ONLY HUMAN
“ Permission auditing is crucial to make sure that access is only delegated to those that need it ”
— Ross Thomas , IT Administrator , SSL Store
3,800 publicly disclosed breaches which compromised 4.1bn records – a 54 % increase year-on-year .
2020 promises to be an even tougher year for data centre operators , as the global COVID-19 pandemic drives a global work-from-home experiment on an unprecedented scale . According to a recent Gallup study , in three weeks , the percentage of employees working from home doubled , from 31 % to 62 %, and 52 % of managers said they would allow their employees to work remotely more often . According to Gotsev , this means that companies are going to have to completely rethink their approach to security , as sensitive data becomes increasingly accessible through home and mobile devices . “ Cloud-enabled organisations need cloud-delivered security ,” he said .
This month , Data Centre Magazine explores the challenges facing industry operators today , and some of the strategies that will help them deliver a more secure experience to their user bases .
ONLY HUMAN
In a 2019 report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute , 49 % of data breaches were found to have been the result of either system glitches or human error . As the technology powering cybersecurity becomes increasingly powerful , the human element is increasingly being exposed as the weak link in a network ’ s armour .
Ross Thomas , an IT administrator at the SSL Store , suggests that regular permission auditing to control who has virtual access to servers is an essential tool that data centre operators should be employing . “ Permission auditing is crucial to make sure that access is only delegated to those that need it . Root users can be very dangerous as they are able to make any changes or execute any code or processes . But , root users are necessary . Assigning processes , tasks , etc ., to the correct
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