http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/360434/data_centre_security_needs_rethinking_afcom/ By Tim Lohman Computerworld 13 September, 2010 IT Departments have been warned that their internal and external data centre providers may be far from being as secure as they may think due to a lack of serious approach to the risks associated with cyber terrorism. Issuing the warning, The Strategic Directions Group director and data centre national practice manager, Mike Andrea, said many Australian data centres were unaware of, or had an apathetic attitude toward risks associated with cyber terrorism. "The general consensus is that while major [terror] events do create media hype around the place and people get asked questions about what they are doing about it from a corporate perspective, many do not keep it front of mind in terms of true risk to the commercial entity," he said. Andrea, who is also external CIO for Springfield Land Corporation in Queensland, said that while a lot of focus was placed on digital security measures, as much focus needed to be placed on physical security. "Many organisations understand what a firewall does and what a VPN concentrator does and other logical protection mechanisms they put in place, but the physical security of a data centre, and access to that data centre or critical infrastructure attached to that data centre is as important as the information stored there," he said. [...] _______________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Mon Sep 13 2010 - 23:46:13 PDT
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