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The winners of our 22nd annual TechTarget Storage Products of the Year contest have been announced! Congratulations to the companies that took Gold, Silver and Bronze in our 4 categories. Backup and Disaster Recovery ?? Gold: HYCU, Inc. R-Cloud ?? Silver: Commvault Data Protection Platform ?? Bronze: Zerto 10 Cloud Storage ?? Gold: Pure Storage Evergreen//One ?? Silver: CTERA Enterprise File Services Platform 7.5 ?? Bronze: Portworx by Pure Storage Enterprise 3.0 Disk and Disk Subsystems ?? Gold: Infinidat InfiniBox SSA II F4316T ?? Silver: Dell Technologies PowerStore with PowerStoreOS 3.5 ?? Bronze: Western Digital OpenFlex Data24 NVMe-oF Storage Platform 3200 Series Storage System and Application Software ?? Gold: Hammerspace Release 5 ?? Silver: HPE GreenLake for Block Storage powered by HPE Alletra Storage MP ?? Bronze: Dell Technologies VxRail VD-4000 Learn more about the winners here: https://bit.ly/48yHGoX #StoragePOY #DataStorage #CloudStorage #DisasterRecovery

Data storage technology can harm the environment. ?? To save energy and help reduce the environmental impact of data storage, choose efficient strategies and green-friendly cloud providers. Read: https://bit.ly/3VrcVOf By Paul Kirvan, Hon FBCI, CISA #DataStorage #GreenStorage #Sustainability

User provisioning and deprovisioning form an important lifecycle in identity management, as overprivileged and orphaned user identities pose risks. ???? Set and terminate accounts as precisely as possible -- and only for as long as necessary. ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3OeWxwa By Dave Shackleford #IdentityManagement #AccountManagement #AccountProvisioning

Access control is an important part of any security strategy. It is a gatekeeper, ensuring a person or device can only gain entry to the systems they've been granted permission. Cybersecurity teams should examine the types of access control options to govern their IAM policies. ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZiqqlB By Amy DeCarlo #AccessManagement #IAM #AccessControl #Cybersecurity

Biometrics such as fingerprints and facial scans make identity access more convenient than passwords. However, biometric tools present significant ethical and legal challenges for organizations and individuals. Understand the importance of safeguarding biometric data and complying with the laws around it. ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZfYGhr By Mary K. Pratt #Biometrics #Fingerprints #FaceScans #Compliance #IdentityAcess #IdentityManagement

In the zero-trust era, identity management is critical to an organization's cybersecurity, and workers with identity access management skills play a key role. Learn what qualifications, knowledge and skills are required for a career in IAM. ?? ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3AZaf32 By Amy DeCarlo #IdentityManagement #IdentityAcessManagement #IAM #CyberSecurity #EnterpriseSecurity

It's time to brush up on your RTBI! And no, we're not talking about baseball. ? Real-time business intelligence (RTBI) helps organizations quickly access the latest data and visualizations. It uses data analytics and storage tools, like real-time data warehouses, to support better decision-making. RTBI tools include cloud-based dashboards for KPIs, analytics for monitoring business operations and mobile apps for accessing data on the go. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3YPDqgY #BusinessAnalytics #Data #AI

?? What does the network change management process involve? There are five principles, including: ?? Scope and risk analysis ???♂? Peer review ?? Testing and documentation ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3YF9qEk By Terry Slattery #NetworkChangeManagement #RiskAnalaysis #PeerReview #NetworkTesting

Organizational security is undermined by a number of identity and access management problems. Learn about the top identity and access management risk plaguing organizations today and get expert advice on how to eliminate them effectively. ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/3Z3fDLK By Dave Shackleford

Authentication and identity management are both intrinsic to an identity and access management framework. Discover the difference between them, how the concepts relate to each other and the role each play in cybersecurity. ?? Read more: https://bit.ly/4fNZijT By Andrew Froehlich #Authentication #IdentityManagement #AccessManagement #Cybersecurity