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Jira Data Loss Scenarios To Watch Out For (And How To Avoid)

For many DevOps and ITSM workflows, Jira is the nerve center. It’s relied upon by thousands of teams for everything from agile sprint planning to enterprise-scale incident management. However, beneath the robust interface and powerful automation, your Jira data remains fragile – far more than you think. Scenarions around Jira data loss aren’t a theory. At least nowadays, when such things happen it’s quickly and quietly.

Ivy League universities under siege: The cyberattacks targeting Harvard, Princeton and Penn

The Ivy League is the promised land for thousands of high school students, but it has also become a target for cyberattackers. Three of the most prestigious universities in the United States suffered sophisticated cyberattacks in fall 2025. Harvard University, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania have all disclosed data breaches that compromised sensitive information about alumni, donors, students and faculty members.

The Complete Guide to Patch Management: Closing Security Gaps Before Attackers Find Them

Definition: Patch management is the continuous lifecycle of identifying, acquiring, testing, and deploying code updates to endpoints, servers, and applications to resolve security vulnerabilities and improve stability. The 5-Step Process.

When one vendor falls: The SitusAMC breach and the growing threat of supply chain attacks

Following the Jaguar-Land Rover disaster, another cyberattack has shaken a major industry. The danger of attacks on the supply chain has never been clearer. The issue now revolves around what organizations can do to protect themselves and their supply chain partners. Wall Street spent a tense weekend in late November 2025 when news broke that SitusAMC, a major technology vendor serving hundreds of real estate lenders across the United States, had suffered a significant cyberattack.

The Rise of the Kubernetes based OpenStack Control Plane

OpenStack has long been the go-to platform for building private clouds, but its architecture, particularly the control plane, has undergone a significant transformation in the 15 years since its inception. The original design, a tightly coupled 3-node control plane, provided a stable foundation but presented challenges in scalability, resilience, and operational complexity.

Jira Backup Script vs. Third-party Backup

Both large and small projects need to be managed in some way. It is essential to track the progress and statuses of key tasks. Projects can be managed using “ancient” methods – on a piece of paper, a blackboard, or using colored cards… but why if there are many better ways? The problem actually arises when we want to scale up. Then, organizations would require more storage space as there would be much more data, tasks and statuses.

What Takes Place When Your Messages Move Across Devices or Platforms?

Messages are no longer stored in one location. It's possible for a conversation to begin on your iPhone, continue on your laptop, and conclude on your iPad. Or you could use your iPhone to text an Android user. Although these changes appear to be smooth, your messages go through substantial changes that compromise their integrity, security, and privacy. Every platform and device transition introduces potential vulnerabilities, so it's important to understand what happens during these changes. The safeguards that keep your message safe on one system might not hold up when it travels to another.

DORA compliance checklist: A guide for financial entities and their technology partners

While it shares a name with a popular cartoon character, there’s nothing cute about this DORA. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has financial entitles and their service providers scrambling to meet DORA requirements or face fines and penalties. DORA is a cornerstone of the European Union's strategy to strengthen the financial sector against risks related to information and communications technology (ICT), although it has global implications that reach far beyond Europe.

10 smart ways to prevent identity theft

Nowadays, identity theft has become one of the fastest-growing cybercrimes. In 2024, the United States' Federal Trade Commission received over 1.1 million identity theft reports¹, which is an increase of about 9.5% compared to 2023. What's even more disturbing is the fact that more than 47% of the Americans have their personal info exposed². Sometimes one mistaken click or download is all it takes to turn your life upside down.