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Cloud computing to unveil the enigmas of our galaxy – EurekAlert

The Galactic RainCloudS project, an initiative led by members of the Faculty of Physics, the Institute of Cosmos Sciences (ICCUB) of the University of Barcelona and the Institute for Space Studies of Catalonia (IEEC), was awarded the first position in the framework of the Cloud Funding for Research call of the European project Open Clouds For Research Environments (OCRE).

The project competed against 27 proposals from twelve countries in a wide range of research disciplines. This first edition of Cloud Funding For Research funds the use of commercial computational cloud resources for research. The project counts on the collaboration from the private sector, and specifically from Pervasive Technologies, which brings experience in artificial intelligence and cloud computing; Google, and the computing infrastructure from Google Cloud and Telefnica, which offers experience on cloud resource management.

Professor Xavier Luri, director of ICCUB and principal researcher of the project, highlights that The Galactic RainCloudS project is a pioneer one in Europe in the use of commercial cloud infrastructures for research on astronomy, and results from the will to show the benefits of cloud resource uses for the scientific community.

The key of the project lies in interdisciplinarity: combining the extraordinary volumes of data from the European Space Agency Gaia Satellite with the great computational power and the flexibility of cloud infrastructures, and with the data mining techniques, it will enable the team of the University of Barcelona to study the existing links between past galaxy collisions and star formation in a holistic way, a study in which the Milky Way and satellite galaxies will be an experimental laboratory. Cloud computing is like renting powerful customized computers, for a certain period of time, which will enable us to make the necessary calculations to study the interaction between galaxies, notes Merc Romero, researcher at ICCUB.

The project also includes the development of a system to detect traces of past small galaxy collisions with the halo of our galaxy. Teresa Antoja, researcher at ICCUB, notes that the existence of granularities in the galactic halos is a prediction of the current cosmological model of the formation of our Universe: the active search for substructures of this type in the Gaia data can provide vital information on the history of the Milky Way and on the nature of dark matter.

Artificial intelligence and cloud computing

The participation of the private sector in this project shows the closeness between research and companies in the use of cutting-edge technologies as well as their shared interests. In Pervasive Technologies, we are glad to offer our knowledge on artificial intelligence and cloud computing to a pioneer project in the field of research. We will work to get the highest performance of the cloud infrastructures and artificial intelligence for this project, notes Rodolfo Lomascolo, CEO of Pervasive Technologies.

In order to be successful, the Galactic RainCloudS project must have, among other features, big data infrastructures. The Gaia satellite data hide the answer to many questions we want to solve, but we need the right tools to retrieve them, notes Roger Mor, data scientist at Pervasive Technologies and ICCUB collaborator. He adds: The available big data platforms in the commercial cloud and artificial intelligence services are fundamental tools to find, for instance, whether the interaction of Sagittarius with the Milky Way caused the reignition of the star formation in our galaxy between 5 and 7billion years ago, as stated in some studies.

Enrique Gonzlez Lezana, head of cloud sales specialist at Telefnica Tech, says that Telefnica has accompanied the University of Barcelona in the definition and unfolding of the Google Cloud architecture, where the required hypercomputing solution to work on the Galactic RainCloudS project will be hosted. The unfolded infrastructure he adds will enable the processing and analysis of big data in a flexible, scalable way, adjusted to the required needs of the researchers of the University of Barcelona. Telefnica will work with the UB during the entire process to guarantee the successful implementation of the project with teams specialized on Google Cloud services and technologies.

The project launched this May and will last a year. Galactic RainCLoudS is a necessary step in the transition of the world of research toward the efficient use of cloud computing resources. In this sense, we are pioneers in its use at the University of Barcelona and we hope our experience serves to encourage its use. The research teams needs are becoming more specific, and we are making an effort for this project to open the doors of commercial cloud computing in future projects for all research disciplines, concludes Xavier Luri.

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Army official teases updated cloud plan, expected later this year – Breaking Defense

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WASHINGTON: The director of the Armys cloud office said the services updated cloud plan will be made publicly available later this fiscal year as the service pushes to update it digital operations at home and in the field.

What youre going to see is a greater level of detail and maturity for not just leveraging commercial cloud computing, but really how that starts to extend into our on-premise locations, how this starts to extend into our tactical locations and how we start to kind of poke at some of the mission-enabling capabilities of how the Army operates, enabled by cloud computing, Paul Puckett, director of the Armys Enterprise Cloud Management Office, said Tuesday at an Amazon Web Services conference.

Puckett said the plan is currently being reviewed but did not offer a specific deadline for when it will be released, though he alluded to how the release of the services 2020 cloud plan was pushed back from January to May.

If it doesnt happen by the end of this fiscal year, someone will probably chat with me about that, he said. So youll see it at the very least [by] September or before.

He added the service is focusing on leveraging commercial cloud services and extending the Army network with the Unified Network Plan.

I think what youre also going to see is really a hybrid of where we can make appropriate investments on-premise in our data centers that complements the greater initiatives of the DoD around what DISA [Defense Information Systems Agency] is doing where we can start to have more on-demand cloud infrastructure in on-premise locations, both in strategic locations CONUS as well as OCONUS, Puckett said.

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So I see commercial revenue, our use of it growing, but I also see some kind of persistent use case for on-premise that really needs to be teased out Its not just the lift and shift from a data center construct to an on-premise cloud construct, but truly how that becomes seen as a strategic asset and greater global architecture of computing is really important.

In January, Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer said the service was well on its way toward implementing its first cloud outside of the US in the Indo-Pacific, a move that would allow the Army to integrate cloud services into all aspects of experimentation in the region. The Armys plan is to deliver tactical cloud capabilities to its Multi-Domain Task Forces in the Indo-Pacific region and at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state this year.

Iyer told the audience at an AFCEA Northern Virginia Army IT Day event that the service is taking a data-centered approach to migrating applications to the cloud, where moving applications to the cloud isnt the end goal, but rather the service needs to make sure its able to harvest the data in applications and systems.

So its not just the traditional ways of pulling data, Iyer said. Its now getting to an API-driven architecture to build a Command Post Computing Environment of the future We are now actively working with units where we are allowing them to now experiment mission threats and operational scenarios using the capacity in the cloud and on the platforms weve established.

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Asteroid Institute Uses Revolutionary Cloud-Based Astrodynamics Platform to Discover and Track Asteroids Parabolic Arc – Parabolic Arc

Demonstrating a new era of software-driven asteroid discovery

SAN FRANCISCO (B612 Foundation PR) The Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, today announced it is using a groundbreaking computational technique running on its Asteroid Discovery Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) cloud-based astrodynamics platform to discover and track asteroids. The Minor Planet Center has confirmed and added the first 104 of these newly discovered asteroids to its registry, thus opening the door for Asteroid Institute-supported researchers to submit thousands of additional new discoveries.

The ADAM platform is an open-source computational systemthat runs astrodynamics algorithms using the scalable computational and storage capabilities in Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud Storage, and Google Kubernetes Engine. Thenovel algorithmused to discover these new asteroids is calledTHOR(Tracklet-less Heliocentric Orbit Recovery), and it links points of light in different sky images that are consistent with asteroid orbits. Unlike current state-of-the-art algorithms, THOR does not require the telescope to observe the sky in a particular pattern for asteroids to be discoverable. Researchers can now begin systematic explorations of large datasets that were previously not usable for discovering asteroids. THOR recognizes asteroids, andmost importantly, calculates their orbits well enough to be recognized by the Minor Planet Center as tracked asteroids. A video explaining this news ishereand a detailed fact sheet can be foundhere.

For its initial demonstration, Joachim Moeyens, THOR co-creator and the Asteroid Institute Graduate Student Fellow at theUniversity of Washington, searched a 30-day window of images from the NOIRLab Source Catalog (NSC), a collection of nearly 68 billion observations taken by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory telescopes between 2012 and 2019. From this Moeyens submitted a small, initial subset of discoveries to theMinor Planet Centerfor official recognition and validation. Now that the computational discovery technique has been validated, thousands of new discoveries from NSC and other datasets are expected to follow.

Discovering and tracking asteroids is crucial to understanding our solar system, enabling development of space, and protecting our planet from asteroid impacts. With THOR running on ADAM, any telescope with an archive can now become an asteroid search telescope, said Asteroid Institute Executive Director Dr.Ed Lu. We are using the power of massive computation to enable not only more discoveries from existing telescopes, but also to find and track asteroids in historical images of the sky that had gone previously unnoticed because they were never intended for asteroid searches.

We always dreamed of cloud computing becoming a true tool of science and the announcement of todays and future asteroid discoveries show that this dream is becoming a reality, saidScott Penberthy, Director of Applied AI at Google. Scalable cloud-computing as a service is enabling true breakthroughs in astronomy, just as it has for other scientific areas including biology and physics. I couldnt be more proud of our partnership with B612 and what weve been able to accomplish together.

The work of the Asteroid Institute is critical because astronomers are reaching the limits of whats discoverable with current techniques and telescopes. Our team is pleased to work alongside the Asteroid Institute to enable mapping of the solar system using Google Cloud, said ProfessorMario Juric, co-creator of THOR and the Director of theUniversity of WashingtonsDiRAC Institute.

A comprehensive map of the solar system gives astronomers critical insights both for science and planetary defense. Tracklet-less algorithms such as THOR greatly expand the kinds of datasets astronomers can use in building such a map, said Dr.Matthew Holman, dynamicist and search algorithm expert at the Center for Astrophysics |Harvard& Smithsonian and the former Director of the IAU Minor Planet Center.

The collaborative efforts of Google Cloud, B612s Asteroid Institute, and theUniversity of WashingtonsDiRAC Institute make this work possible. A short video explaining this news ishereand a detailed fact sheet can be foundhere.

B612 alsoannounceda$1 million matching grant from Titos Handmade Vodka and$1.3 millionin new pledges from donorsto advance their engineering efforts. B612 is privately funded by thousands of donors from more than 46 countries who provide support for the Asteroid Institutes efforts.

About B612 Foundation and Asteroid Institute

Asteroid Institute brings together scientists, researchers, and engineers to develop tools and technologies to understand, map, and navigate our solar system. A program of B612 Foundation, the Asteroid Institute leverages advances in computer science, instrumentation, and astronomy to find and track asteroids. Since 2002, the Foundation has supported research and technologies to enable the economic development of space and enhance our understanding of the evolution of our solar system in addition to supporting educational programs, including Asteroid Day.Founding CircleandAsteroid Circlemembers, and individual donors from 46 countries provide financial support for the work. For more information, visitB612foundation.orgor follow on social:Twitter,Facebook,YouTube, andInstagram.

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Cloud Computing Stack Layers Market to Witness Astonishing Growth by 2031 The Greater Binghamton Business Journal – The Greater Binghamton Business…

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11 APPENDIX 11.1 Insights Of Industry Experts11.2 Discussion Guide11.3 Knowledge Store11.4 Available Customizations11.5 Related Reports11.6 Author Details

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Panther Labs Joins Cloud Security Alliance in the Latest Move to Solve the Challenges of Security Operations at Scale – GlobeNewswire

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Panther Labs, a cloud-native threat detection platform that solves the challenges of security operations at scale, today announced that it has joined theCloud Security Alliance (CSA),the world's leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment.

Panther is a cloud-native threat detection platform that transforms terabytes of raw logs per day into a structured security data lake to power real-time detection, swift incident response, and thorough investigations. With detection-as-code in Python and out-of-the-box integrations for dozens of critical log sources, Panther solves the challenges of security operations at scale.

"Our mission is to make security operations painless by eliminating the obstacles that prevent security practitioners from achieving their mission as defenders," said Jack Naglieri, founder and CEO, Panther Labs. "Through this partnership with the Cloud Security Alliance, we are excited to empower organizations with a refreshingly practical platform for threat detection and response that solves the challenges of security operations at scale."

"We're proud to welcome Panther Labs to our alliance as they are taking an active role in the cloud community through their cloud-native threat detection platform," said Jim Reavis, CEO, Cloud Security Alliance. "We look forward to learning more about Panther's innovative approach to solving security operations at scale."

About Panther Labs

Panther Labs was founded by a team of veteran security practitioners who faced the challenges of security operations at scale and set out to build a platform to solve them. The result was Panther, a refreshingly practical platform for threat detection and response powered by a highly scalable security data lake and detection-as-code. Panther gives security teams the power to detect any breach, anywhere and is trusted by customers like Snowflake, Dropbox, Zapier, and more. Learn more atpanther.com.

About the Cloud Security Alliance

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world's leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security-specific research, education, certification, events and products. CSA's activities, knowledge and extensive network benefit the entire community impacted by cloud from providers and customers, to governments, entrepreneurs and the assurance industry and provide a forum through which diverse parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem.For further information, visit us atwww.cloudsecurityalliance.org, and follow us on Twitter@cloudsa.

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BMW i Ventures Invests in Vendia, a Next-Gen Blockchain Company Helping Businesses to Securely Share Data With Third Parties – FutureCar

author: Eric Walz

BMW i Ventures, the venture capital arm of the automaker, announced today an investment in the Series B funding round of next-generation blockchain company Vendia. It's the second investment in Vendia from Silicon Vallley-based BMW iVentures, following a previous Series A investment in Feb. 2021.

Vendia, which is based in San Francisco and Seattle, developed a serverless, distributed data and code-sharing platform that allows businesses to securely share data with their partners. The company is emerging as a leader by bringing the combination of blockchain and serverless cloud computing to companies in the web3 era.

Vendia believes that data will become the "new currency" in the future, but only if there's a secure and scalable way to share it among parties.

Vendia's blockchain technology ensures the integrity of the data by using a decentralized architecture and keeping a digital ledger of each time the data is changed. However, one of the challenges that Vendia and the rest of the industry faced was making this decentralized architecture scalable.

The reason for this is that each time new data is added to a blockchain, multiple nodes on the network must verify it. This action is required each time data is exchanged, which amounts to terabytes and even petabytes of data being transferred that must be supported by computationally intensive algorithms.

To solve this challenging problem, Vendia combined two blockchain technologies, a secure and immutability distributed ledger and centralized cloud computing.

In a traditional blockchain architecture, a distributed network of nodes can be located anywhere and in different forms. But each node in Vendia's blockchain architecture runs entirely in the cloud and is managed by a neutral and secure cloud provider that's accessible to all parties.

This neutral cloud provider maintains a system of truth for the data in the same way that traditional blockchain works, but in a decentralized way that allows for data sharing between parties.

Before cloud computing became the norm, companies generally kept their data siloed in secure servers and inaccessible to third parties, which made it difficult for businesses to ensure data quality from partners, as well as bring new ones into the loop.

However in the Internet of Things (IoT) era, many devices are connected to the cloud, so the exchange of data across enterprise partners is critical to trustful collaboration between companies.

"Vendia offers a unique platform solution for businesses that depend on a multitude of partners, providing them with the ability to onboard partners swiftly, and enabling them to share data with full control and confidence that such data would not be overwritten or manipulated," said Kasper Sage, Managing Partner at BMW i Ventures. "This applies to the automotive sector in particular, and we're excited to continue working with Vendia as they usher in the next generation of blockchain to facilitate collaboration across corporate partners."

Vendia's blockchain technology is designed for real-time data sharing, instead being solely used for data analytics workloads. The company says its the only one that's combining serverless blockchain and Smart APIs in one solution for businesses.

Vendia's signature product is called "Vendia Share". It's designed to help companies accelerate time to market without worrying about infrastructure or relying on Central IT.

Vendia Share provides a single source of truth for data across cloud and parties and its core technology also allows for high throughput transaction processing at scale, which will be important for automakers like BMW in the future as more vehicles are connected to the cloud and sending and receiving vast amounts of data.

This is especially true for vehicles that are capable of autonomous driving, as terabytes of data may be shared among millions of vehicles and continuously sent to and from the cloud for processing in real-time.

Vendia's blockchain technology can be used by automakers like BMW to securely share vehicle data in real-time across applications, datastores, clouds, and its partners.

Vendia's blockchain platform also allows for data to be collected via a mobile application at each point in the supply chain. Once collected, the files and associated information are securely stored in the cloud on Vendia's multi-party database. Once entered into the database, the data is immutable, meaning it can never be altered, which can help accelerate open collaboration by establishing mutual trust and data truth between all involved parties.

"BMW i Ventures' continued investment in Vendia underscores the market need for a single source of truth for multi-cloud and multi-party data," said Dr. Tim Wagner, CEO and co-founder of Vendia. "This investment will allow us to scale our solutions and offerings to customers and we are excited to have BMW i Ventures along for the ride with us."

Other automakers are also exploring the use of blockchain technology. Volvo Cars, for example, has explored the use of private blockchains to keep track of the data exchanged among multiple third parties.

BMW i Ventures invests money and resources in startups in the fields of transportation, manufacturing, supply chain and sustainability. The company invests in all stages from seed to growth with a focus on Series A and B funding.

Over the past several years, BMW iVentures invested in electric vehicle charging operator Chargepoint, electric bus maker Proterra, as well as Solid Power, a startup developing advanced solid-state batteries for electric vehicles.

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Entrust ICT and ZStack reach a partnership in the clouds and new jobs – PR Newswire APAC – PR Newswire Asia

MELBOURNE, Australia, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Australia today became the home of a partnership forged between Victoria's Entrust ICT Solutions Company and Hong Kong-based Cloud-Computing Services giant, ZStack International.

And with it, the creation of a significant number of new jobs Australia-wide to support a local Distributed Cloud Solution.

As is with most partnerships with foreign entities, revenue flows offshore, however, the Entrust ZStack partnership will see revenue reinvested back into the Australian economy.

The partnership will also redefine how cloud services are offered and the change in operational behaviour companies undertake and their approach to using cloud solutions. Entrust ICT, will become the official channel partner in Australia and New Zealand for the Hong Kong giant, and unlike current ZStack's decision to partner with Entrust ICT to expand into Australia and NZ, is a major strategic push about how maximum value will be offered to and gained by partners when moving away from what is now seen as traditional cloud offerings to a new platform of hybrid solutions.

ZStack is a leading cloud computing and virtualisation solutions company delivering advanced infrastructure for Business, Enterprise, and Service Provider markets.

The Hong Kong cloud computing giant, who's also in partnership with Alibaba Cloud Solutions, has provided more than 2,000 companies globally with the ability to build their businesses and run applications on an advanced, reliable and secured cloud platform.

Entrust ICT CEO, Vincent Kennedy, said he is excited with the partnership between Entrust and ZStack."This partnership reflects Entrust ICT's desire to collaborate with businesses that share in our vision of delivering quality solutions and services to Partners, and along with the creation of new jobs also marks a significant part of Entrust's growth strategy."

According to Kennedy, ZStack has embraced the concept of the 4S standards; Simple, Strong, Scalable, and Smart and will allow Entrust ICT to provide its partners with competitive solutions to meet customer requirements.

"I am passionate about Entrust ICT taking on this opportunity and look forward to working closely with the ZStack team."

Keith Poon, Executive Managing Director of ZStack International, said, ZStack is pleased to appoint Entrust ICT as its distributor in Australia and New Zealand.

"Cloud adoption has become an essential part of the newly agile business world. This partnership with Entrust ICT comes at an opportune time as we progress towards a more advanced technology era, and we will accelerate the digital transformation altogether.

"With Entrust ICT's channel reach, we are confident that this partnership will yield positive outcomes for both parties moving forward."

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About Entrust ICT

Entrust ICT is a leading wholesale provider of Information and Communication Technology solutions specialising in network and cloud-based applications. Entrust ICT provides value through competitive, innovative, reliable, and compelling ICT solutions that meet the needs of our Partners and their customers.

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Amazon Is About to Kill Your Cloud Cam (And Offer a Replacement) – Review Geek

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Since its launch in 2017, the Amazon Cloud Cam has only grown more and more obscure. It was quickly superseded by Ring and Blink, and on December 2nd of 2022, the Cloud Cam will die. Thankfully, Amazon will offer you a replacement.

In an email sent to active Cloud Cam users, Amazon confirmed that its abandoning the Cloud Cam platform in favor of more popular and modern smart home devices. Your Cloud Cam will work as normal until December 2nd, at which point it will become a doorstop. I suggest downloading any important recordings from the device now.

As the number of Alexa smart home devices continues to grow, we are focusing efforts on Ring, Blink, and other technologies that make your home smarter and simplify your everyday routines. Therefore, we have decided to no longer continue support for Amazon Cloud Cam and its companion apps.

What this means for you: On December 2, 2022, you will no longer be able to use your Cloud Cam device or its companion apps. Until then, you will be able to download any video recordings if available. All video history will be deleted on December 2, 2022.

On the bright side, Amazon will send a complementaryBlink Mini (plus a year of Blink Subscription Plus) to all affected customers. The Blink Mini is nearly identical to the old Cloud Cam, though of course, its a bit more modern and offers better integration with Alexa devices.

A free replacement camera is better than nothing. Still, were frustrated by how many smart devices have kicked the bucket this year. It seems that connecting all this stuff to cloud servers is a bad ideait guarantees an early end of life.

Amazon will offer you the free Blink Mini and Blink Subscription Plus before the December 2nd cutoff date. Keep an eye on your inbox so you dont miss the offer.

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Security and Backup Alignment Critical to Ransomware Recovery | eWEEK – eWeek

Ransomware continues to plague organizations all over the world. The most common entry points of ransomware into enterprise IT environments are phishing emails, malicious links, and dubious websites, according to Veeam Softwares 2022 Ransomware Trends Report.

The provider of backup, recovery, and data management solutions found that 44 percent of organizations have experienced such cyberattacks in the past year, while 41 percent named infected patches and software packages as the other ransomware culprits.

Veeam surveyed 1,000 independent IT leaders in 16 countries to determine the impact ransomware has had on various organizations. All respondents experienced at least one cyberattack in 2021, with many experiencing at least two attacks. Approximately half (47 percent) of their data was encrypted by ransomware.

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Once bad actors enter the IT environment, they typically target mainstream platforms like backup repositories (94 percent) and production platforms (80 percent). Many ransomware attacks are based on known vulnerabilities within mainstream hypervisors and operating systems or database servers. Hence,organizations should have broader conversations not only with their cybersecurity team, but also database administratorsto ensure that database servers are secure, hypervisors are patched, and updates are routinely administered.

Veeam also surveyed 3,393 organizations in a separate 2022 Data Protection Trends Report. According to those findings, 76 percent of organizations have experienced at least one ransomware attack last year, while 24 percent either avoided attacks or werent aware of an attack. This data underscores the fact that ransomware attacks are extremely common and affect most organizations.

The most shocking data points in the study revolved around what happens when customers pay for the ransom. Only about half (52 percent) of those with encrypted data successfully recovered their data when the ransom was paid.

A whopping 24% of organizations were not able to get their data back, even when the ransom was paid. When paying ransom, most (72 percent) organizations used some form of insurance. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they have cyber insurance that includes ransomware coverage, 30 percent have cyber insurance without ransomware coverage, and 13 percent dont have cyber insurance.

The likelihood that organizations will pay a ransom following a cyberattack is high, not only because they value their data but also to avoid remediating significant portions of their infrastructure. Veeams ransomware report found most organizations were able to start remediation either the same or the following day. Those respondents said recovery took an average of 18 days to complete.

The usual remediation options for ransomware are either restoring frombackups orpaying a ransom to recover data.Restoring from backup can result in data loss if an organization doesnt have the right capabilities in place.Organizations should have tested and secure backups that can be restored quickly. For this reason, a backup infrastructure should be part of every organizations cybersecurity defense plan.

Its important to understand the difference between protecting backup repositories and having clean data within the repositories. Just because a repository is protected doesnt mean the contents are malware-free. Using clean backups is key to successful recovery. Nearly a third (31 percent) of organizations surveyed by Veeam relied on immutability, while 46 percent used a sandbox and 36 percent restored directly to production and then scanned for safety.

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Secure backup is the last line of defense against ransomware. Organizations should have at least three copies of data on two different media with one copy being offsite, one being offline, air-gapped, or immutable. By applying this modern 3-2-1-1-0 rule, organizations can be better prepared to deal with cyberattacks, especially as the threat of ransomware keeps growing.

Luckily, 95 percent of organizations now use at least one method of retaining isolatable backup data. The report found 74 percent of organizations use some type of cloud-service and 67 percent use on-premises storage.

Most organizations use a combination of cloud services and tape data storage, which is a lower cost alternative to other storage solutions. Smaller organizations are likely to choose cloud services, while large enterprises are more selective when it comes to long-term data retention due to scale and regulatory challenges.

While backup is fundamental to data recovery, the alignment between cybersecurity and backup teams is currently lacking at most organizations. In fact, 52% of the respondents said their organization needs to make significant improvements for cybersecurity and IT backup teams to collaborate successfully.

Therefore, in addition to having backup solutions and comprehensive disaster response plans in place,sharing those plans with other security teams is what will help organizations improve their incident response.

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The state of global cloud ecosystem, report by MIT Technology – Wire19

The concept of cloud computing has been around for quite some time now. It started as an experiment in cost savings, flexibility and innovation but quickly became indispensable to businesses everywhere because it enabled them with new technologies like 5G wireless networks that will be able to deliver data faster than ever before possible!

MIT Technology Review Insights, in partnership with Infosys Cobalt recently released The Global Cloud Ecosystem Index 2022 which encompasses a picture of worldwide cloud development and innovation. The key findings of the survey are as follows.

Infrastructure

Cloud infrastructure indicates how well each country is served by telecommunications networks and computing resources that enable cloud-centric production models.

The fast-evolving digital infrastructure is promoting access to cloud capabilities and helping bring computing resources, and the applications they enable, closer to consumers and enterprises with greater speed and trust. It is now necessary to build smaller facilities to use edge computing resources, instead of relying on vast clusters of data centers. It can also accelerate growth in broadband networks and 5G infrastructure, leading to the creation of high-capillary networks. For a nation to enhance its cloud capabilities, requires lots of computing resources that are widely dispersed, rather than just a few resources that are densely packed together. The list of countries leading and lagging in cloud infrastructure development is shown below.

Ecosystem adoption

Global cloud ecosystem adoption represents an aggregation of indicators that rate the usage of digital channels amongst a nations constituents, the density of SaaS organizations in the economy, and the relative affordability of broadband prices. When looked upon simultaneously, these indicators show how much and how well people and businesses use cloud resources to enhance their productivity and promote economic progress.

Cloud computing is becoming more popular because it makes consumer markets and industry more efficient. It also makes governments more responsive to the people. By fostering greater efficiency of cloud usage, digital transformation can be accelerated across the economy to create a virtuous cycle for the entire ecosystem.

Growth in the adoption of open API-based architectures is enabling organizations to share data, insights, and computing resources with their partners more efficiently and reciprocally. It also enables the ecosystem partners to integrate their applications much better. Cloud-aspirational governments are experimenting with frameworks that will accelerate the propagation of APIs and open development platforms.

Scores of countries based on ecosystem adoption are shown below.

Security and assurance

Since the cloud is globally interconnected, public policymakers and regulatory environments must support cross-border flows of secure data and access to application and computing resources. For this, the national governments must try to increase their unique digital assets to attract investment and increase their international competitiveness. At the same time, they must also promote an open, global, and frictionless digital connectivity.

According to the report, the governments must promote a trust infrastructure as they work to nurture their cloud-centric digital economies. This implies that the public policy and regulatory and social conventions must assure that the digital channels used by an economys consumers and businesses are efficient, effective, and secure. The survey rates countries for security and assurance based on a collection of indicators including the quality of their cybersecurity regime, the effectiveness of their regulatory framework, and press freedom. Countries that score the most in this pillar are Finland and the Netherlands.

Talent and human affinity

Cloud-related talent is important for a countrys market. The availability of talent and skills is an important consideration for cloud services companies, and SaaS providers when determining where to set up service nodes and regional operations globally.

Cloud service providers can improve performance by locating their servers closer to users. This is because digital infrastructure helps reduce the amount of time it takes for data to travel between users and providers. Additionally, having a talent pool nearby allows providers to better serve their customers.

Many cloud ecosystem leaders attract and foster pools of talent that are important for cloud-centric operations in site locations. This includes having a lot of available skilled workers. For cloud companies looking to implement infrastructure- and process-intensive projects at scale, the availability of skilled workers is also an important consideration. This makes India, Vietnam, and the Philippines, rank second, third, and fourth in the Global Cloud Ecosystem Index 2022, among the top ten emerging economies.

Conclusion: The future is extremely exciting, almost unimaginably so, when we consider the metaverse and the future of digital businessand the cloud is a very important enabler of both, says Vishal Salvi, senior vice president, chief information security officer, and head of Infosys cybersecurity practice.

According to reports, the global cloud infrastructure spending in the last quarter of 2021 grew 34% year-on-year, to $53.5 billion and about two-thirds of it was captured by the worlds top three hyperscale providers. However, increasingly cloud-dependent businesses are struggling to control their spending.

To maintain their leadership in the cloud ecosystem, countries will require vigilance to ensure that cloud resources are maintained in an environment that is, distributed, readily accessible, and fit for purpose. In the case of cloud laggards, the challenges are no less intimidating and are aggravated by the need for foundational infrastructure and equitable access to digital services to start boosting consumer and business adoption.

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