Gordon Noble

Earlier this month Google Cloud accidentally deleted a major customer account, UniSuper, a prominent Australian pension fund managing over $135 billion. This incident wiped out all backups stored on the service and disrupted UniSuper's operations for two weeks. Luckily UniSuper managed to recover some of the data through a third-party provider, the incident underscores the importance of third-party backups in ensuring business continuity, especially in the face of unforeseen events. What can be learned from Google Cloud's mishap? 🛡️Backup Redundancy: Relying solely on one cloud provider for backups poses a significant risk. Always explore options with multiple providers. ☁️Diversify Your Strategy: Consider adopting a multi-cloud approach to enhance resilience and minimize the impact of service disruptions. 🚨 Regular Assessments: Regularly review and test backup and recovery procedures to ensure they're up to par. This incident serves as a sobering reminder to businesses everywhere about the critical need for robust data protection measures. Stay informed, stay prepared! 💼🔒

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Curious about the cloud complexities of Australian organisations? iTnews’ inaugural Cloud Covered report delves deep into the hybrid cloud landscape. "Two decades of haphazard purchasing of SaaS and public cloud services has left many Australian organisations neither fully in nor fully out of the cloud." Explore insights from IT executives like Richard Wiltshire and Greg Wratt, navigating the nuances of hybrid environments for optimal cost and performance. Discover modernisation priorities, migration challenges, and industry perspectives from leaders like Paul Keen and Thomas Varsavsky. Read the report now! https://lnkd.in/gGrG7kA4 Sponsored by Interactive and Rubrik #HybridCloud #CloudCovered

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I saw this article in the register today, suffice to say regardless of where your data resides or what size your organisation or company is at the bare minimum ensure you have at least one immutable backup copy that you can recover from. If you are just replicating data around remember malware can replicate too and yes there is cost to having an immutable copy but the implications and costs of not having one and being in a situation like this far outweigh those.

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Our CSO Chaim Mazal shares his perspective on cyber threats during high profile events, like the Olympics. Read how Australian organizations can address these threats and the steps they can take to secure their #HybridCloud infrastructure in Security Brief Australia. https://ow.ly/h1Wo30sFJg9

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More resiliency good news from our team!

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Curious about the cloud complexities of Australian organisations? CRN’s inaugural Cloud Covered report delves deep into the hybrid cloud landscape. "Two decades of haphazard purchasing of SaaS and public cloud services has left many Australian organisations neither fully in nor fully out of the cloud." Explore insights from IT executives like Richard Wiltshire and Greg Wratt, navigating the nuances of hybrid environments for optimal cost and performance. Discover modernisation priorities, migration challenges, and industry perspectives from leaders like Paul Keen and Tomas Varsavsky. Read the report now! https://lnkd.in/g4sGsUmh Sponsored by Interactive and Rubrik #HybridCloud #CloudCovered

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A lack of digital maturity is holding Australian businesses back from realising the benefits of #AI for cyber #security, according to ManageEngine, an IT #security, operations, and service management software firm.

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Microsoft Launches New Zealand Azure Cloud Region: The first New Zealand hyperscale cloud region offers local data residency, enhanced security, and reduced latency. https://lnkd.in/givrgqvk

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“Invest in a modern data platform. Not all cloud services are created equal. A Platform as a Service (PaaS) data and analytical approach to data management and security on the cloud ensures that customer data is always within their control, and never mixed in with anyone else’s data estate. With a focus on application security, data protection and access control, this lessens the risk of a data breach (from a single point of access) into their data estate. “ #cloudera #hybrid #PaaS #bigdata #datamanagement

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This situation will only get worse for cloud users who are billed in USD. Team Cloud customers enjoy price surety in NZD. What's more, Team Cloud resources cost 40-60% less to begin with! Win-win-win with Team Cloud.

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It's time for CFOs everywhere to take back control of the out-of-control cloud spend. Offering true scale up, scale down flexibility of cloud, no locked-in, multi-year reserved instances, 40-60% less upfront cost and zero FOREX fluctuations, TEAM Cloud can halve your cloud costs, or provide twice the cloud for your current spend. It's time to bring your cloud costs back down to earth. TEAM Cloud, powered by Oracle. #cloud #cfo #sovereigncloud

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Google Cloud has accidentally deleted a major customer’s account, including all its backups. The affected customer, UniSuper, is an Australian pension fund that manages $135 billion worth of funds and has 647,000 members. The incident occurred on May 2 and the full restoration of services did not happen until May 15. The deletion was caused by an inadvertent misconfiguration during the provisioning of UniSuper’s Private Cloud services. Google has taken responsibility for the incident and has apologized to UniSuper. #googlecloud #unisuper #accountdeletion #googleaccidents #networksecurity #networkforensics #retirementfunds #australia #securityoperations #informationtechnology Read more: https://lnkd.in/ehFe4ehN

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38% of organisations have at least one critically exposed cloud workload - and this growing issue is going to take centre stage in 2025 https://lnkd.in/g76v-kFn

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👉 Software supply chain attacks are becoming a major headache for #Australia. As technology becomes more and more integrated into Australia's critical infrastructure, the risks associated with these attacks are escalating. 📣 How can technology peers best tackle these issues? Peter Lees, Head of Solution Architecture for #SUSE Asia Pacific, tells The Strategist [Australian Strategic Policy Institute] that Australia should prioritize 3 key things: ✅ Education: Train developers on supply chain risks and third-party code vetting. ✅ Continuous ccanning: Use automated tools to identify vulnerabilities across the software #supplychain. ✅ Trusted frameworks: Adopt established security standards like #NIST and #Google’s. As the digital economy expands, securing software supply chains becomes not just an IT issue, but a national security imperative. By focusing on these strategies, Australia can bolster its defenses against emerging cyber threats. 🔗 Read more: https://okt.to/mOI7cD

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With the virtualisation market in such turmoil at the moment and so many organisations reviewing their virtualisation strategy, the timing could not be better to get hands on with Red Hat OpenShift.

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"In today's digital landscape, organizations must look for solutions that provide visibility across hybrid environments and protect data as it moves across clouds, databases, apps, and services." - IBM Cost of Data Breach, 2023 AvePoint Cloud #Backup Suite offers a compelling solution that simplifies data management by consolidating backup solutions onto one trusted, unified platform. Here's why this approach matters: 🔒 Simplified #Operations: Managing multiple backup solutions can be a headache. By streamling this process, businesses can reduce complexity and free up valuable resources for strategic initiatives. 💡 Enhanced #Visibility: Gaining a comprehensive view of your data ecosystem with intuitive dashboard, enables better decision-making and proactive risk management. ♻️ #Scalability: As organizations grow, so does their data footprint. Organisations can scale effortlessly, ensuring that their backup infrastructure remains agile and adaptable to changing needs. 🛡️ #Security at the Core: By employing robust encryption and security measures to protect your data against evolving threats, organisations have peace of mind in an increasingly complex threat landscape. ⏩ Efficient #Recovery: In the event of data loss or a disaster, streamlined recovery process minimizes downtime, allowing organizations to quickly #restore operations and maintain business continuity. Take a look at how Vision Australia are consolidating their data management with AvePoint Cloud Backup. #DataManagement #Innovation #AvePoint

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🏇🏆 Melbourne Cup: Where the odds are better than your data recovery plan (probably) It's Melbourne Cup Day, and the nation's glued to the TV, screaming at horses they picked based on names that sound like their favourite cocktail 🍸. Meanwhile, at Rubrik , we're screaming too... but at the sheer amount of data we're protecting! (Okay, maybe not screaming, more like calmly and efficiently managing it with our awesome platform. But where's the fun in that?) Here's the thing: your chances of picking the winning horse? Slim. Your chances of a data disaster? Let's just say it's more "when" than "if". Think of it this way: * Your data is the prized thoroughbred. Valuable, temperamental, and prone to unexpected crashes (blue screen of death, anyone?). * Ransomware is the rogue jockey, holding your data hostage and demanding a king's ransom in Bitcoin. * Rubrik is the super-powered stablehand, with lightning-fast reflexes and a zero-tolerance policy for data loss. We'll have you back up and running faster than you can say "Giddy up!" So, while everyone else is betting on a horse with a fancy hat, bet on Rubrik to keep your data safe and sound. Because let's face it, recovering from a data disaster is about as fun as wearing a fascinator in a hurricane. #MelbourneCup #DataProtection #Rubrik #Winning #NoMoreDataLoss #GiddyUp Lee Wainwright Alister F. Santosh Krishnan Dale Heath ILSA SHAW Mark Oliver Adam Gabriel

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