Data Center and Colocation Blog

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the official measure institute for the United States. It is a non-regulatory government agency that belongs to the Department of Commerce. NIST is responsible for creating measurement standards to improve efficiency in data centers. The NIST has recently released Special Publication 800-171 which covers the security of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), specifically in Information Systems and Organizations outside of the government.

This new publication provides guidance on ensuring that systems designed to process, store, or transmit CUI information are properly secured. Compliance

This year has been an incredible year for our organization where decades of hard work has paid off in our FedRAMP certification and launch of Redrack, our IaaS cloud solutions. And we’re being recognized for the hard work, too! CIO Applications has named Lifeline Data Centers a Top 25 Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Technology Provider.

They’ve also written a wonderful profile of our organization… here’s an excerpt.

With a clear strategy to combat these issues is one of the most established and experienced data centers and cloud service providers in the

For Immediate Release:

Company Becomes First Privately-held FedRAMP-Ready Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Site with an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Shield

INDIANAPOLIS – August 8, 2017– Lifeline Data Centers is pleased to announce it has been awarded FedRAMP-Ready status by the United States government. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services. The FedRAMP application process is an arduous and painstakingly-detailed authorization that few cloud service providers and data centers are capable of obtaining. So very few organizations

Disaster Recovery is an essential component of every business plan that provides a framework that plans for the worst in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. Within Information Technology:

Disaster recovery (DR) is an area of infrastructure and security planning to minimize the imact of significant negative events within your organization. A disaster recovery plan is a structured document that instructs your staff on what to do in the event of significant, unplanned incidents. Disaster recovery plans enable businesses to maintain, replace, or resume mission-critical functions following a disaster.

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WannaCry is not a problem when your software and data are hosted on NIST 800-53 (FISMA/FedRAMP) or NIST 800-171 (FARS/DFARS) certified systems.

The WannaCry Ransomware cyber attack has stricken more than 300,000 computers, according to White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert. While the rate of the attacks is decelerating, the risk is in no way over. The current threat has largely been halted thanks to a MalwareTechBlog, a UK cyber security researcher, and Darien Huss locating and activating a kill switch in the software.

Also known as WCrypt, WannaCrypt, WanaCrypt0r, Wana Decryptor or WCry, the malware applies

It’s been 20 years since a professor coined the term “cloud computing,” using those two words to define what he considered a new “computing paradigm where the boundaries of computing will be determined by economic rationale rather than technical limits alone.”

Fast forward to 2017: Gartner is now predicting that the public cloud computing industry will climb to $236 billion by 2020, up from its current share of $146 billion. That demand will be driven in part by the increasing number of enterprises that are embracing cloud computing as a data

Floods, tornadoes, severe storms, earthquakes and hail were among the natural disasters hitting the United States in 2016. Some regions of the country, of course, are better than others when it comes to the damaging effects of Mother Nature.

But companies globally have to deal with the increasing threats caused by cyber attacks. No one is immune. These criminal acts have impacted small companies to big names as varied as Wendy’s, the FBI, Verizon, LinkedIn, CitiBank, and the Democratic National Convention, according to The Heritage Foundation.

With threats coming from all sides,

What keeps you up at night? Or sweating during the day?

More than likely, you have plenty of work-related issues that keep you stressed, including profitability, efficiency, staffing, and the company’s overall viability. But it appears that there’s a larger nightmare that has emerged as the No. 1 threat business officials fear.

A recent survey revealed that the threat of a cyber attack is among the top worries faced by business and IT leaders in 79 countries, according to a report by the Business Continuity Institute and the British Standards Institution. Also,

The debate on public versus private cloud is a fierce one with advocates on both sides. Security experts, however, consistently fall in the pro-private camp. As a compliance and security expert, I have to agree.

First, let’s be clear on the definitions.

The public cloud is available to the public—in a free or pay-per-use capacity—and is accessible via the web. Some examples include Google Apps, Office 365, file sharing applications such as Box or Dropbox, and so on.

The private cloud, on the other hand, is the same service, but it sits behind

As is the case with many company IT departments, your team is likely exploring colocation centers as an alternative to expanding your onsite data center solutions. It’s a significant move — one that requires research to determine the best fit.

Colocation facilities can clearly address the need to quickly expand capacity at a reduced cost. However, it’s important to make sure you’re partnering with a colocation center that is able to meet your needs for the long haul.

Here are 5 qualities you need to consider to ensure that a data center