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March 16, 2021

What is CTB-Locker Ransomware and How Does it Work?

Courtney Heinbach

While there’s no foolproof way to protect against ransomware, there are steps MSPs can take to educate their staff and their clients about the various ransomware strains that could drastically impact business operations.

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March 15, 2021

How RMM Improves Cyber Resilience for SMBs

Andrew Burton

MSPs use remote monitoring and management (RMM) software, among other tools and practices, to help their small and medium business (SMB) clients achieve cyber resilience.

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March 11, 2021

Microsoft Exchange Hack: 5 Tips to Guide an MSP’s Response

Keith Dempsey

The newest threat affecting the broader IT community is a complex mess of information related to Microsoft Exchange, with not just one, but multiple zero-day exploits, making this more than an everyday problem.

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March 09, 2021

Uncover What’s on Your Network with Datto RMM’s IT Asset Discovery Tool

Ona Blanchette

Asset discovery tools provide an automated solution for an accurate inventory of all the hardware and software on the network or environment.

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March 08, 2021

How BCDR Fits Into a Cyber Resilience Strategy

Andrew Burton

The term “cyber resilience” refers to a business’s ability to continuously deliver on its intended outcome despite adverse cyber events. Managed service providers (MSPs) use information security and business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) technologies and organizational resilience practices to help their clients achieve cyber resilience.

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March 07, 2021

What Is Bare Metal Restore?

David Weiss

Bare metal restore is a process in which a compromised network system is restored on a bare metal computer, from the ground up.

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March 02, 2021

SIRIS Deployment Flexibility: Choosing the Right Solution

Ona Blanchette

Datto SIRIS offers a broad range of deployment options from software-only implementations to purpose-built backup appliances. This deployment flexibility enables MSPs to implement the solution that fits their clients’ (and their own) requirements.

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February 26, 2021

How MSPs Can Support Clients During a Microsoft or Google Outage

Courtney Heinbach

An outage can happen at any time and lasts for an undetermined amount of time. While it can be frustrating, the impact an outage has on productivity and business processes is a serious concern. Here’s how MSPs can support their clients through an outage.

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February 24, 2021

SMBs’ Shift to the Cloud Makes SaaS Protection a Critical MSP Offering

Erin Stephan

Florida-based ShowTech Solutions found more and more clients migrating to the cloud and an increased need for cloud-to-cloud backup.

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