In IT, a Security Operations Center (SOC) or Information Security Operations Center (ISOC) is a centralized location where an organization’s security team monitors, analyzes, detects and solves any cybersecurity events that might arise. However, in addition to this definition, a SOC can also refer to an in-house team of cybersecurity professionals or an outsourced SOC
Backups are a simple form of disaster recovery (DR) to be protected against contingencies like data corruption or deletion, system failures, faulty updates or cyberattacks. Thus, all organizations should have backups of their data. What is a backup and what is it used for? A backup is a copy of data that is taken and
Choosing a Disaster Recovery solution over another is an important decision for any company, considering the serious impact an attack or disaster has on business profits. Since more and more organizations and services are digitized, and the number of cyberattacks worldwide continue to rise, Disaster Recovery planning has become indispensable for ensuring business continuity. Therefore,
Data center fires are rare but they are also a good example of how important Disaster Recovery planning is. Most fires in data centers are quickly located at the source, allowing the equipment to be isolated and the damage contained to a small area. But their impact can be catastrophic if they are not quickly
Events like the heavy snowfall provoked by Storm Filomena in Madrid last January or the coronavirus pandemic we are facing have highlighted the importance of business continuity. Contingency and Disaster Recovery (DR) planning is simply essential for critical infrastructures like data centers, but not only. In the digital economy, DR planning has become indispensable for
Data center management is always essential; especially when severe weather conditions — such as the heavy snowfall Filomena provoked in Madrid almost two weeks ago — increase the level of risk of suffering a disruption. Why? Because a lot of businesses rely on them to host their mission-critical applications. Data centers are a key part
