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    ESG data collection: Guide and best practices

    Sustainability initiatives won't succeed without quality data. Following an ESG data collection framework and best practices ensures program and reporting success.

    George Lawton • Aug. 22, 2025
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    What is endpoint data loss prevention? A best practices guide

    Today's mobile workforce puts company data at risk. Endpoint data loss prevention secures sensitive info at the source, reducing breaches, costs, and compliance risks.

    Stephen Bigelow • Aug. 21, 2025
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    Building a power outage business continuity plan: Step by step

    Loss of electric power presents a major risk to business continuity, and no organization is immune. Take these steps to create a solid business continuity plan for power outages.

    Paul Kirvan • Aug. 19, 2025
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    Top data quality management tools in 2025

    Data quality management tools provide profiling, cleansing and monitoring features that keep enterprise data accurate and consistent across analytics and governance efforts.

    Robert Sheldon • Aug. 12, 2025
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    Business continuity in the cloud: Benefits, issues and tips

    Using the cloud for business continuity helps reduce downtime, increase redundancy and simplify disaster recovery plans. Learn how to implement it with this tip.

    Brien Posey • Aug. 4, 2025
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    Build IT resilience to avoid paying ransomware demands

    No one wants to pay the ransom after a cyberattack, but many organizations feel like they have no choice. Explore the benefits of investing in resilience over making payments.

    Sean Kerner • July 30, 2025
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    Automated backup: How it works and why you should use it

    Automated backup tackles complex data backups in concert with other automated workflows, minimizing human errors while ensuring regulatory compliance and business continuity.

    Stephen Bigelow • July 30, 2025
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    Synthetic data vs. real data for predictive analytics

    Synthetic data helps simulate rare events and meet privacy compliance, while real data preserves natural variability needed to evaluate models against unpredictable conditions.

    Donald Farmer • July 28, 2025
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    Is cloud data backup and recovery right for you?

    Still not sure if cloud data backup and recovery is the best choice for your organization? Here are six questions for IT managers to consider when making the move to cloud.

    Paul Kirvan • July 28, 2025
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    Top business continuity risks to plan for and monitor

    The key to mitigating business continuity risks is identifying them early. Here are 10 top risks concerning business continuity pros today. Is your organization ready for them?

    Paul Kirvan • July 28, 2025
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    Why you need a payroll disaster recovery plan

    Payroll data is critical, and the consequences of losing it are steep. Learn how to create a strong payroll disaster recovery plan to protect employee data.

    Paul Kirvan • July 18, 2025
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    Crisis communications plan: How to build one, with template

    Don't overlook crisis communications when you are disaster recovery planning. Use these tips and our free template to build a thorough crisis communications plan.

    Paul Kirvan • July 18, 2025
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    8 best practices for IoT data management

    IoT data management applies stewardship practices to handle large volumes of sensor data, ensuring security and compliance while coordinating across teams for reliable data access.

    John Burke • July 17, 2025
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    7 predictive analytics skills to improve simulation modeling

    Predictive analytics skills such as statistical analysis, data preprocessing and model evaluation can help data professionals build more accurate, dynamic simulation models.

    Jacob Roundy • July 16, 2025
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    Implement a business continuity plan for remote workers

    Business continuity efforts don't stop when employees go remote. Learn how to create and manage a reliable business continuity plan for remote workers.

    Paul Kirvan • July 2, 2025
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    Can AI predict natural disasters?

    AI technology works with vast amounts of information to provide data-driven planning. Learn how AI can help organizations prepare for upcoming disruptions with this tip.

    Damon Garn • July 1, 2025
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    Change management in business continuity

    Change management and business continuity share a common goal: Preventing future disruptions. Find out where change management fits into business continuity planning here.

    Paul Kirvan • June 30, 2025
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    Best practices for VoIP disaster recovery

    VoIP technology can provide communications support in a crisis. Disaster recovery teams must protect VoIP systems just as you would any server holding mission-critical information.

    Paul Kirvan • June 24, 2025
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    Business continuity failures: 5 real-world examples to study

    Business continuity failures are costly and can significantly harm a company's reputation. These five high-profile examples demonstrate what can go wrong when a plan fails.

    Stuart Burns • June 16, 2025
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    6 DRaaS risks to assess and mitigate

    Cloud DR is a popular strategy today, but not exactly invulnerable to threats. Assess the risks associated with DRaaS and learn to mitigate them before a crisis strikes.

    Paul Kirvan • June 13, 2025
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    7 top cloud-based analytics tools for enterprise use

    Cloud-based analytics tools offer flexible deployment, advanced visualization and integration capabilities to help organizations turn data into actionable insights.

    Robert Sheldon • June 9, 2025
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    Organizational vs. operational resilience

    Organizational and operational resilience are two critical components of BCDR. Learn the differences between the two and how to establish them for peak resilience.

    Paul Kirvan • June 2, 2025
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    8 data sanitization software options for businesses

    These eight data sanitization software options can help backup administrators protect sensitive information, ease compliance and strengthen data security.

    Brien Posey • May 29, 2025
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    Data center power outage causes and how to prevent them

    Mitigating data center power outages is crucial for business survival. Learn the strategies today's organizations use to safeguard their critical infrastructure from disruptions.

    Paul Kirvan • May 27, 2025
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    Clear, Purge, Destroy: NIST media sanitization 101

    NIST SP 800-88 outlines how to responsibly destroy data and keep confidential information out of the wrong hands. Learn more about the NIST guidelines for media sanitization here.

    Paul Kirvan • May 21, 2025