Data protection challenges

The Barracuda released key findings from its latest report titled TheState of Office 365 backup. The research surveyed global IT decision makers of which 213 were from India. The idea was to capture their opinions and perspectives about office 365, data security, backup and recovery, SaaS solutions, and a variety of related topics.

Murali Urs, Country Manager of Barracuda Networks (India) said: “Amid the dramatically rapid shift to remote working set up and increasing dependence on SharePoint, OneDrive, and teams over the past year, protecting Office 365 data has turned out to be all the more crucial requirement and more challenging. Therefore, organisations are now looking for comprehensive, easy-to-use solutions that are fast to get up, running and include capabilities like granular retention that aren’t included in Microsoft’s native functionality.”

Mask with 99.9% Filtration Efficiency

Scientists of Centre for Nanosciences & Molecular Medicine at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham have launched a unique three-ply N96 Nano Mask based on cutting-edge nanotechnology. It is cost-effective and offers far superior filtration and breathability than the conventional N95 and surgical masks.

The mask, costing less than `200, can be washed up to 30 times for reuse. It is long-lasting, skin-friendly and odor-free, and provides very comfortable wear even for long durations. The fabric makes it effortless for the wearer to breathe in and out even while providing almost 100% protection against harmful microbes. There are few masks in the world that offer such high breathability (level 2) with maximum protection (99.9 per cent).

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is offering the technology for licensing to others for volume production and bring the cost of the mask further down.

The mask with nano-layered filter is lab tested to provide 99.9 per cent bacterial and virus aerosol filtration as well as 96 per cent particle filtration of more than three microns. It has also been tested by the South India Textile Research Association.

D. CR Reshmi, scientist with Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, said: “The nano-coating, though sophisticated, involves easy to use technology that is scalable and apt for industrial applications for a variety of filtration products that we are currently working on.”