Penny Garbus, President of Soaring Eagle Consulting Author of: Mining New Gold May 2021 will probably be known for a couple of news stories but one that affected our daily lives was the shut down of the Colonial Pipeline and how it frightened people so badly that they felt they needed to collect gas in […]
Penny Garbus, President Data protection has many facets. First there are hardware structures, software, and procedural processes. Then you have defensive maneuver strategies that you complete through Audit Penetration tests and Phishing tests. You need all the different layers from many types of software and hardware firewalls, SSL certificates, then layers of security monitoring software […]
In database technologies, rollback is a command that returns the database to some previous point, and it is used to restart the current transaction and reestablish the last commitment boundary. Rollbacks are essential for database integrity as they indicate that the database can be restored to a clean copy even after an incorrect operation. By […]
We already suffered two large-scale ransomware attacks — the infamous WannaCry and ExPetr (also called Petya and NotPetya), before we were hit by a new malware known as Bad Rabbit Ransomware. How is Bad Rabbit Different From Previous Attacks? Rather than attacking a weakness in the computer’s security, like most ransomware, Bad Rabbit prompts users […]
At Soaring Eagle, we know that all organizations use databases for nearly every operation, ranging from CRM to sales and marketing. Therefore, when there is a failure in the database, the company risks losing mission-critical data that can cost the entire business. There are generally three common causes of database failure. Let’s look at each […]
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of the book Mining New Gold – Managing Your Business Data by Penny, Jeffrey and Gillian Garbus which can be purchased here. Your data is indispensable. Even if you undermine how crucial it is to adequately protect it, consider this: Statistically, 65% of companies that suffer catastrophic […]
Small businesses used to be safer from ransomware attacks, and other cyber attacks. They move less data and have fewer customers, making them lower priority on the cyber attack scale. Unfortunately, over the last several years, small businesses have come under increasing attack from ransomware and other key cybersecurity problems. As a small business owner, […]
An IT disaster can bring your company to a screeching halt and incur serious bills that you’ll have to deal with quickly. When a disaster strikes, are you prepared? Creating a disaster recovery plan, or DRP, will ensure that your business is ready to respond fast when a disaster takes down your business. An effective […]
It’s the one call no database administrator wants to receive: There’s been a database failure. Wherever they are, whatever they are doing, they must drop everything and head to the office ASAP. The company’s whole livelihood relies on their ability to get the data back and get the systems up and running as quickly as possible. […]
When most people think about cybersecurity, the usual things that come to mind tend to be hackers, computer viruses, and panic inducing trends, such as Ransomware. And while these are serious threats, it’s also important to remember that there are other types of serious issues that can be prevented by simply implementing a database recovery […]