There is no silver bullet to security but as data centre facilities hold some of the most sensitive information , data centre managers must ensure they have the most stringent cybersecurity protocols in place . Here , Steven Brown , Segment Director for Schneider Electric ’ s Software Business , discusses the importance of data centre security as a priority and offers his best practice advice for decreasing vulnerabilities across critical systems .

To set the scene , can you tell us about the data centre security trends you ’ re seeing across the industry so far in 2022 and how you expect these to evolve ?

The security trends are actually very connected to the data centre trends themselves . So we see a proliferation of connected devices which is really important for companies to manage their infrastructure more efficiently and to be more sustainable and resilient . And those connected devices present new challenges and opportunities in terms of cyber-resiliency , so a lot of that effort is going towards those connected devices there . The second trend is going to be around talent and that isn ’ t specific to just the data centre when you have so many www . intelligentdatacentres . com

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