Is Your Data Center Ready for STUXNET? Eric Gallant Industry Author & Consultant Lee Technologies
Is Your Data Center Ready for STUXNET?
Nov 18, 2014
Recently, a computer worm known as STUXNET was able to infiltrate an Iranian nuclear power facility and damage a number of uranium purification centrifuges. This is the first known malware with the ability to cause physical damage to electrical or mechanical devices.
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- 1. Is Your Data Center Ready for STUXNET?
Eric Gallant
Industry Author & Consultant
Lee Technologies - 2. Objectives:
Get you thinking differently about what cyber weapons are capable of.
Get you thinking differently about the vulnerability of data center infrastructure.
Provide some first steps you can use to help protect your facility - 3. Agenda:
Discuss the tools and economic impact of cyber attacks.
Show how critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure became vulnerable.
Discuss who would want to attack a data center and why.
Discuss solutions and recommendations. - 4. Weapons of Cyber attackers
Malware
Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, Spyware, Adware, Tracking programs, Bots
Hackers
Identity Theft, Spear-phishing, Data Theft, Denial of Service Attacks (DoS, DDoS), Espionage, Sabotage
These weapons are constantly evolving, endlessly creative and increasingly potent. - 5. Proliferation & Cost of Cyber Attacks
According to Symantec in 2008 The rate of malware creation exceeds the rate of legitimate software
In a 2009 speech President Obama said, It's been estimated that last year alone cyber criminals stole intellectual property from businesses worldwide worth up to $1 trillion.
Between 1995 and 2000 cost of cyber attacks to worldwide business rose from $500M to $17B - 6. Physical Infrastructure Vulnerability
For data centers defending against cyber attacks is a nightmare for IT but not usually an issue for FACILITIES.
That dynamic is rapidly changing
- Electrical and mechanical infrastructure has become vulnerable to catastrophic physical damage from hackers and malware.
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