Mike Yaffe, director of product marketing, Core Security Technologies looks at security in the datacentre

Over the last decade, penetration testing has evolved from a clandestine activity into a widely embraced security practice and the growing influence of emerging IT security regulations including PCI-DSS will only propel it even further into the mainstream. However, for data centre managers, is penetration testing a fundamental requirement? Or as a pure infrastructure provider, does this process represent a practice that has not yet become widely adopted?

Bret Weber, fellow, LSI Corporation looks at how to protect your data

The data explosion continues to drive the demand for increased storage capacity and a parallel need to secure that information. Companies are facing increased security threats from both within the organisation and externally. A company’s data is one of its most valuable assets and organisations need to implement a thorough security plan taking all aspects of securing the data into account. Each point in the storage infrastructure provides a different security threat that must be dealt with using the most appropriate technologies available. Some examples of these security domains include: data-in-flight; data-at-rest; authentication of devices and users; key management and end-to-end data integrity.

Luther Martin, chief security architect at Voltage Security asks - is there a better way to secure your data?

Wayne Parslow, VP EMEA operations at Imprivata on how organisations can link their physical and IT security systems together
For data centre managers, protecting critical business information requires an understanding of two separate worlds – the physical protection of assets, and IT security. The realm of physical security can cover everything from locks and building access systems through to securing the physical servers and storage themselves. On the other hand, IT security concentrates on the data that the organisation is responsible for, and protecting that against unauthorised access.

Daniel Mothersdale, EMEA marketing director, Webroot Software tells Data Centre Management that we need to be aware of the challenges ahead

Yuval Ben-Itzhak, CTO, Finjan says that malicious code has become a business, and can remain undetected