Analysis & briefs
Vendor-honest intelligence across our seven coverage areas.
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Backup Restore Testing: How Often, What to Test, Checklist
A practical guide to backup restore testing: why a successful backup job proves little, the six types of restore test, what NIST, CISA, DORA and NYDFS require, what to measure and how to document results for auditors.
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What Is CNAPP? Components, CNAPP vs CSPM and CWPP
A vendor-neutral explainer on cloud-native application protection platforms: the components a CNAPP bundles, agentless versus sensor-based coverage, attack path analysis, CNAPP vs CSPM and CWPP, how cloud provider tools compare, and what to check before buying.
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Disaster Recovery Plan Template: A NIST-Based IT Outline
A copyable IT disaster recovery plan template built on NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1, NIST CSF 2.0, CISA and Ready.gov guidance, from the business impact analysis and call tree to per-system RTO and RPO, dependencies, recovery procedures, testing and sign-off.
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EDR vs Antivirus: How EDR, NGAV and EPP Differ
Antivirus blocks known malicious files; EDR records endpoint activity so attacker behavior can be detected, investigated and contained. This vendor-neutral brief compares antivirus, NGAV and EPP, and EDR from NIST, OMB, CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, Gartner and Microsoft sources, with attack examples, coexistence rules and an evaluation checklist.
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Proxmox Backup Server: 2026 Evaluation and Planning Guide
An evaluation and planning guide to Proxmox Backup Server 4.2, built from Proxmox’s own documentation: architecture, PBS deduplication, off-site sync, S3 and tape, protection features, sizing, 3-2-1 placement and per-server subscription pricing.
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SASE vs SSE: Components, Differences and When to Use Each
SSE is the cloud-delivered security half of SASE (SWG, CASB, ZTNA, often FWaaS and DLP); SASE adds SD-WAN. This vendor-neutral brief covers the components, NIST’s zero trust basis, when SSE alone is enough, single vs dual-vendor tradeoffs, migration and evaluation questions.
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Veeam Alternatives 2026: Evaluating Veeam Competitors
An evaluation guide to Veeam alternatives as of October 2026: what Veeam covers today, how Commvault, Cohesity, Rubrik, Arcserve, NAKIVO, Druva, HYCU and Proxmox Backup Server document workloads, immutability, recovery, licensing and control planes, and how to keep old Veeam backups during a switch.
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VMware to Proxmox Migration: The 2026 Playbook
A VMware to Proxmox migration playbook built from the official docs: assessment, target design, the ESXi import wizard and its limits, manual fallbacks, guest drivers, cutover and rollback.
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What Is ITDR? Identity Threat Detection and Response
A vendor-neutral explainer on identity threat detection and response: the identity attacks it targets mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, the telemetry and responses it relies on, how it differs from EDR, XDR, ISPM, IGA and PAM, and what to check before buying.
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NAS vs SAN vs DAS: Protocols, Workloads and How to Choose
A vendor-neutral explainer on NAS, SAN and DAS: what each protocol standard defines, multipathing, shared access and locking, snapshots and immutability, scale-out and unified storage, how vSphere, Hyper-V and Proxmox VE consume each, and an evaluation checklist.