# The Backup Wrap-Up

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RSS feed: https://feeds.captivate.fm/backupwrapup/
Official site: https://www.backupwrapup.com
Author: W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup)
Episodes: 355

## Resource

Formerly known as "Restore it All," The Backup Wrap-up podcast turns unappreciated backup admins into cyber recovery heroes. After a brief analysis of backup-related news, each episode dives deep into one topic that you can use to better protect your organization from data loss, be it from accidents, disasters, or ransomware. The Backup Wrap-up is hosted by W. Curtis Preston (Mr. Backup) and his co-host Prasanna Malaiyandi. Curtis' passion for backups began over 30 years ago when his employer, a $35B bank, lost its purchasing database – and the backups he was in charge of were worthless. After miraculously not being fired, he resolved to learn everything he could about a topic most people try to get away from. His co-host, Prasanna, saw similar tragedies from the vendor side of the house and also wanted to do whatever he could to stop that from happening to others. A particular focus lately has been the scourge of ransomware that is plaguing IT organizations across the globe. That's why in addition to backup and disaster recovery, we also touch on information security techniques you can use to protect your backup systems from ransomware. If you'd like to go from being unappreciate…

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## Episodes
- [What Is Data Deduplication? (Encore)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/what-is-data-deduplication-encore) — 2026-07-06T11:00:00+00:00
- [The REDCap Attack that Phishing-Resistant MFA Could Have Stopped](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/the-redcap-attack-that-phishing-resistant-mfa-could-have-stopped) — 2026-06-22T11:00:00+00:00
- [California Election Fraud?  (Pt 2)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/california-election-fraud-pt-2) — 2026-06-15T11:00:00+00:00
- [California Election Counting Explained by an Actual Poll Worker](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/california-election-counting-explained-by-an-actual-poll-worker) — 2026-06-08T11:00:00+00:00
- [Stop 90% of Ransomware Attacks with Basic Cyber Hygiene](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/stop-90-of-ransomware-attacks-with-basic-cyber-hygiene) — 2026-05-25T11:00:00+00:00
- [Claude Deletes a Company — But It's Not Really Claude's Fault](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/claude-deletes-a-company-but-it-s-not-really-claude-s-fault) — 2026-05-18T11:00:00+00:00
- [How Honeypots and Canary Files Catch Attackers Before They Strike](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/how-honeypots-and-canary-files-catch-attackers-before-they-strike) — 2026-05-11T11:00:00+00:00
- [Network Segmentation to Prevent Ransomware: What the UCSF Attack Taught Us](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/network-segmentation-to-prevent-ransomware-what-the-ucsf-attack-taught-us) — 2026-05-04T11:00:00+00:00
- [Stop Using VSS as a Backup Before Ransomware Deletes Your Shadow Copies](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/stop-using-vss-as-a-backup-before-ransomware-deletes-your-shadow-copies) — 2026-04-27T11:00:00+00:00
- [Ransomware Sanctions, OFAC, and the Lazarus Group: A Real Case Study](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/ransomware-sanctions-ofac-and-the-lazarus-group-a-real-case-study) — 2026-04-20T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Real Cost of a Ransomware Attack: The Ransom Is the Least of Your Problems](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/the-real-cost-of-a-ransomware-attack-the-ransom-is-the-least-of-your-problems) — 2026-04-13T11:00:00+00:00
- [How Polymorphic Malware Evades Detection — And What to Do About It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/how-polymorphic-malware-evades-detection-and-what-to-do-about-it) — 2026-04-06T11:00:00+00:00
- [Emergency Episode: The PyPI Software Supply Chain Attack You Need to Know About](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/emergency-episode-the-pypi-software-supply-chain-attack-you-need-to-know-about) — 2026-03-26T11:00:00+00:00
- [Fileless Malware: The Attack That Lives in Memory](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/fileless-malware-the-attack-that-lives-in-memory) — 2026-03-23T11:00:00+00:00
- [Living Off the Land Attack: Hackers Using Your Own Tools Against You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/living-off-the-land-attack-hackers-using-your-own-tools-against-you) — 2026-03-16T11:00:00+00:00
- [New Research Exposes Password Manager Vulnerabilities in LastPass, Bitwarden & Dashlane](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/new-research-exposes-password-manager-vulnerabilities-in-lastpass-bitwarden-dashlane) — 2026-03-09T11:00:00+00:00
- [What Is an Initial Access Broker — and Why Should You Care?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/what-is-an-initial-access-broker-and-why-should-you-care) — 2026-03-02T11:00:00+00:00
- [Ransomware as a Service: How Anyone Can Buy a Cyberattack](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/ransomware-as-a-service-how-anyone-can-buy-a-cyberattack) — 2026-02-23T11:00:00+00:00
- [The CryptoLocker Virus and the Birth of Modern Ransomware](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/the-cryptolocker-virus-and-the-birth-of-modern-ransomware) — 2026-02-16T11:00:00+00:00
- [A Brief History of Ransomware](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/a-brief-history-of-ransomware) — 2026-02-09T11:00:00+00:00
- [How Ransomware Works: The Five Objectives of Every Attack](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/how-ransomware-works-the-five-objectives-of-every-attack) — 2026-02-02T11:00:00+00:00
- [Disk Backup Security - Disk Make Things Worse?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/disk-backup-security-disk-make-things-worse) — 2026-01-26T11:00:00+00:00
- [What Is Ransomware and Why Should You Care?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/what-is-ransomware-and-why-should-you-care) — 2026-01-19T11:00:00+00:00
- [Backup TCO: The Costs Nobody Talks About](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/backup-tco-the-costs-nobody-talks-about) — 2026-01-12T11:00:00+00:00
- [Why Ransomware Attacks on Backups Should Terrify You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/why-ransomware-attacks-on-backups-should-terrify-you) — 2026-01-05T11:00:00+00:00
- [Building Your Cyber Security Team: Blue Teams, Red Teams, and Cyber Insurance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/building-your-cyber-security-team-blue-teams-red-teams-and-cyber-insurance) — 2025-12-22T11:00:00+00:00
- [Building a resilient backup system](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/building-a-resilient-backup-system) — 2025-12-15T11:00:00+00:00
- [10 Must-Have Features of Any Backup System](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/10-must-have-features-of-any-backup-system) — 2025-12-08T11:00:00+00:00
- [The Death of the 3-2-1 Rule: Enter 3-2-1-1-0](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/the-death-of-the-3-2-1-rule-enter-3-2-1-1-0) — 2025-12-01T11:00:00+00:00
- [How to Set Realistic Recovery Point Objective (RPO) Goals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backup-wrap-up-758069/how-to-set-realistic-recovery-point-objective-rpo-goals) — 2025-11-24T11:00:00+00:00

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