implemented by the EU in 2018, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced to give individuals more control over the personal data...
Air-Gapped Backup: Everything You Need To Know
An air-gapped computer or network is one that is not connected to any other network, by wired or wireless means. Air-gapping is...
Incremental Backup: What it is and How it Works
Incremental backup is a backup method that only copies data that’s been created or modified since the previous backup. Incremental backup is...
Microsoft 365 Backup and the Shared Responsibility Model
The Shared Responsibility Model (SRM) is a model used by Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and cloud applications such as Microsoft 365 to outline the...
Consequences of Data Loss – Protecting Your Business with BackupVault
An organisation’s data is often its most valuable asset, but as our ways of working change and the cyber-threat landscape evolves, protecting...
Complete Guide to SharePoint Backup Methods
SharePoint is Microsoft 365’s collaboration platform, where users can store and edit documents, organise files into libraries and create company intranets.
How to Improve Your Dropbox Security: Tips and Techniques
With 700 million users worldwide, Dropbox is one of the leading file hosting services. It works with almost every available operating system...
Advantages vs Disadvantages of Online Backup
Online cloud backup solutions have become increasingly popular as more businesses seek to protect their vital data and address data protection challenges.
Top 10 Tips For Data Backup Planning
Data redundancy refers to having multiple copies of the same data stored in different places across a network or repeated within a...
Is Your Business Protected from Ransomware Attacks?
In 2021, ransomware attacks rose by an estimated 105% across the world, and attacks specifically targeting British institutions doubled on the previous...
Understanding Recovery Point Objective (RPO) for Effective Data Protection
RPO and RTO (Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective) are two important metrics to consider as part of your wider disaster...
Immutable Backup: Ensure Data Security and Protection with BackupVault
“Immutable backup”: it may sound like something from The Matrix, but rest assured this is no theoretical fantasy. In fact, if you’re...
How to Back Up Office 365 Mailbox – Simply!
“How does Office 365 back up my data?” is one of the most frequent Google search terms (type it in and see)....
FCA-Compliant Backup for Microsoft 365
To comply with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) data retention rules, how long, do you think, must a financial sector business keep all...
Reliable Cloud Backup Solutions for OVH Data Centre
The OVH data centre in Strasbourg that runs Google’s cloud management software has burned down, taking part of a second data centre...
Cloud Backup Reseller: Partner Opinions on Our Easy-to-Sell, High-Margin Service
When it comes to cloud backup, the end-user benefits of the best solutions are pretty straightforward – get your data back rapidly...
OneDrive Cloud Backup – Stay Safe From Ransomware with BackupVault
Isn’t it strange how software corporations sell us X, but what we think they’ve sold us is gold-plated X with knobs on?
Secure Cloud Backup Solutions for Your Business
As a business owner, we tend to know other business owners and feel a certain responsibility to pass on our knowledge, experience...
G Suite Backup Policy and Lack Thereof
We’ve invented a new word for cloud storage services that like you to think they’re backup, but aren’t – ‘lackup’!
Homeworking: How to Get Started, Nail It & Love It!
For some people, working from home is second nature – they’ve been doing it for years. For others, it’s a totally novel...
Reliable and Secure Backup Solutions by BackupVault
To all our customers and partners, We want to reassure you of our position as the Coronavirus pandemic evolves. Our primary focus...
Redcar Council’s Multi-Million Pound Ransomware Hack
What’s the cost of a ransomware attack on a local council? A few thousand? A few hundred thousand? A million?
Stay Safe from Coronavirus Phishing Scammers with BackupVault
In February, the National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC) released a chilling threat report, stating that Coronavirus can now infect computers too.
Cloud Backup for Law Firms – Secure Your Legal Data with BackupVault
A recent survey of UK legal professionals by Legal Week Intelligence found that more than two-thirds of respondents felt their firm provided...
Ransomware Attacks: Protect Your Business with BackupVault
Ransomware, we’re all told, is perpetrated by unprincipled crooks who take data hostage and don’t give it back even if you pay...
Snapshotting: Beware Backup Providers That Penalise You for Slow Data
Backing up your business data is critical. But if you have a very large volume of data to back up, or slow...
What Causes Data Loss? And How to Prevent It
Looking at statistics for actual and potential business data loss in the UK, it really hits home the very real prospect of...
Data Insurance and Cloud Backup: The Ultimate Protection for Your Business
Businesses purchase peace of mind for many things. Insurance for buildings, equipment, professional liability… You can insure just about anything, and we...
Secure Mac Cloud Backup Solutions for Business
Despite the continuously growing popularity of Macs, there remains a relative scarcity of suitable business-grade Mac cloud backup solutions.
Disaster Recovery vs Cloud Backup: Understanding the Difference
You want to protect against data loss and ensure business continuity, whatever your business’ size or sector. But do you simply back...
BackupVault Supports the CentOS Linux Project
The Community Enterprise Operating System, more commonly referred to as CentOS, is a Linux distribution which aims to provide a free, enterprise-class,...
BackupVault Offers a Lifeline to Symantec Cloud Customers
Those businesses that are looking to embrace the cloud have been left rather in the lurch lately by the news that Symantec...
CryptoLocker Virus: Importance of Secure Data Backup and How to Stay Safe
One thing that most of us tend to resent at some time or another is the hassle of mucking about with backing...