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Data Protection Matters .com

Am kicking off some independent research and consulting topics, which will be covered under the banner of Data Protection Matters, starting July 2025.

  • Unbiased industry research and analysis
  • Consulting and speaking sessions
  • Content development

Here is an archive of my blogs and articles related to Data Protection. 

  • Wrap-up on Backup : Disaster Recovery Journal Fall 2025

    One of my favorite conferences of the year is Disaster Recovery Journal. They do two per year in different parts of the US to enable Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, and Crisis Management leaders to learn not just from experts, but from each other. This year, I had the honor of revealing the results of DPM’s…

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  • There is more than just People, Process, Technology

    If you’re focusing on “People Process Technology” in any IT modernization initiative then you’ve likely got two gaps in your plan.  For organizations looking to bolster their Business Continuity, and by extension their IT, Data, or Cyber Resilience, understanding where vision ends and culture begins is likely the difference between success or failure.

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  • Why BaaS or DRaaS matters for Data & Cyber Resilience

    One of the most important things you can do to ensure data or cyber resilience is to get your data out of the building or cloud region – i.e., the production environment. Get your data out of the building because if you don’t have at least one survivable copy, then you don’t have a recovery…

  • How JFK predicted AI and Data Management

    In 1962, JFK gave his famous moonshot speech to put an astronaut on the moon using a rocket “made of new metal alloys, some of which have not yet been invented”. They knew the outcome and the method years in advance – they also recognized a foundational component was missing even if they didn’t know…

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  • The Scariest Words to Hear During a Ransomware Attack

    Recently, I had the chance to visit with an IT pro who had experienced a ransomware encryption attack, and he told me about the scariest words he heard during those first several minutes. Upon receiving the ransom demand, the first thing they did was check their backups — only to discover that the backups were…

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  • DR Lessons from the Recent Global IT Outage

    Let’s take this opportunity to learn from how organizations were affected by an IT outage that was not a cyberattack through five key lessons: IT Resiliency is a Competitive Advantage As of Tuesday, within the US, most of the airlines were returning to normal operations except one. There’s been discussion about their choice to cancel…

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