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Resilience strategies for an AI-powered era

Resilience is not an optional feature of an AI strategy, it should be the foundation. Incorporate risk mitigation early on to scale AI securely while keeping up with competition.

By Damon Garn • May 7, 2026

How do risk assessment costs vary and why?

Risk assessments help identify and, more importantly, prioritize activities an organization needs to address its most serious threats and vulnerabilities. However, costs may vary.

By Christine Campbell • April 30, 2026

Why leadership should be involved in data backup policies

While IT administrators lead the day-to-day operations of data backups, business leaders have a key role to play in shaping their organization's backup policy.

By Jacob Roundy • April 28, 2026

Why a risk management framework is critical for AI initiatives

Risk management frameworks are an essential tool to optimize the planning, deployment and use of AI. Without one, AI initiatives might be vulnerable to several threats.

By Paul Kirvan • April 23, 2026

Sorry, backups are just not enough to guarantee restoration

Your organization's ability to recover after a crisis depends on several factors. Our included action plan goes beyond data backup to make sure you're ready for restoration.

By Damon Garn • April 21, 2026

What downtime and data loss really cost the business

Downtime in the organization spotlights revenue and operational risk. Business leaders can use cost estimates to focus recovery spending where outages cause the greatest loss.

By Helen Searle-Jones • April 17, 2026

Data fragmentation is a major hurdle to future-ready backups

Data fragmentation has largely been considered beneficial to a data protection strategy. Some IT leaders now view it as a business risk worthy of executive-level attention.

By Damon Garn • April 16, 2026

Cloud vs. local backup: Which is right for your organization?

Cloud vs. local backup is an important discussion for IT leaders today. The cloud backup market is soaring, but traditional local backups also have much to offer.

By Stephen Bigelow, Paul Crocetti • April 9, 2026

Will agentic AI transform enterprise disaster recovery?

Guest contributor Catalin Voicu argues that the hesitation around agentic AI in disaster recovery isn’t about capability, it’s about trust and accountability.

By Catalin Voicu • April 7, 2026

Why maximum tolerable downtime is a key business metric

Downtime cannot be eliminated, but it can be governed. By defining maximum tolerable downtime, data leaders align recovery planning with business priorities and risk tolerance.

By Tom Walat • April 3, 2026

Disaster recovery plan checklist: Key steps for a smooth restore

Disasters are unpredictable, but good planning can mean the difference between total data loss and a swift recovery. Avert potential crises with a disaster recovery plan checklist.

By Brien Posey • April 2, 2026

Strengthen cyber resilience by shifting to a modern DR model

RTO, RPO and uh-oh. Rushed restores can reinfect systems. Update outdated DR practices to avoid these issues and focus resources on the systems that matter most to the business.

By Tom Walat • March 24, 2026

7 data backup strategies and best practices you need to know

A strong data backup strategy is not an option; it is a requirement. Here are seven best practices organizations can implement to better protect and manage backups.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 24, 2026

5 backup monitoring tools for better data protection

Do you know where your backups are? Check out this list of cross-platform backup monitoring tools that provide insight into backup performance and health.

By Brien Posey • March 19, 2026

The new standards for cyber-resilient backup

Learn about the role of backup resilience as a frontline security control and how IT leaders can prepare their organizations to mitigate risk and meet compliance needs.

By Damon Garn • March 17, 2026

Data lakehouse ransomware recovery strategies for AI

Attackers target the metadata your data intelligence platform needs to function. Understand where your AI risks are and what it takes to restore service after an incident.

By Sean Kerner • March 14, 2026

ITGC audit checklist: 6 controls you need to address

Assess the risks to your IT operations and company infrastructure with an IT general controls audit. Explore six controls to audit and key steps with this free checklist.

By Paul Kirvan • March 10, 2026

Master cloud backup costs for more predictable IT spending

Predictable cloud backup spending strengthens strategic IT planning by aligning cost optimization with data resilience rather than treating them as competing priorities.

By Damon Garn • March 5, 2026

Implement backup reporting for improved data governance

Data visibility and governance are more important than ever in 2026. Reporting can help ensure that your organization understands what it has in its data backups.

By Brien Posey • March 3, 2026

Why you should be using backup monitoring software

To protect data, creating backups is not enough anymore. Backup monitoring software can help make sure those backups are ready to use, compliant with regulations and meeting SLAs.

By Brien Posey • Feb. 26, 2026

Veeam releases Agent Commander to combat agentic AI risk

Agent Commander is the first feature to come out of the vendor's acquisition of Securiti AI in December of last year.

By Erin Sullivan • Feb. 24, 2026

6 ways to use AI in IT disaster recovery

AI is everywhere these days, and disaster recovery is no different. IT teams can use AI to mitigate, prevent and recover from disruptions faster than traditional methods.

By Stuart Burns • Feb. 19, 2026

Should you use data backups to train AI models?

AI models must be trained on high quality, complete data. A lot of it. Backups are a treasure trove of this type of data, but are they ready to train AI?

By Jacob Roundy • Feb. 19, 2026

SaaS shared responsibility model: What vendors don’t cover

Don't let your organization lose cloud data to misplaced trust and thin vendor protections. Learn what providers don't cover and how to build backups that pass audits.

By Sean Kerner • Feb. 12, 2026

Ways to protect data platforms from turnover risk

Departing data employees can take valuable Institutional knowledge. Protect it with consistent documentation, a central repository and tested backups to keep systems stable.

By Sean Kerner • Jan. 30, 2026