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Power Outages Are A Major Risk That Most Companies Overlook

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2008-07-10 17:31:34 by Stephanie Balaouras in Security & Risk Management
...downtime affected several businesses hosted in the data center When companies think of disaster recovery and downtime, they typically think of catastrophic events such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes. What companies don't realize is that the most common cause of downtime is power failures. In a joint study by Forrester Research and...
 
Tags: prevent power failures, failures, data center, recovery data center, backup power, backup power generators, power failures, power failure, rackspace power failure
 
 
 
 
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Get Involved Now In Cloud Computing Discussions

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2008-07-24 10:55:19 by Stephanie Balaouras in Security & Risk Management
...downtime for routine maintenance and that some unplanned downtime is inevitable. Consider a service provider that might boast about 99.9% availability (8 hours/year outage for 24x7). What is the difference between the following 8 AM to 4 PM on the last Friday of the quarter Biweekly outages of 30 min at 4 AM local time Timing and duration...
 
Tags: service, online backup service, online, potential service provider, service provider, online storage offerings, online records management, online backup, potential service outages
 
 
 
 
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VMWare is Better Than Microsoft

2008-09-15 23:00:12 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...downtime # of apps per server 15 x time spend scheduling per app 0.75 hr x $50/hr)] = $58,500 Same thing with using VMware Storage VMotion Overtime cost + scheduling downtime + planning move + alternative tool cost - $68,750 (2.5 TeraBytes The Value of High Availability cost of lost business, lost work cost of lost productive time 4 hours of...
 
Tags: vmware, microsoft, survey, vmware survey, vmware enhances, vmware infrastructure, test, vmware test, overtime cost 2hrs
 
 
 
 
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Because Hackers Don't Care... (Why Metrics Don't Work)

2008-04-29 13:23:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...downtime The virus was one of the 1% that the antivirus doesn't block and it spread through the organisation like wildfire. Essentially the saving grace was that it infected a small part of the network, brought that down and didn't spread from there. Luck. It was also non-destructive other than network downtime. Luck The metrics lied You...
 
Tags: antivirus blocks, antivirus, virus writer, virus, network, network downtime, pcs, risk, residual risk
 
 
 
 
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Happy Birthday Toddler - - CMDB just turned 2

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2008-06-24 20:24:00 by David Link in ScienceLogic
...downtime (what did it cost from app being down Server downtime (before and after Tickets generated (before and after Having the data to show how you are performing makes it much easier to show why you need more budget to improve performance in specific areas. Having metrics allows IT managers to do marketing back to the business units about...
 
Tags: cmdb, cmdb success, cmdb tools, framework tools, fancy framework tools, successful cmdb implementation, deploy, deploy tools, tools
 
 
 
 
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The top six corporate email risks

2007-10-27 19:27:40 by Administrator in Email security & compliance blog
 
...downtime and lost productivity 4 Confidentiality breaches ; Most confidentiality breaches occur from within the company. These breaches can be accidental, but they can also be intentional. Some years ago, a well-known software company filed a lawsuit against one of their former employees who had used the companys email system to send out...
 
Tags: risks, email risks, email, email disclaimer, email communications, companys email system, company network, company, explicit email
 
 
 
 
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The DDoS Attack Against CNN.com

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2008-04-22 19:30:53 by HASH0x8b2d1ec in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...downtime within a 3 hour period on Sunday morning, followed by other anomalous activity on Monday morning, where response times were greatly inflated. Netcraft is continuing to monitor the CNN News website. Live uptime graphs can be viewed here Unrestricted warfare is all about bypassing the most fortified engagement points, and achieving...
 
Tags: ddos, ddos-ing cnn, cnn, ddos people, warfare, information warfare attack, attack, ddos attack, chinese script kiddies
 
 
 
 
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SSO: It isn't just about security

2008-06-06 15:05:20 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
...downtime due to password management issues. Second, user frustration with technology constraints is mitigated (removed would be too much to hope for). And because of the first two objectives being met, more time is available for the most important thing we do--provide the highest quality heath care possible to our residents, our home care...
 
Tags: password management issues, password, quality heath care, home care patients, objectives, user experience, downtime due, roi based, user frustration
 
 
 
 
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Twittering away a good thing

2008-06-06 19:05:19 by HASH0x8b54960 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...downtime a killer. Think about how you feel if your cell carrier or blackberry is down or worse the cable TV or satellite dish, or ISP for that matter. There is no easier way to lose users than have inconsistent uptime What a shame it would be if Twitter became a nostalgic blast from the past, with newcomers like FriendFeed, Jaiku, etc....
 
Tags: twitter, start, start ups life, sites, web sites, users, web servers, servers, home grown
 
 
 
 
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Three Keys to a More Stable, Secure, and Available Windows Environment