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GUEST ESSAY: Recalibrating critical infrastructure security in the wake of evolving threats

The Last Watchdog

In this instance, hackers are suspected to have exploited simple cybersecurity loopholes, including the fact that the software shipped with easy-to-guess default passwords. Related: France hit by major DDoS attack The Unitronics hack was particularly effective given the nature of the target.

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How Secure Is Cloud Storage? Features, Risks, & Protection

eSecurity Planet

According to Unitrends’ 2019 cloud storage research, 62% of respondents had successfully recovered data from the cloud. This trend is expected to increase as Gartner projects a threefold rise in unstructured data capacity by 2026. The increased scalability of cloud storage can assist effective data recovery solutions.

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