March 11, 2026 - CEO Weekly

Leadership

Trust Built Over Time: Mary Kleingartner and Ryan Mitchell on Serving Lake Tahoe’s Luxury Market

March 11, 2026

By: Matt Emma Mary Kleingartner and Ryan Mitchell are luxury real estate advisors based in Incline Village, Nevada. They specialize ...

Business

Dataswans: Data-Driven Marketing as a Competitive Advantage

by CEO Weekly Staff

March 11, 2026

Dataswans integrates advanced data-driven marketing methodologies across a diverse portfolio of services, including performance PPC campaigns, SEO optimization, predictive analytics, ...

Business

Why Property Management Is a Predictable Disruption in Real Estate, and How Keasy Is Leading It

by CEO Weekly Staff

March 11, 2026

There are roughly 22 million landlords in the United States, managing an estimated $4.5 trillion in residential rental property. The ...

Business

Mastering LLM SEO: How SearchX Helps Businesses Navigate the Future of Search

by CEO Weekly Staff

March 11, 2026

By: Nic Abelian SearchX is helping businesses thrive in the AI-driven world of search with a specialized approach to LLM ...

Business

What Makes Emily White Different From Every Other Ocala Real Estate Agent

by CEO Weekly Staff 2

March 11, 2026

Finding a good real estate agent is easy. Finding one who can look at a house and tell you the ...

Business

Why CEOs Should Care About Contract Management Integration with ERP Systems

by CEO Weekly Staff

March 11, 2026

By: Paul Szyarto The Hidden Operational Risk in Enterprise Contracts Contracts define the financial and legal commitments that drive nearly ...

Business

3 Tips for Avoiding Permanent Data Loss in Cloud File Systems

by CEO Weekly Staff

March 11, 2026

Migrating to the cloud may be like reaching the ultimate safety net. However, the common assumption is that once files ...

1. Establish Strict Access Controls and Audit Logs

Your first defense against

cloud data

destruction is to control who touches your files. Most companies tend to open up their permission levels to enable easier collaboration. However, this may be a huge gamble with your company's assets. What happens when an employee with high administrative privileges has their account hacked by a malicious user? Your company may be destroyed within seconds.

You need to adopt the principle of least privilege. This means employees need to have access to the files and folders they need to perform their immediate tasks. You need to review these privileges regularly. When an employee changes roles or leaves the company, adjust their privileges instantly.

Additionally, it is vital to ensure that comprehensive audit log functionality is enabled. Access controls are great in preventing unauthorized access to your file system. Audit logs are like having a security camera monitoring your file system. They track all file creations, modifications, and deletions. If your files go missing, the audit log will provide a detailed record of when it happened and which credentials were used. This is vital in establishing whether the file loss was accidental or malicious.

2. Configure Advanced Versioning and Soft-Delete Features

As much as having access controls in place is vital to your file system’s security, accidents are still possible. A user could accidentally overwrite a critical spreadsheet file with a blank file. In another instance, your file system could be attacked by ransomware that encrypts your files. In all these situations, your file technically exists on the file system. It is just that it has lost all its usability. This is where versioning saves the day.

Most cloud file systems offer versioning capabilities. However, they are not enabled by default. It is vital to configure your cloud file system to maintain file versions over time. If your file becomes corrupted or is overwritten by a malicious user, versioning capabilities let you revert to an earlier version to restore it. It could be the file’s state an hour ago, a day ago, or a week ago. It is vital to ensure that your cloud file system offers "soft-delete" features. When a user deletes a file, it does not mean it is lost forever. It ends up in a holding area or a digital trash bin, where it remains for a set period before being deleted. This buffer time is crucial in recovering deleted files before they are gone forever.

3. Implement a Robust Multi-Cloud or Hybrid Backup Strategy

If your main cloud storage provider is hit by a massive outage, or if your account is suspended due to a billing dispute or a breach of the terms of service, you will be unable to access any of your files.

To get out of this situation, diversification of storage locations is required. A robust solution includes a system of backups independent of your main file system. For instance, if your company is currently using Google Drive as the main cloud storage solution, what is required is an automated system that creates

Google Drive backups

to another cloud storage system, such as Azure or AWS, or even an on-premises server.

This way, the data is freed from the control of any one company. What is achieved is a situation where, no matter what happens to your main storage provider, your company will own the data most critical to the running of the

business

Day: March 11, 2026

Trust Built Over Time: Mary Kleingartner and Ryan Mitchell on Serving Lake Tahoe’s Luxury Market

Dataswans: Data-Driven Marketing as a Competitive Advantage

Why Property Management Is a Predictable Disruption in Real Estate, and How Keasy Is Leading It

Mastering LLM SEO: How SearchX Helps Businesses Navigate the Future of Search

What Makes Emily White Different From Every Other Ocala Real Estate Agent

Why CEOs Should Care About Contract Management Integration with ERP Systems

3 Tips for Avoiding Permanent Data Loss in Cloud File Systems

1. Establish Strict Access Controls and Audit Logs

2. Configure Advanced Versioning and Soft-Delete Features

3. Implement a Robust Multi-Cloud or Hybrid Backup Strategy

Building a Disaster Recovery Plan