AWS Bombing Plot Puts Renewed Focus on Data Center Physical Security
The failed AWS plot highlights ongoing rise in physical threat activity accompanying the pandemic and social unrest. This relatively chaotic period has made data center operators increasingly worried about their facilities’ physical security. This had been true even before FBI announced the AWS data center bombing plot it foiled by arresting the alleged bomber-to-be. Whether their current sense of unease is leading operators to action of some sort is unclear. Most of the ones we’ve talked to are, understandably, tight-lipped about any specific precautions they may have been taking b...
Source: datacenterknowledge.com