Umbra Systems Ltd

Less than a week to go until our Breakfast Briefing with HoloMem on Thursday the 26th! Learn about the most innovative advancements in storage technology from the Tech Entrepreneurs making them happen. If you want to find out how distributed cloud storage could save your data, or if you're interested in the robust reliability of holographic memory, make sure to book your reservation! There will be a moderated discussion between Edward French, CEO of Umbra Systems, and Charlie Gale, CEO of HoloMem. Attendees will have the opportunity to find out more about their work, network with other industry experts, and enjoy a selection of tasty breakfast foods. If you can make it to the Birmingham Station Street Comfort Inn at 9:15am, Reserve your spot here: https://lnkd.in/gQ2axhrK

On the 12th of September Cybersecurity firm Fortinet confirmed a security incident in which an an unauthorised individual gained access to files stored on a third-party cloud. Whilst only a small number of Fortinet's clients have been affected, this incident serves as a good reminder to check your security posture.

On the 12th of September Cybersecurity firm Fortinet confirmed a security incident in which an an unauthorised individual gained access to files stored on a third-party cloud. Whilst only a small number of Fortinet's clients have been affected, this incident serves as a good reminder to check your security posture.

When picking an S3 provider, what’s most important to you? Share your thoughts in the comments. Uptime Security Cost

When picking an S3 provider, what’s most important to you? Share your thoughts in the comments. Uptime Security Cost

The top five dos and don’ts of S3 Object Storage. Do: ✅ - Keep a backup! Current best practice is to keep three copies total, but even if you replicate off-cloud once a week, it could save a fortune in recovery costs. ✅ - Look closely at pricing. Some providers offer free data egress. If you expect to be transferring lots of data, picking one of them could be the wisest choice.  ✅ - Use an appropriate region. Not only could this give the best latency, it may also prevent unexpected cross-region data transfer fees.  ✅ - Keep your credentials secure. There’s no point in having top-tier security for your bucket if anyone can access it. ✅ - Rotate security keys. This can help reduce the chance of unauthorised access. Don’t: ❌ - Just use standard tiers. If you rarely access your data, archiving it in cold storage could mean paying a fraction of your bill.  ❌ - Pick one of the big names without looking into the other options. It can be tempting to sign up to AWS or Azure right away, but are they the right fit? ❌ - Leave your bucket public! Keep a close eye on your security policies, especially if your data is sensitive.  ❌ - Store your back-up with the same provider, or in the same location. You want to minimise the chances of your back-up being affected by the same problem that took down your main. ❌ - Ignore your metrics. Paying close attention to what your provider is telling you can help optimise your security and performance. For more advice on how to get the best out of S3, visit: https://lnkd.in/gqw3-HuE #AWS #CloudStorage #DataManagement #CyberSecurity

I find it shocking that there is a 6:1 price difference in Cloud Service Providers. Here I looked at the cost of storing a terabyte for a month in USD. I suspect the difference would be even more profound if I had included egress costs. Do you think this pricing is sustainable?

Cloud security is a perennial problem. Even if you secure your data with the best available encryption, you don’t know when that encryption might be cracked. And even if it is secure, there’s the slight chance your cloud provider might accidentally delete all your data and backups, as Google did recently to a big Australian pension fund. Yikes. Umbra Systems Ltd has a fresh take on cloud security and data management that aims to make these risks a thing of the past. The Manchester-based startup is doing something unusual to better secure cloud data - it’s saving it in the shadows. Instead of encrypting the data in a conventional way, Umbra makes ‘shadows’ - files in which the original data has been completely replaced by a much smaller collection of other bytes using clever mathematics. The same maths can then be used to reassemble the data into its original form. The data is broken up into seven or more shadows, which are then encrypted and stored across multiple cloud providers. Interestingly, not all the shadows are needed to restore an original file. Any four of the seven shadows is required to reassemble the full data. Read on to find out more as we speak to founder Edward French...

Familiar with cloud object storage? Umbra Systems is looking for companies willing to trial Umbra Shadowstream™. The service uses innovative technology to cast data into seven, undecryptable shadows, to be stored in separate locations using separate providers you specify. It gives resilience against ransomware attacks, creates seamless, continuous backups, and can keep your data accessible if up to three cloud providers go down. The trial period will be free of charge, and we ask that you provide feedback on your experience.  Interested? See if you’re eligible: https://lnkd.in/gXmZTuVV