SOFTWARE solutions are not a panacea for data security . In fact , fostering a culture of good cyber hygiene through regular data sanitisation practices is just as necessary in data centre security as an organisation ’ s or cloud provider ’ s firewall .”
Forslund ’ s point is that , once the bad actors are past that firewall and inside a network , the damage is already done . He adds that , in an increasing number of cases , the capabilities of that shiny , machinelearning powered , AI-based security software aren ’ t all that relevant to whether or not a network , and the data inside it , are compromised . “ Quite often , what we see is that these data breaches aren ’ t solely the result of security software vulnerabilities , but rather instances where IT assets like drives and devices have been lost or stolen – including via an internal attack ,” he says . “ When decommissioning equipment or a whole data centre , sanitising those assets should be top priority . Don ’ t let those redundant IT assets stockpile and become security risks .” datacentremagazine . com 99