Proper security practices are a vital part of company infrastructure.
As we know, ransomware has quickly emerged as one of the fastest-growing cyber threats to both businesses and government agencies alike.
The May 7, 2021 cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline shuttered the computerized equipment managing the gasoline and jet fuel delivery pipeline. The resulting shutdown spread fear across the southeastern U.S., as consumers rushed the pumps and drove up prices.
Hackers demanded almost $4.4 million in Bitcoin for ransom, which the company quickly paid while working closely with the FBI. Most of the money was later recovered.
After reviews by industry security experts, a simple multi-factor authentication (MFA) would have been enough to stop hackers from accessing Colonial Pipeline credentials.
Is a review of your company’s security practices on the annual calendar?
Reducing the risk of ransomware attacks
If you’re concerned about the level of security in your own firm, including physical and cybersecurity, VPN, and off-site access to critical systems, you might want to consider choosing a data center for your storage.
In order to keep your data safe, FIBERTOWN uses layers of security controls and system checks built into the structure of our data centers.
From the building to the software systems and personnel, we use a multi-pronged approach to physical and digital security.
Important measures we take include: construction materials that ensure hurricane resistance, our 24/7 network operations staff and on-site security, and a 100% uptime service level agreement to provide redundant power and cooling.
It’s important to find a data center that knows the risks of ransomware and has the highest levels of security in place to mitigate possible breaches.
FIBERTOWN partners with many cybersecurity companies who offer excellent products and services. For more education, we engage FBI cybersecurity experts to speak at FIBERTOWN-hosted events to give advice on the latest real-life examples they have seen. If you would like a recommendation, or to sign up for our next cybersecurity event, please ask.
Assistance with backup and disaster recovery
At FIBERTOWN, we want to help make digital security less of an issue for customers.
Energy companies depend on FIBERTOWN for their colocation and backup needs.
Take Petrobras America Inc. for example.
Petrobras America Inc. is a subsidiary of Petrobras, an energy company comprising upstream and downstream operations in Brazil and a North America trading group.
Their data center was located in an office building not set up for the special considerations an enterprise-level data center requires like generator power, cooling, and multiple carriers.
The building would lose power multiple times per month, and enduring the outages was taxing and stressful for the IT team.
Realizing data center operations were not core to their business, the IT team concluded that hosting data at a remote colocation center would provide better return on investment.
Fibertown offered a certified data center with redundancy, multiple carriers, and disaster recovery features (like being first in line for diesel for backup generators) that inspired confidence in the Petrobras America Inc. team.
Prepared for hurricane season
The very best disaster recovery and business continuity plan is the one you never have to use.
The worst? Not having one at all.
What disaster recovery or business continuity means to your business depends on many complex or unpredictable factors.
At FIBERTOWN, we help companies address two key factors: maintaining the availability of your critical technical systems and work area recovery space.
Our customers look to FIBERTOWN and our team of disaster recovery experts to maintain 100% up-time.
Call us today, and gain peace of mind knowing you can handle any disaster that comes your way.