Analysis & briefs
Vendor-honest intelligence across our seven coverage areas.
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Air Gapped Backup: Physical vs Logical vs Immutable
A vendor-neutral explainer on air gapped backup: the NIST definition, physical vs logical air gaps, how immutability and cyber recovery vaults differ, and how to choose by threat scenario.
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Citrix Alternatives in 2026: DaaS, VDI and RDS Compared
A vendor-neutral guide to alternatives to Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and Citrix DaaS, grouped by delivery model: control plane, hosting, display protocol, session types and licensing units for Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Omnissa Horizon, Parallels RAS and Microsoft RDS, with a migration plan and evaluation checklist.
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MDR vs EDR: Service vs Technology, and Where XDR Fits
EDR is endpoint technology; MDR is a service in which a provider’s analysts monitor, investigate and respond for you. This vendor-neutral brief defines EDR, XDR and MDR from NIST, OMB, CISA, NCSC, MITRE and Gartner sources and covers response authority, coverage and what to put in an MDR contract.
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RAID 5 vs RAID 6: Parity, Rebuilds and How to Choose
A vendor-neutral explainer on RAID 5 vs RAID 6: how single and dual parity work, usable capacity, the write penalty, degraded mode and rebuild exposure on large drives, RAID 10 and RAID 60 compared, modern alternatives such as RAID-Z and dRAID, and how to choose by workload and drive size.
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Ransomware Tabletop Exercise: Plan, Run and Sample Scenario
A ransomware tabletop exercise guide built on CISA’s Tabletop Exercise Packages, NIST SP 800-84, FEMA’s HSEEP and the NCSC’s Exercise in a Box, with a fictional five-inject scenario, discussion questions, an after-action process and what CPG 2.0, DORA and NYDFS say about frequency.
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What Is DSPM? Data Security Posture Management Explained
A vendor-neutral explainer on data security posture management: how DSPM discovers and classifies sensitive data and maps access, how it differs from CSPM, DLP and CIEM, how CNAPP platforms bundle it, and what to check before buying.
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KVM vs VMware: Architecture and Operations Compared
KVM is a Linux kernel module, so the real comparison is vSphere against the platforms built on it: Proxmox VE, OpenShift Virtualization, Nutanix AHV and OpenStack. This brief compares architecture, management, live migration, HA, storage, drivers, guest support and backup from vendor docs.
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Backup Retention Policy: How to Set It, With a Template
A vendor-neutral guide to setting a backup retention policy: how it differs from records retention and legal holds, GFS and time-based schemes, how immutability locks and regulation shape retention, and a copyable policy outline.
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Object Storage vs Block Storage vs File: How to Choose
A vendor-neutral explainer on block, file and object storage: how each works, documented consistency and limits, enterprise features such as Object Lock and lifecycle tiering, cost drivers, and which to use for databases, file shares, backups, data lakes and AI training data.
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Proxmox Cluster Setup: Nodes, Quorum, Storage and HA
A Proxmox cluster is a group of Proxmox VE servers joined with the pvecm tool over a Corosync network, and as of October 2026 (Proxmox VE 9.2) Proxmox says you need at least 3 nodes for reliable quorum if you want high availability, or 2 nodes plus an external QDevice vote. Clustering is free in…