Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Phishing attacks are everywhere these days. People encounter them while shopping, job hunting, reading work emails, and checking personal texts. Thanks to AI-powered scammers, phishing has become both more common and harder to spot, leading to disastrous consequences. A phishing attack on a business costs an average of $4.8 million, and attacks on individuals can drain bank accounts and wreck credit scores.

As an Acronis user, you understand the importance of safeguarding your digital life. Whether you're a photographer with an ever-growing library of high-resolution images, a videographer churning out terabytes of footage, a content creator managing countless projects or a power user with multiple virtual machines and a home lab, the need for ample, secure cloud storage is constant. You want one reliable place for all your data, without the hassle of juggling multiple tools and accounts.

The UK Government’s Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill marks a significant shift in how the nation safeguards critical infrastructure. The Bill moves beyond voluntary measures and fragmented self-regulation and introduces a mandated framework for resilience, signalling that cyber protection is now a strategic obligation for many sectors including healthcare, critical national infrastructure (CNI) transport and digital infrastructure.

Organizations that work with the US government must adhere to strict procedures covering procurement protocols, non-discrimination policies, and rigorous cybersecurity. That’s because working with government agencies often involves handling sensitive and legally protected data, and failure to comply can result in financial and legal consequences.

Broadcom’s VMware acquisition brought massive pricing changes that caught most IT departments off guard. The company eliminated perpetual licenses, forcing everyone into subscription models while implementing steep VMware license cost increases and new minimum core requirements. These aren’t minor adjustments: Broadcom restructured the entire VMware license pricing model.

For years, AI and machine learning workloads lived in the lab. They ran as internal experiments, batch jobs in isolated clusters, or offline data pipelines. Security focused on internal access controls and protecting the data perimeter. That model no longer holds. Today, AI models are increasingly part of production traffic, which is driving new challenges around securing AI workloads in Kubernetes.