NETWORK AND CYBERSECURITY
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“ A malicious cyber actor or a military agency of a nation can easily take control of the device and interrupt the power to a data center ”
— Bob Pruett , Security Field Solutions Executive , SHI International
interview back in April . “ Now that we are experiencing the formerly unthinkable , security threats , both cyber and physical , have been illuminated or exacerbated and the importance of efficient , integrated , and secure systems has been highlighted .”
As with data centre power systems , the meeting point between the physical world and the digital one that is creating these vulnerabilities stems largely from the IoT . The number of new IoT devices grew by 7bn between 2018 and 2019 , and that trend is only expected to accelerate . Many third party IoT sensors and systems operate without adequate cybersecurity built in . Finding ways to protect and isolate these devices from the core network is becoming an increasingly high priority for data centre
AUGUST 2020