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A typical data center is as secure as a water balloon

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Suppose we compare your data center to a water balloon. Both have a relatively secure perimeter. Both have content that should remain inside. Both face significant threats from pointed attacks. And in both cases, Bad Things happen when the perimeter is breached.

Why the comparison? Consider the following: How much do you spend to protect your data center applications from outside attacks? How about from attacks launched inside your network security perimeter? How secure is your valuable data against the misuse of privileged access accounts? When was the last time you changed all of your database passwords or all of your server passwords? Often, the answers to these questions reveal that a typical data center is about as secure as a water balloon.

Here we describe some common yet risky misperceptions about data center security. The goal is to get you thinking about threats that you may not have considered before. Then we describe some proven strategies you can adopt to resist these threats and improve the security of your valuable data.

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