99. Data Protection Needs To Do More

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving needs of data protection in modern security environments.

Learn more about Tech Field Day at RSAC here . Data Protection is a critical component of security but it needs more features to meet the challenges of today’s attack environments. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth and Jack Poller discuss how data protection companies like Veeam, Commvault, and Object First offer solutions like immutability and identity protection as solutions to modern problems. They talk about the importance of having a holistic business strategy that directs restoration efforts such as realistic RPO and RTO objectives. Lastly they discuss how data protection companies can use events like RSAC to get the word out about their latest features. Panelists: ⁠Jack Poller⁠ , Principal Analyst at Paradigm Technica Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom Hollingsworth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Event Lead for Tech Field Day ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Alastair Cooke⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Event Lead at Tech Field Day ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stephen Foskett⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , President and Organizer of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tech Field Day⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the Tech Field Day Podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on X/Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Bluesky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and use the Hashtag #TFDPodcast to join the discussion. Listen to more episodes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on the podcast page of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tom Hollingsworth, Alastair Cooke, Stephen Foskett

Guest: Jack Poller

Topics covered

• data protection
• security
• business strategy
• RPO
• RTO
• modern challenges

Keywords

• data protection
• security features
• RPO
• RTO
• immutability
• identity protection
• RSAC

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Veeam, Commvault, Object First, Tech Field Day, Paradigm Technica

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