The Backup Wrap-up
Formerly known as "Restore it All," the Backup Wrap-up podcast turns unappreciated backup admins into cyber recovery heroes. After a brief analysis of backup-related news, each episode dives deep into one topic that you can use to better protect your organization from data loss, be it from accidents, disasters, or ransomware.
Recent Episodes
April 15, 2024
StorageCraft Outage: Lessons from a Cloud Backup Disaster
In this episode, we examine the StorageCraft outage that erased customer backup data during a botched cloud migration. We compare StorageCraft's response to Carbonite's in a similar incident and discuss the critical lessons …
April 8, 2024
Rackspace Ransomware Attack: Lessons Learned
In this episode, we examine the Rackspace ransomware attack that crippled the company's hosted exchange environment, affecting thousands of customers. We discuss the timeline of events, the importance of timely patching, and…
April 1, 2024
The Carbonite Lawsuit: A Cloud Backup Cautionary Tale
In this episode, we uncover the troubled history of Carbonite, a once prominent cloud backup provider plagued by lawsuits. In one Carbonite lawsuit they were the plaintiff, in another they were the defendant. From using in…
March 25, 2024
Salesforce.com's Permission Slip-Up (Another Cloud Disaster)
In this episode of The Backup Wrap-Up, Curtis and his co-host dive into the chaos caused by Salesforce's accidental "modify all" permission change in 2019. They explore the fallout from this real-world SaaS disaster, includi…
March 18, 2024
KPMG Blunder Proves Microsoft 365 Needs Backup (Cloud Disasters)
In this shocking episode of The Backup Wrap-up, we delve into the jaw-dropping data loss disaster that struck global consulting giant KPMG at the height of the 2020 pandemic. With one errant click, a Microsoft 365 admin acci…
March 11, 2024
OVHCloud Dumpster Fire (Cloud Disasters)
In this important episode of the Backup Wrap-up, W. Curtis Preston, AKA Mr. Backup, takes you on a deep dive into the shocking story of the OVHCloud data center fire of 2021. This catastrophic event left hundreds of customer…
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