DATA CENTRES ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THEIR WEAKEST POINTS
NETWORK AND CYBERSECURITY
46 user is the absolute safest way to delegate processes ,” he explained in a recent interview . “ When personnel leave an organisation , there should be proper evaluation of their status in all systems to determine if they have access even if it is not through the front door .”
Email has been found to be the most common entry point for malicious actors outside the organisation . Phishing is by far the most commonly exploited attack vector . Introducing security training both inside and outside data centre organisations can be an effective tool in the pursuit of lowering these risks .
DATA CENTRES ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THEIR WEAKEST POINTS
While data centre cyber security budgets and plans often account for encryption , firewalls and physical security , these measures often don ’ t extend to all aspects of a data centre network . A recent piece by Cybersecurity Insiders found that , “ Power systems , which happen to be the most critical infrastructure of a data center are sadly the most overlooked architec-
AUGUST 2020