The Backup Wrap-Up

By W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup)

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 Jun 28, 2020
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Formerly known as "Restore it All," The Backup Wrap-up podcast turns unappreciated backup admins into cyber recovery heroes. After a brief analysis of backup-related news, each episode dives deep into one topic that you can use to better protect your organization from data loss, be it from accidents, disasters, or ransomware.   The Backup Wrap-up is hosted by W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and his co-host Prasanna Malaiyandi. Curtis' passion for backups began over 30 years ago when his employer, a $35B bank, lost its purchasing database – and the backups he was in charge of were worthless. After miraculously not being fired, he resolved to learn everything he could about a topic most people try to get away from.  His co-host, Prasanna, saw similar tragedies from the vendor side of the house and also wanted to do whatever he could to stop that from happening to others. A particular focus lately has been the scourge of ransomware that is plaguing IT organizations across the globe.  That's why in addition to backup and disaster recovery, we also touch on information security techniques you can use to protect your backup systems from ransomware.  If you'd like to go from being unappreciated to being a cyber recovery hero, this is the podcast for you. 

Episode Date
Electronic Discovery tools that extract from backups
May 13, 2024
Cloud Disaster Recovery: Lessons from Failures
May 06, 2024
Life Uncontained YouTube Channel Loses Month of Footage in Crash
Apr 29, 2024
The Disastrous Dedoose Crash: Lessons Learned
Apr 22, 2024
StorageCraft Outage: Lessons from a Cloud Backup Disaster
Apr 15, 2024
Rackspace Ransomware Attack: Lessons Learned
Apr 08, 2024
The Carbonite Lawsuit: A Cloud Backup Cautionary Tale
Apr 01, 2024
Salesforce.com's Permission Slip-Up (Another Cloud Disaster)
Mar 25, 2024
KPMG Blunder Proves Microsoft 365 Needs Backup (Cloud Disasters)
Mar 18, 2024
OVHCloud Dumpster Fire (Cloud Disasters)
Mar 11, 2024
Cloud disasters: Musey deletes their own company!
Mar 04, 2024
Cloud catastrophes: Codespaces.com deleted out of existence
Feb 26, 2024
Crafting the Perfect Disaster Recovery Runbook
Feb 19, 2024
To DRaaS or Not to DRaaS? Comparing Disaster Recovery Approaches
Feb 12, 2024
Hot, Warm, and Cold: DR Site Strategies
Feb 05, 2024
Disaster Recovery Site: Build, Buy, or Cloud?
Jan 29, 2024
Disaster Recovery 101: Laying the Groundwork for a Good DR Plan
Jan 22, 2024
Disaster Recovery 101 - Back to the Fundamentals
Jan 15, 2024
Backup Fails at Archive: Billion-Dollar eDiscovery Disasters
Jan 08, 2024
Backup to Basics: Traditional Data Sources
Jan 01, 2024
Get Ready Before You Get Got: Ransomware Response Planning
Dec 25, 2023
To Change or Not to Change Your Backup System
Dec 18, 2023
Why you should care about Copy Data Management
Dec 11, 2023
Snap, Replicate, & Protect: Leveraging Near CDP
Dec 04, 2023
Reborn and Reimagined: Don't Write Off Tape Just Yet
Nov 27, 2023
Virtually Air Gapped: Assessing Cloud Data Protection
Nov 20, 2023
Snapshots vs. Backups: Understanding the Difference
Nov 13, 2023
CDP: The Next Great Thing in DR?
Nov 06, 2023
The Role of Replication in Modern Data Protection systems
Oct 30, 2023
Is it a backup or just a copy?
Oct 23, 2023
The importance of backing up cloud resources
Oct 16, 2023
The Importance of Backing Up IOT Devices
Oct 09, 2023
Hybrid Cloud Storage: Back it up or not?
Oct 02, 2023
Restore it All is Changing Its Name
Sep 27, 2023
The Merging Worlds of Information Security and Data Protection
Sep 25, 2023
Why it's process, then people, then technology
Sep 18, 2023
The Unforeseen U-turn: Inside Microsoft 365's Backup Revolution
Sep 11, 2023
Are password managers no longer an option?
Aug 28, 2023
Identity Orchestration: Simplifying Multi-Cloud Identity Management
Aug 21, 2023
Red team leader shares how to think like a hacker
Aug 14, 2023
Blue team stories from the cyber attack trenches
Aug 07, 2023
Should you disclose your cyber attack?
Jul 31, 2023
Backup security is abysmal, says backup security expert
Jul 24, 2023
Your backup product is probably lying to you
Jul 17, 2023
Former Green Beret advises us on Cyber Security
Jul 10, 2023
How to foster a culture of recovery in your organization
Jun 26, 2023
How to PROPERLY back up your iPhone (iCloud is not a backup!)
Jun 19, 2023
Cyber expert not happy with state of cybersecurity today
Jun 12, 2023
How do you authenticate with all new hardware?
Jun 05, 2023
You could lose access to iCloud account data forever!
May 22, 2023
How to back up and recover a database (Backup to Basics series)
May 15, 2023
Flash expert schools Mr. Backup
May 08, 2023
What are SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR? Are they available as a service?
May 02, 2023
What can you learn from the LastPass hack?
Apr 24, 2023
Backing up databases, Part 1 (Backup to basics)
Apr 17, 2023
What computers should you back up? (Backup to Basics Series)
Apr 10, 2023
Can you apply least privilege to private data?
Apr 03, 2023
Six vulnerabilities your password manager might have
Mar 27, 2023
What is deduplication and how does it work? (Backup to Basics series)
Mar 20, 2023
Preparing an incident response plan for ransomware
Mar 13, 2023
What to do with your network in a ransomware attack
Mar 06, 2023
Could your backup system achieve Sheltered Harbor certification?
Feb 27, 2023
Do you need a managed security service provider (MSSP)?
Feb 20, 2023
@vmiss warns about ransomware attacks on VMware
Feb 13, 2023
Block ransomware from writing to your Windows Veeam backup server
Feb 06, 2023
Don't be like LastPass
Jan 30, 2023
Mr. Backup reflects on 30-year career
Jan 23, 2023
Protecting backups from ransomware (Backup to Basics)
Jan 16, 2023
Backup team completes two-year project in three months
Jan 09, 2023
Best of 2022 - Backups, Security, and Ransomware
Jan 02, 2023
Shocking RackSpace Hosted Exchange Ransomware Attack
Dec 19, 2022
Understanding Backup Levels (Backup to Basics Series)
Dec 12, 2022
Risk Management Advice from an industry expert
Dec 05, 2022
What is archive and retrieve? (Backup to Basics)
Nov 28, 2022
What is backup and restore? (Backup to Basics Series)
Nov 21, 2022
Divining Requirements out of the Organization
Nov 14, 2022
Getting approval for a new backup design (Backup to Basics Series)
Oct 31, 2022
When to use public or private cloud AND how to protect it
Oct 24, 2022
Why do we even back up? (Backup to Basics Series)
Oct 17, 2022
International lawyer discusses e-discovery in US & other countries
Oct 10, 2022
Your cyber insurance doesn't want to pay for your hack
Oct 03, 2022
Learning lessons from the Uber and LA USD cyberattacks
Sep 26, 2022
Top 5 security mistakes you're making in the cloud
Sep 19, 2022
How to back up Jira
Sep 12, 2022
What are RTO and RPO & how do they drive backup design?
Sep 06, 2022
Why you need a password manager
Aug 29, 2022
Datacore becomes leader in container-attached storage
Aug 22, 2022
M-disc founder explains how it keeps data for 1000 years
Aug 15, 2022
The industry's first $10M data resiliency guarantee (From Druva)
Aug 08, 2022
Warshipping: The latest trick in the bad actor's playbook
Aug 01, 2022
Really inexpensive AND secure storage systems for backup
Jul 25, 2022
Using and backing up Hammerspace's global filesystem
Jul 18, 2022
The Five Most Dangerous New Cyber Attack Techniques (A review of the RSA Keynote)
Jul 11, 2022
Is M-Disc the ultimate archive medium for SMBs and home users?
Jun 27, 2022
Backup practitioner tells stories from the trenches
Jun 20, 2022
Just do something! (about your security and your backups)
Jun 13, 2022
Seven reasons why your restore may slower than your backup
Jun 06, 2022
Data protection warrior explains LTO & RDX
May 23, 2022
Top seven things you must stop doing with your backups
May 16, 2022
How to prepare for an emergency (at home and work)
May 09, 2022
Snorkel42, security expert from reddit, explains his security cadence series
May 02, 2022
How to prevent ransomware, slow its spread, and respond if you get it
Apr 25, 2022
Vast Data really does appear to be "vast"
Apr 18, 2022
A look inside the Conti ransomware group
Apr 11, 2022
Backup is evil (or at least how many people do it is)
Apr 04, 2022
Security expert rips Okta for their response to hack
Mar 28, 2022
Restore test fails due to bad documentation
Mar 25, 2022
Should you backup SaaS with BaaS?
Mar 14, 2022
Top 10 Ransomware Attacks of 2021
Mar 07, 2022
Mr. Backup takes on reddit about Microsoft 365 backup
Feb 28, 2022
Mr. Backup Forced to Restore BackupCentral.com!
Feb 21, 2022
Should DR/backup folks report to the security team?
Feb 14, 2022
What Can We Learn From University of Kyoto Losing 77 TB of Research Data?
Feb 07, 2022
Free backup tools for MySQL & MongoDB explained by author of Learning MySQL
Jan 31, 2022
Happy Data Privacy Day!
Jan 24, 2022
Does K8s still need DR? O'Reilly K8s Author On the Hot Seat!
Jan 18, 2022
Resiliency expert reviews Major Facebook Outage
Jan 10, 2022
Remembering the Best and Worst of 2021
Jan 03, 2022
IT Admin deletes entire datacenter THEN tests his backups!
Dec 20, 2021
ZFS filesystem in the cloud – just for your backups
Dec 13, 2021
Rclone creator Nick Craig-Wood Explains This Powerful Tool
Dec 06, 2021
FujiFilm Tape Evangelist Explains Past, Present & Future of Tape/LTO
Nov 29, 2021
Peter Krogh, who coined "the 3-2-1 rule," on our podcast!
Nov 22, 2021
Mr. Backup and Mr. SQL argue over how to backup SQL Server
Nov 15, 2021
Deep dive into why tape still has a future in storage
Nov 08, 2021
Transfer backups from one product to the next
Nov 01, 2021
Veeam reps explain defense against Conti ransomware
Oct 25, 2021
Stop Ransomware Attacks in Seconds
Oct 18, 2021
ZFS is not magic - it needs backup and RAID
Oct 11, 2021
How good is your backup system, really?
Oct 04, 2021
Restoring quickly from a ransomare attack with a long dwell time
Sep 27, 2021
Protecting Your Network from Ransomware
Sep 20, 2021
We found a company that verifies backups as a service!
Sep 06, 2021
Is Entity-Level Encryption The Answer to Exfiltration Ransomware?
Aug 30, 2021
Is Apple Violating iPhone Users' Privacy?
Aug 23, 2021
CockroachDB: the SQL database as resilient as its namesake
Aug 16, 2021
No backups - just beef & bbq
Aug 11, 2021
HYCU VP explains their service to Mr. Backup
Aug 09, 2021
Mr. Backup Grills StorOne on Their Data Protection Story
Aug 02, 2021
Emmy Winning Sound Mixer Explains Movie Archiving
Jul 26, 2021
Information Security Expert Says it Must Evolve
Jul 19, 2021
Are You Vulnerable to an Attack like the one on Kaseya?
Jul 12, 2021
Tape Drive Designer Schools Mr. Backup on Tape
Jul 05, 2021
Why you need a copy of Modern Data Protection
Jun 29, 2021
Can OVH properly redesign their backup infrastructure?
Jun 21, 2021
ComplyTrust: Remembering those you need to forget
Jun 15, 2021
OVH's Backup Service Didn't Work
Jun 07, 2021
How do You Prove Your Backup Service is Real?
Jun 01, 2021
Datacenter manager Dan Frith discusses the OVH Fire
May 24, 2021
Dave Russell answers our questions about Veeam
May 17, 2021
Fortune 100 company considers changing backup product
May 10, 2021
Veeam User Warns About Item-Level Retention in Microsoft 365 Backup
May 03, 2021
Securing & speeding up network traffic w/o VPN or SD-WAN
Apr 26, 2021
What we learned in 100 episodes of Backup Central's Restore it All
Apr 19, 2021
Kubernetes Expert Explains K8s, the CSI, and backups
Apr 12, 2021
Porteguese University Using Open-Source Backup Tools
Apr 05, 2021
Create a physical air-gap without using tape using portable disk
Mar 29, 2021
Ransomware Victim Tells HIs Story
Mar 22, 2021
Bacula: Sucking the Vital Essence from your computers
Mar 15, 2021
Back in my day, backups were really hard
Mar 08, 2021
Distributed Ledger (e.g. BlockChain) expert explains how to use it for security
Mar 01, 2021
Blockchain expert explains blockchain & distributed ledgers
Feb 22, 2021
Using backup to refresh your server, laptop, and phone
Feb 15, 2021
Netbackup & Rubrik User Tells Their STory
Feb 08, 2021
Scary data loss stories
Feb 01, 2021
The Very Tape-Centric Backup Views in Finland
Jan 25, 2021
Stop ransomware in its tracks with DNS, DHCP, IPAM!
Jan 18, 2021
Microsoft 365 expert explains why you need to back it up
Jan 11, 2021
Microsoft 365 architecture that needs to be backed up
Jan 04, 2021
2021 Storage and Data Protection Predictions
Dec 28, 2020
Inside look at the DDOS attack on Fathom Analytics
Dec 21, 2020
Disaster Recovery after a hurricane - a First Hand Account
Dec 14, 2020
Author of Cloud-Native Patterns explains importance of cloud-native design
Dec 07, 2020
Public Health Expert Explains COVID-19 Vaccine News
Nov 30, 2020
Doctor & Public Health expert explains current state of the pandemic
Nov 23, 2020
Election poll site manager explains US election systems
Nov 16, 2020
Dissecting two ransomware attacks on hospitals
Nov 09, 2020
Tape may be cheap, but disk is better for backups
Nov 02, 2020
Why Tape is Cheaper than Glacier for Long Term Storage
Oct 26, 2020
Why is it so hard to backup consumer SaaS products?
Oct 19, 2020
The Dangers of Improperly Secured Cloud Accounts
Oct 12, 2020
Real Life Hurricane Disaster Recover Story
Oct 05, 2020
Backing up MongoDB & Cassandra, a deep dive
Sep 28, 2020
Backing up Sharded NoSQL Databases
Sep 21, 2020
What is it like to actually use VMware Cloud on AWS? (AKA VMC)
Sep 14, 2020
What makes Rust a good, safe programming language?
Sep 08, 2020
Proliferation of the edge, containers, & how to protect them
Sep 01, 2020
9 Tips for Disaster Recovery
Aug 24, 2020
What can we learn from the twitter hack
Aug 17, 2020
How to backup a NAS filer?
Aug 10, 2020
One big problem with the Right to be Forgotten and Backups
Aug 04, 2020
Salesfore Expert explains why backing up SFDC is so important
Jul 27, 2020
Are cloud "snapshots" the way to protect cloud resources?
Jul 20, 2020
Thoughts on the Cloud from an AWS Customer turned employee
Jul 13, 2020
Those that do not remember backup history are condemned to repeat it
Jul 07, 2020
Learning from the Honda Ransomware Attack
Jun 29, 2020
GigaOm Analyst explains their latest report on data management
Jun 23, 2020
One year anniversary special! With the voice behind our theme song!
Jun 15, 2020
How Hollywood Picks Backup Products, Part 2
Jun 08, 2020
How Hollywood Picks Backup Products (Part 1)
Jun 04, 2020
Is backup worthless for DR?
May 25, 2020
Are Drive Recovery Services a Good Option?
May 18, 2020
What workloads are appropriate to backup to the cloud?
May 11, 2020
Why Egress Charges are a fact of life in the cloud
May 04, 2020
Backup & DR Lessons from The Tiger King & Westworld
Apr 28, 2020
Free IT services offered during Coronavirus lockdown
Apr 20, 2020
Why everyone should be wearing masks right now!
Apr 14, 2020
MD & Masters in Public Health Gives Hope for the Future of the Coronavirus/COVID-19
Apr 07, 2020
Are we over-reacting to Coronavirus/COVID-19? Lindsey Shultz M.D./M.P.H. answers that question!
Apr 02, 2020
Doctor & Masters in Public Health answers our Coronavirus and COVID-19 questions
Mar 31, 2020
A View from Italy & its Coronavirus Quarantine
Mar 24, 2020
Coronavirus concerns Part 2
Mar 17, 2020
Coronavirus and your data
Mar 09, 2020
Brian Biles from Datrium explains how they do HCI & DR
Mar 03, 2020
How to create a backup and DR plan
Feb 25, 2020
Is there hope in the Kubernetes Backup Space?
Feb 18, 2020
Applying Machine Learning to Data Protection
Feb 10, 2020
Salesforce reverses its position on their recovery service
Feb 04, 2020
Knative Book Author Schools Mr. Backup in Kubernetes & Container backup
Jan 27, 2020
Veeam Acquisition – Part 2
Jan 21, 2020
Veeam acquisition from an investor perspective
Jan 14, 2020
How to back up IaaS, PaaS & SaaS (i.e. cloud-native services)
Dec 23, 2019
AWS Outposts & Zombies
Dec 17, 2019
How do you backup a container?
Dec 06, 2019
Thanksgiving Special
Nov 28, 2019
Dispelling lies about AWS snapshots for backups
Nov 22, 2019
Are backup admins obsolete?
Nov 16, 2019
What to look for in a SaaS data protection solution
Nov 07, 2019
How Hollywood Does Storage
Nov 01, 2019
Backing up relational databases
Oct 24, 2019
Why are vendors offering Backup as a Service?
Oct 18, 2019
What do people use instant boot for?
Oct 11, 2019
Thoughts on the latest Forrester Wave
Oct 04, 2019
Did a GDPR court just cripple GDPR?
Sep 27, 2019
Backups - Done - Wrong
Sep 19, 2019
How To Win On Jeopardy (A "bonus" episode)
Sep 18, 2019
Make sure you're not the next ransomware victim!
Sep 14, 2019
Cloud customers lose data
Sep 06, 2019
VMworld and Funny Backup Stories
Aug 29, 2019
Challenges with Disaster Recovery
Aug 24, 2019
Beer and Backups and Banks
Aug 15, 2019
Beer and Backups, Part 1
Aug 12, 2019
Tape is not dead
Aug 01, 2019
Why tape and backup became enemies
Jul 25, 2019
How Hollywood does backup
Jul 18, 2019
Microsoft disabled the registry backup
Jul 11, 2019
The Wifi is Down
Jul 06, 2019
How to use the cloud for backup
Jun 29, 2019
Why Backup SaaS Services
Jun 22, 2019
Disaster Recovery
Jun 22, 2019
Protecting from Ransomware
Jun 22, 2019
That's not Backup
Jun 22, 2019
The Anniversary of GDPR
Jun 22, 2019