Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

The terminal output was still scrolling when Jer Crane, the founder of PocketOS, realized what had happened. Nine seconds. That is how long it took a coding AI agent to delete his production database, his backups, and three months of operational records. PocketOS was using Cursor for what should have been a routine task in a test environment.

Running one Kubernetes cluster is complex enough. Running five across AWS, GCP, and an on-prem data center without a unified control plane gets painful fast. Kubernetes Federation v2 (KubeFed) was built to solve this problem: managing federated Kubernetes clusters from a single point of control and distributing workloads across regions and providers without duplicating YAML files for every environment.

OEM expectations have shifted. High performance is no longer enough, and systems must stay resilient for years or even decades across complex environments. Evolving cyberthreats and stricter regulations are increasing complexity. With legacy systems lasting longer and frameworks like the EU Cyber Resilience Act and IEC 62443 raising the bar, prevention alone no longer cuts it. Recovery readiness ensures fast, predictable restoration with minimal disruption.

Building a resilient CI/CD pipeline means protecting every piece of data that makes your code run. Your environment variables, secret tokens, and configuration files demand the exact same security as your core repositories. Traditional backup protocols leave these assets completely vulnerable to silent manipulation. If ransomware subtly modifies your archived backup, executing a restore will deploy the corrupted files straight into production.

This report examines the disaster recovery (DR) readiness across the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud platform, managing thousands of DR deployments across dozens of data centers worldwide. The analysis focuses on Q1 2026 (January – March) and reveals a clear gap between having DR configured and being truly ready for a disaster.

Acronis continues to earn recognition for delivering cybersecurity solutions that managed service providers (MSPs) trust to protect their clients and simplify operations. In the latest Info-Tech SoftwareReviews reports for endpoint detection and response (EDR) and extended detection and response (XDR), Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud earned status as a leader in the Data Quadrant for EDR. Acronis was also named a Champion in the Emotional Footprint for XDR.

A few weeks ago I was on a call with a financial services customer who had moved a credit-decisioning model into production on Red Hat OpenShift AI. They were happy with the platform. They were less happy with the answer they had for a question their risk officer had just asked: “If an attacker encrypts the cluster tomorrow, what do we need to bring back to be inference-ready by Monday morning?” The team started listing the obvious things — the model artifact, the serving endpoint.

VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V are two of the most popular virtualization platforms. Each solution uses different virtual disk file formats for virtual machines. This means you need to convert virtual disk files when moving VMs between VMware and Hyper-V. For example, you may need to migrate VMs between hypervisors for testing. In other cases, you may need to change the format if you’ve chosen the wrong one when creating the VM. Hyper-V uses VHD and VHDX for VMs, while VMware uses VMDK.

At the end of 2023, Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware, reshaping one of the most influential names in virtualization. This move introduced significant changes in licensing, product structure, administration and data protection. As Broadcom reorganizes VMware and its ecosystem, the effects are being felt across customers, partners and backup solution vendors.