W. Curtis Preston, also known as Mr. Backup. has been in the backup and recovery industry for over 25 years. Curtis has designed and implemented backup systems for the world’s largest companies, is the author of three O’Reilly books on the topic, as well as the webmaster of backupcentral.com. After following the industry for more than two decades, Preston joined Druva and is now its Chief Technical Evangelist.

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Salesforce policy change poses grave security implications

W. Curtis Preston

July 31, 2020

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COVID-19 has completely changed our world from six months ago, as we continue to battle the grave health implications, face extended stay at home orders, and grapple with the insurmountable ramifications on our economy. The pandemic has also forever changed the cyber threat landscape, with our workforce becoming more dispersed, and potentially more vulnerable, than ever as organizations switch out of the confines of their offices and move entire data streams to their laptops and home offices. On top of this, Salesforce has announced it is ending its Data Recovery service on July 31st, which is putting all of the data protection responsibilities, and the dire consequences that comes along with it, on the backs of the customer.

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