UK Ransomware Payment Ban: What It Means for Response Plans
The UK government is advancing legislative proposals to curb cyber extortion through a targeted payment ban for public bodies and regulated critical national infrastructure, complemented by private se…
Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: Are You in Scope for 2026?
As of September 2026, the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill remains before Parliament ahead of final passage into law. The legislation represents a major reform of the UK’s cyber security and resilie…
Shadow AI Policy UK 2026: Block, Sanction, or Govern?
Unsanctioned artificial intelligence in the workplace has shifted from an occasional rogue habit toward a **widely embedded practice across many enterprises**, with 2026 surveys reporting shadow AI us…
Data Domain vs StoreOnce: Dedupe Appliance or DIY Target?
For UK infrastructure leaders reviewing backup target refreshes in 2026, the marketing pitch remains seductive: Dell Data Domain and HPE StoreOnce deduplication appliances cite aggressive data reducti…
Backup Data Residency UK 2026: Sovereignty & CLOUD Act
Securing backup data residency in the UK requires navigating a sharp legal divide that physical data centre geography cannot bridge alone. While the European Commission formally adopted renewed UK ade…
Active Directory Disaster Recovery: The Plan You're Missing
When NotPetya tore through Maersk's global network, nearly every domain controller was destroyed — except one, in a branch office in Ghana, which survived and became the crucial fallback for rebuildin…
Cyber Insurance Backup Requirements in 2026: The UK Guide
UK cyber insurance underwriters in 2026 no longer treat data protection as a basic operational hygiene checkbox. Carriers increasingly treat resilient recovery architecture as a key underwriting gate …
Veeam Proxmox Support: Backups Surviving a VMware Exit
Migrating away from VMware ESXi without confirming backup compatibility leaves organisations vulnerable to unrecoverable workloads and stranded compliance chains. As of mid-2026, veeam proxmox support…
UK Backup Retention Policy Guide: Legal Periods & Architecture
Designing an audit-ready backup retention policy in the UK requires balancing strict statutory baselines—such as HMRC's 6 years plus current rule and the Limitation Act 1980—against the ICO's mandate …
Veeam Hardened Repository: The 2026 Case for Leaving Windows
Ransomware frequently targets backup infrastructure via compromised production identities in many documented incidents, so separation from the main domain is widely recommended in current guidance. Ve…
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