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Michael O'Neil Antonio Ramos
16 Jul 2024
Effective data center governance for cybersecurity

Good data center governance provides a foundation for effective data center cybersecurity. How should data center leaders structure an approach that optimizes the resources needed to safeguard data centers?

Briefing Reports 7 min read
Douglas Donnellan
28 Jun 2024
Operators boost cybersecurity efforts, but more work is needed

Only half of data center operators rate their cyber resiliency assessments as effective, despite three in four operators experiencing a recent cyber incident.

Data Reports 4 min read
Michael O'Neil Antonio Ramos
26 Jun 2024
Identifying and addressing data center cybersecurity threats

Identifying the extent of security requirements is a critical first step in building a viable data center cybersecurity strategy. Data center managers should identify and answer essential questions to implement an effective playbook.

Briefing Reports 6 min read
Daniel Bizo Rosa Lawrence
25 Jun 2024
Immersion fluids hold promise, but fire risk a concern

There are no commonly accepted best practices or standards to refer to when assessing the fire hazard that single-phase immersion fluids pose in a data center application and the appropriate measures against them.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Michael O'Neil
18 Jun 2024
Mitigating OT risk from third-party requests

Operators often resist giving third parties access to OT data to limit vulnerabilities. Nevertheless, some colocation customers require this access — as will emerging AI tools — but the OT air-gap should not be bridged lightly.

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Peter Judge
14 Jun 2024
Ignore Li-ion fire risks at your peril

Li-ion batteries have many benefits but may have been adopted without sufficient risk analysis. Following serious data center fires, operators should be aware of the risk of damage, potential regulations and the costs of safety mitigation.

Intelligence Updates 9 min read
Michael O'Neil
3 Jun 2024
Complexity versus cybersecurity in the data center: which wins?

Data center managers are squeezed between complexity arising from digital innovation and the need for secure and reliable service delivery. Is it possible to minimize risk while enabling business innovation?

Intelligence Updates 6 min read
Andy Lawrence
24 May 2024
High-impact outages highlight ongoing resiliency challenges

Three recent data center outages illustrate the truth of the adage: “You can’t contract out responsibility.”

Intelligence Updates 5 min read
Rosa Lawrence Daniel Bizo
13 May 2024
Anatomy of a thermal runaway

While the fire risk with lithium-ion batteries is widely understood, guidance on how best to mitigate it is still evolving. Controlling a Li-ion fire is difficult because of chemistry that creates the risk of thermal runaway.

Intelligence Updates 8 min read
Dr. Tomas Rahkonen
1 May 2024
Maturity model for sustainability downplays site-level resiliency

Sometime after 2026, the EU is expected to adopt an upcoming version of CENELEC’s TS 50600-5-1 Maturity Model to assess data center sustainability. The current technical specification has some controversial elements.

Intelligence Updates 7 min read
Peter Judge
24 Apr 2024
Uncertain power demand figures will lead to poor decisions

Electric grids face serious issues largely because of national efforts to reduce carbon emissions and boost electrification. Data center growth will add to these problems — but unreliable data could lead to poor decision-making.

Intelligence Updates 8 min read
Michael O'Neil Antonio Ramos
23 Apr 2024
Scoping data center cybersecurity

Identifying the extent of security requirements is a critical first step in building a viable data center cybersecurity strategy. Data center managers should identify and answer essential questions to implement an effective playbook.

Briefing Reports 10 min read
Michael O'Neil
16 Apr 2024
The threat to data center security from state-sponsored hackers

Most cyberattacks are sudden and target financial gain. Attacks on data centers and critical infrastructure can be very different. State-sponsored hackers use varied and sophisticated tactics in support of geopolitical goals.

Intelligence Updates 9 min read
Michael O'Neil
10 Apr 2024
OT protection: is air-gapping the answer?

Cyberattacks on operational technology (OT) systems are rising, and OT failure could be catastrophic for data centers. Managers need to understand the nature of the threat and the defense options to protect their critical environments.

Intelligence Updates 8 min read
Andy Lawrence Douglas Donnellan Chris Brown
28 Mar 2024
REPLAY | Webinar: Annual Outage Analysis 2024

Uptime Institute draws lessons from global outages data for 2024’s annual benchmark review of the impacts, costs and changing types and frequency of crucial infrastructure failures.

On-Demand Webinars 60 min