SaaS Platform Authority to Operate (ATO) Compliance under FedRAMP

Leave a Comment / Compliance, Cybersecurity, FedRAMP, Security / By Alex Carroll

According to FedRAMP Director Matt Goodrich, the average company spends $2.25 million in overall costs by the time they’re certified by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Not only is cost a factor, but time as well. While the process continues to improve, some companies took well over a year to make it through. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Vendors …

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NIST and CMMC Compliance for DoD

Leave a Comment / Cloud Computing, Compliance, Data Center, Data Center Certifications, EMP Data Center, Federal Hosting Service, FedRAMP, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Reliability, Strategy / By Chase Utley

NIST 800-171 and CMMC Compliance NIST and CMMC Compliance for DoD Lifeline Data Centers is your “Easy Button” in solving NIST 800-171 and CMMC compliance issues for the federal government. Do not be intimidated and do not feel like it will cost more than the federal contracts are worth. Your company can inherit our controls …

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The NIST 800-171 Standard and its Evolution

Leave a Comment / FedRAMP, Compliance / By Rich Banta

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 …

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Trends that will Impact the Data Center Industry Within Next 5 Years

Leave a Comment / Data Center, Compliance, Data Center Certifications, Data Center Security, Data Center Strategy, Efficiency, Information Technology, Large Data Center, Reliability, Trends / By Alex Carroll

Climate change is among the trends projected to impact the data center industry within the next 5 years, according to forecasts by researchers. And the growing acceptance of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices will continue to shape the future of data centers. Research firm Gartner predicted that 90 percent of large data centers will …

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Understanding Data Security and Regulatory Compliance [Presentation]

Leave a Comment / 99.995 Uptime, CIO Strategy, Colocation, Compliance, Data Center, Data Center Redundancy, Data Center Strategy, Data Center Uptime, Efficiency, Enterprise Data Center, Reliability / By Alex Carroll

Data breach events result in significant losses each year. In fact, one data breach can put you out of business. Data security and compliance must be an integral part of every company’s risk management plan, and ignorance of the rules is not an excuse. Understanding the hidden regulatory risks of a data breach can keep …

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New Tool Designed to Help Banks Evaluate Cyber Risk

Leave a Comment / 99.995 Uptime, CIO Strategy, Colocation, Compliance, Cooling, Data Center, Data Center Downtime, Data Center Redundancy, Data Center Strategy, Data Center Uptime, Disaster Recovery Center, Disaster Recovery Colocation, Efficiency, Hardened Data Center, Large Data Center, Reliability, Wholesale data center / By Alex Carroll

On June 30, 2015, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council rolled out a new assessment tool for financial organizations, with the aim of helping them detect and defend against security risks. The Cybersecurity Assessment Tool walks users through the process of analyzing their own systems, personnel policies and technology infrastructure to determine how prepared they …

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Dual-Fiber Connectivity: Laying the Groundwork for Business Growth

Leave a Comment / 99.995 Uptime, CIO Strategy, Colocation, Compliance, Data Center, Data Center Redundancy, Data Center Strategy, Data Center Uptime, Disaster Recovery Center, Disaster Recovery Colocation, Efficiency, Enterprise Data Center, Large Data Center, Midwest Data Center, Rated 4 Data Center, Reliability, Wholesale data center / By Alex Carroll

Indiana is a state known for basketball, motorsports and vast expanses of farmland. But increasingly, it’s becoming a hot spot for tech startups. According to Forbes magazine, between 2001 and 2013, the Indianapolis-Carmel area ranked ninth of all cities in the United States for tech sector growth, with a 50.4 percent increase in overall tech …

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Indianapolis IT Expert Says NYSE Computer Outage Time Could Have Been Reduced and Might Have Been Hacked

Leave a Comment / 99.995 Uptime, Chicago Disaster Recovery, CIO Strategy, Colocation, Compliance, Data Center, Data Center Costs, Data Center Power Redundancy, Data Center Redundancy, Data Center Strategy, Data Center Uptime, Disaster Recovery Center, Disaster Recovery Colocation, Efficiency, Enterprise Data Center, Hardened Data Center, Large Data Center, Midwest Data Center, Mission Critical Facilities, Press Releases, Rated 4 Data Center, Reliability, Wholesale data center / By Alex Carroll

The NYSE, along with United and WSJ.com, outages were cause for concern last week, raising a variety of questions in the midst of reports of “technical issues”. The official statement reads as follows: “It was determined that the NYSE and NYSE MKT customer gateways were not loaded with the proper configuration compatible with the new …

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Top Concerns for Data Centers in 2015 and Beyond

Leave a Comment / 99.995 Uptime, Colocation, Compliance, Cooling, Data Center, Data Center Certifications, Data Center Costs, Data Center Downtime, Data Center Outsource Costs, Data Center Power Redundancy, Data Center Redundancy, Data Center Strategy, Data Center Uptime, Disaster Recovery Center, Disaster Recovery Colocation, Efficiency, Large Data Center, Midwest Data Center, Mission Critical Facilities, Moving a Data Center, Reliability, Wholesale data center, Zero Downtime Data Center / By Rich Banta

With a rapidly changing business climate that includes data, cloud and analytics, data centers are expected to undergo numerous changes in the next few years to adapt. However, it can be difficult to predict what those changes might be. Following are some of the biggest variables that could impact data centers in the immediate future. …

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There are windows in your Data Center? Seriously?!?!?

Leave a Comment / 99.995 Uptime, Compliance, Data Center, Data Center Downtime, Data Center Strategy, Reliability / By Alex Carroll

Are there windows in the shell of the building housing your data center? Let’s give this 5 milliseconds of serious thought, shall we? First, relying strictly upon common sense, the #1 material threat to infrastructure in the Midwest is severe weather and/or tornadic activity. Large expanses of glass will likely be compromised in even an …

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