Gmail Archives - Latest News from Backup Technology

SaaS (software as a Service) is software delivery process that permits to access data from various devices by using web browser and Internet connection. SaaS is changing backup, storage, and hardware requirements. It is the job of software vendors to maintain codes, databases and servers that represent the application.

Hardware
In SaaS model, notable hardware changes occur in server closet. SaaS is given to customers running web browser and operating system to get access to required services. If your workers execute only one task by using web browser, IT is capable to scale back specifications of the computer. It is a bit risky as employees get help from various programs to carry on their job. Most of utilized programs need local resources like advanced graphics, processing power and storage. For instance, users select Autodesk and Adobe to design projects on desktop. Later on these projects are uploaded to cloud to carry on data analysis. What is more critical is massive file size that is troublesome to move even if clients have fast Internet connection.

Storage
It is often noticed that SaaS providers presume that companies are given cloud storage by default. IT professionals are well aware that data storage in the cloud is very practical, but it is not acceptable when companies need to store very sensitive information.

Google Docs and Gmail are the two options to signify how companies can store their information in the cloud. Gmail users believe that their contacts, calendars, and emails are stored in the cloud. On the other hand, Google Docs are synchronized between local drive and Google’s servers; therefore, it is not obvious where the document is actually being saved.

Here question arises, is it possible for SaaS customers to trim down storage on laptops and desktops by using small and fast SSDs? Answer is not definite. If customers are using a product with offline mode, they can save data in cloud as well as locally. Conversely, when office type docs are designed that require only small space, one can get away with a smaller local storage.

Backup
Hosting companies offer backups and maintenance to SaaS customers. What is important for customers is to get an idea of data type for backup and how frequently data will be used.

Backup keeps old data that is still important for the company and used for compliance. Businesses are required to comply and maintain data retention laws. It is highly important for public companies. Due to complicated nature of the compliance law, the industry has attracted a huge number of compliance professionals and lawyers, who are eager to help companies achieve their and are giving their data retention and security goals.

Millions of companies depend on SaaS providers to run applications. However, applications keep data saved in internal databases. Though it has extended the SaaS definition, it demonstrates the tremendous pressure that forces companies to keep sensitive information safe from data breaches.

It could be confusing for workers to move between local backup and online clouds while working on their workstations. Employees must know in detail where the data is present and how to get access to information. That is where the duty of SaaS providers gets started.

Millions of Gmail addresses have been posted onto a Russian website along with a set of passwords for the accounts.

The total number of Gmail addresses and passwords that were posted online approached the five million mark but there are serious doubts with whether the passwords are correct.

Security experts believe that the passwords are not correct and that they are either old ones that have been obtained through phishing attacks or that they are passwords that have been used on other sites in conjunction with Gmail addresses.

Reddit users have confirmed that they have found their Gmail addresses in the list but that the provided passwords have never been used in conjunction with their Gmail account.

Reddit user InternetOfficer stated, “The password that I generally use for other services is shown in this list and not my Gmail password. This proves that the hackers hacked into some other service where Gmail address (or other email addresses) are used and got the password of that service not Gmail password.”

Google have stated that they have seen no evidence that their systems have been successfully hacked but did confirm that some users have been asked to change their password.

In a security blog released by Google, it stated, “We found that less than 2% of the username and password combinations might have worked, and our automated anti-hijacking systems would have blocked many of those login attempts. We’ve protected the affected accounts and have required those users to reset their passwords.”

As cybercriminals are developing more sophisticated methods of attacks, it is vital that security measures are in place and regular updated. It is recommended that strong, different passwords are used for different accounts to ensure that access cannot be obtained to multiple accounts through obtaining one password.