Jos Keulers’ Post

Wonder if AI was being used and was part of the reason for how an entire account could be deleted. Clearly this justifies a multi-cloud approach at a minimum and does it warrant consideration for hybrid cloud whereby business(es) keep their most precious data - that which they depends upon to exist / run on-premises in the event of ...

Cloud strategy is must in the era of cloud computing, you cant just rely on one cloud provider. Similar Third Party Risk Management of at least high and medium risk vendor is also crucial now a days.

This is why you always need to have data backup, a disaster recovery system. Bank normally have another data center which is just with the same configuration, but with some delay in data backup. Another reason where you many need to go with dual cloud provider just to be safe.

Lessons learned from a cloud outage: - A 3-2-1 backup strategy still makes sense, including one copy off-site for disaster recovery (eg. other cloud provider) - Include a cloud provider failure as a scenario in your enterprise (business) risk assessment - Include Cloud in your Disaster Recovery Strategy and test it periodically - Have an adequate Business Continuity Plan in place, train staff and plan periodic table-top exercises E-Solutions can help you ...

Data backup in multiple storage systems is important now a days !! As data is integral part of current world, We should have different replicas of data sets in cloud servers……………….. But question is how to bear the cost 🤔💭 #cloud #storage #data #systemdesign #analytics

Executing on the fundamentals at a consistently extraordinary level is what separates the All-Time Greats from All-Stars. It's one of the many reasons why Michael Jordan is the 🐐 It will take time for GCP to re-build trust with Customers. I'm confident they've already taken the steps to prevent this from every happening again, but Trust is paramount in these relationships. In the mean-time, this will accelerate initiatives for, at a bare minimum, to keep copies of your git & databases in a Second Cloud. It will also spur the debate on transferable infrastructure design (Kubernetes) and lessening dependency on Cloud Provider Native Services. Did you know ClearDATA customers can deploy across all 3 major cloud providers? Even if you don't have the expertise in other clouds, we help customers stand up a second or even 3rd cloud, connect them all together, and allow for exchange of Sensitive Information such as PHI across.

The issue between UniSuper and Google Cloud is a great reminder for all of us to take a moment and review our disaster recovery and business continuity plans. Key Takeaway: Incidents like these underscore the critical importance of having robust plans in place to ensure business operations can continue smoothly in the face of unexpected disruptions. Action Steps: Review Existing Plans: Regularly update your disaster recovery and business continuity plans to address new potential risks. Conduct Simulations: Test your plans through simulations to identify any gaps or weaknesses. Train Your Team: Ensure that all team members are aware of the plans and their specific roles during a disruption. Evaluate Vendors: Assess the resilience of your third-party vendors, especially those critical to your operations. 

And this is why cloud agnostic architecture is so important

Just because your service and or data is in the cloud doesn't mean that its going to be available. You need to understand what is meant by shared responsibility.

The move to the cloud creates new risks to resilience, with the main providers now being globally systemically important. That's not to say that in many ways, cloud based systems provide greater assurance of availablity, but if something were to go wrong at a major service provider, the potential impact could be colossal. Impacting multiple firms across various sectors, the effect on people's daily lives could be horrendous. Not being able to buy food because the supermarket system is down, or the logistics company couldn't deliver. Not being able to use debit or credit cards. Not being able to transact on a home move. Not being able to file statutory documentation. Firms being unable to pay staff. The above assumes that utilities and government services are suitably robust but if not, the impact could be significantly greater. Firms, trade bodies, regulators, governments need to act to ensure that people are protected from such failures. The firm in this case had resilience by using multiple cloud services but how common is this? I accept and agree that a significant failure is highly unlikely but it's something that should be considered whenever cloud based technology supports time critical services.