Defending The Data Center

Forbes.com (Aug 12 2009) Construction

1. What CIOs should do to prevent or mitigate cyber attacks on data centers. Selected, simultaneous attacks on multiple data centers could paralyze the national and global economy. Recognizing this, the Obama administration is seeking a national cyber security czar to prevent or mitigate these problems. Cyber attacks are asymmetrical, meaning they can be carried out anonymously by individuals, small groups or nations with relatively little investment. Defending against them is extremely costly. Over the last 10 years, attacks have transitioned from hackers intent on demonstrating their programming competence to organized groups with political or economic motives. The recent denial of service attacks on Twitter, YouTube and others illustrate that terrorism is something IT executives now need to consider. (Read Full Article)

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