As a business that receives payments through the five major credit card brands, including Visa, Mastercard, and American Express, more than likely you’re familiar with PCI DSS — a proprietary information security standard administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The standard was designed to reduce credit card fraud. According to new standards, …
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INDIANAPOLIS – June 29, 2016 – Indianapolis-based Lifeline Data Centers was named one of the 20 most promising data center solution providers in 2016 by CIOReview last week. As an innovator and expert in this field, Lifeline is thrilled to receive an accolade of this caliber from a trusted industry resource. CIOReview called Lifeline’s data …
Outsourcing data center needs is increasingly becoming an option for companies that are looking to quickly expand their data center capabilities without building out their own facilities. More than likely, you’ll have an extensive array of choices. But, of course, choosing the right one requires taking into consideration a wide number of factors — including …
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Designers of data centers have been focusing on ways to improve the performance of these critical assets, while exploring ways to minimize their environmental footprint — while delivering the practical solutions that address the needs of today’s IT teams. But some designers are taking it a step further, envisioning the possibilities of data center innovations …
The year is 2020. The cyber attack of your worst nightmare has just become a reality. Are you at all prepared? That’s the question — and the scenarios — that researchers and experts are undertaking to minimize any damage caused by extensive cyber attacks, the type that could shut down power grids and totally reshape …
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If you’re still focusing on preventing breaches as the main component of your cybersecurity plan, it may be time for a switch. According to Michael Hayden, who previously headed up the U.S. National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, breaches by hackers are inevitable. “They’re going to get in,” Hayden said in a recent …
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With so much focus on environmental issues, data centers are increasingly coming under scrutiny for the amount of energy they consume. It’s not just a matter of being conscientious of the environment, many companies are concerned about the high costs of energy bills that could be unnecessary. According to one estimate, U.S. data centers were …
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We’re hooked. Hooked on the internet as part of our day-to-day lives, that is, whether it’s social media or our reliance on the growing number of smart home devices. And that trend only will continue to grow — fueling the need to not only ensure that our data centers have a higher rate of reliability …
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The focus on cybersecurity recently intensified with the appointments of 12 people to the federal Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. That commission now has until December to come up with recommendations to enhance security for the government and the private sector. “I have charged the commission with the critically important task of identifying the steps …
Cybersecurity Gains Momentum as Companies, Government Push it to Forefront Read More »
It was a breach of such magnitude that the media quickly coined one of the most massive leaks in modern history the “Panama Papers.” Never mind that it incriminated leaders from around the world, it also shed light on the urgency of companies, both large and small, to take a hard look at their procedures …
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