In this episode of the Tech Means Business podcast we talk about immutable backups with Object First’s Anthony Cusimano and Andy French. 

When ransomware, internal threat or natural disaster strike, the backups every organisation takes (or should take) are among the first targets. If the goal of bad actors is to force a business offline, and backups are malleable and available, it can take weeks to bring systems back online. 

We talk about how many of the backups we think of as immutable are not immutable at all, and how the speed of getting systems back online can make a significant difference to any business that values its digital assets. Anthony, Andy, and Joe discuss backup methods, networked storage, and ensuring backup and recovery systems are as easy as possible to use. 

There’s also consideration given to stress suffered by IT pros tasked with disaster recovery, and how Object First uses penetration testing companies to verify that if or when the worst happens, restoring critical data is safe, fast, and reliable. 

You can read more about Object First on its website here: https://objectfirst.com/. And details on the Ootbi (out-of-the-box-immutable) are here: https://objectfirst.com/object-storage/

The reports we reference are here [PDF] (NCC’s pen-test of Object First’s immutable platform) and here (“84% of IT Pros Feel Uncomfortably Stressed at Work Amid Rising Cybersecurity Threats”). 

Anthony Cusimano is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonycusimano89/

Andy French can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adfrench/

Joe Green on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephedwardgreen/

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