Why Mississippi State's CTO Is Ditching Legacy Backup Systems

Legacy scale-up backup systems weren't built for today's ransomware threats or the scale of modern government data. In this fireside chat, Cohesity's Public Sector CTO and CISO, Marlin McFate, sits down with Mike Dehaan, CTO of the Mississippi Department of Revenue, to unpack why agencies are moving from legacy scale-up architectures to modern scale-out designs. They'll cover the real differences between the two approaches, how scale-out architectures improve backup and recovery performance, and what it takes to strengthen cyber resilience so you can recover data with confidence after an incident. You'll also get practical guidance on managing total cost of ownership and optimizing your data protection strategy without overhauling everything at once. Watch this session for lessons a state agency has already put into practice and strategies you can apply in your own environment starting today.