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When the Microsoft cloud had a momentary failure<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in early May,\u00a0 most of us had an uncomfortable hour with limited access to our files and systems.\u00a0 It seems that some red-faced engineer at Microsoft made a simple small mistake that impacted systems all around the world and it took about hour for them to track it down.<\/p>\n

A few weeks previously,\u00a0 many of our clients were adversely impacted by a major outage at one ISP that lasted almost two days.\u00a0 From what we understand, a software update on some network equipment at Chorus was incompatible with something at the internet provider.\u00a0 I can\u2019t begin to imagine the pressure they would have felt as they sought to fix it.<\/p>\n

These were clearly accidents, but we all know that our biggest threat is d<\/span>eliberate malicious activities<\/strong>.\u00a0 I was just reading about something called \u2018RobbinHood\u2019 impacting the city of Baltimore in May<\/a><\/strong>, which in turn followed a similar outage in Greenville, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

There is no easy fix.<\/h2>\n

It’s understandable to say \u2018Wow, let\u2019s just eliminate the risk and minimise reliance on the internet\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, its not that simple.\u00a0 Firstly, we know that security measures on the large, reputable, cloud providers is greater than any of us\u00a0could reasonably afford otherwise \u2013 in fact it\u2019s more secure by a quantum.\u00a0\u00a0 Hackers are starting to target businesses<\/strong>, and the less defences you have, the easier you are to hack.<\/p>\n

Secondly,\u00a0 every organisation we work with wants to be more connected to their customers and stakeholders.<\/strong>\u00a0 They need to operate faster, with more automation, and that simply means more connectivity.<\/p>\n

Even if that isn\u2019t important, the external systems we rely on, are also intimately connected across the internet.\u00a0 Whether its obvious things like eCommerce sites or banking, we\u2019re reliant on cloud systems.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you think about the simple action of a physical delivery truck taking stock to your local shops, just consider the amount of IT that simple trip relies on.\u00a0 The orders will be electronic.\u00a0 Invoicing and payments will be digital. The warehouse dispatchers will rely on connectivity to find the items on their shelves and increasingly the stock picking will be robotic.\u00a0 The truck driver will be rostered, and the truck\u2019s maintenance will also be tracked and allocated by software.\u00a0 The route will be guided by a traffic system and the truck is probably GPS tracked and monitored.\u00a0 All of that happens before any of the order is unloaded at your local shop.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re reliant on connectivity!<\/h2>\n

We therefore need to think about how to manage this.<\/strong>\u00a0 Each organisation will have a slightly different answer depending on their circumstances.\u00a0 Ultimately, they need to decide what it\u2019s worth to them to protect themselves, and what they can afford.\u00a0 That\u2019s because there is a law of diminishing returns.\u00a0 Nothing can make an organisation 100% safe<\/strong>, but they can reduce their exposure, up to a point that makes good sense for them.<\/p>\n

We suggest working this through in a structured process.\u00a0<\/strong> It\u2019s why our “FlightPlan”<\/a><\/strong> is important. \u00a0 We recommend it\u2019s done annually because things change, with new opportunities, new challenges and new options.\u00a0\u00a0 That defines the parameters to work within, and then the tools become more apparent.<\/p>\n

This is what guides us as we work though options including redundant systems and failover connectivity, or manual backup processes.\u00a0 Understanding vulnerabilities and the relative value of these is vital to good decision making<\/strong>, and that ranges across not just your own infrastructure, but the tools and resources of those that you rely on.<\/p>\n

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When the Microsoft cloud had a momentary failure\u00a0in early May,\u00a0 most of us had an uncomfortable hour with limited access to our files and systems.\u00a0 It seems that some red-faced engineer at Microsoft made a simple small mistake that impacted systems all around the world and it took about hour for them to track it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"When the [wow_colorme]Microsoft cloud had a momentary failure<\/a><\/strong>[\/wow_colorme] in early May,\u00a0 most of us had an uncomfortable hour with limited access to our files and systems.\u00a0 It seems that some red-faced engineer at Microsoft made a simple small mistake that impacted systems all around the world and it took about hour for them to track it down.\n\nA few weeks previously,\u00a0 many of our clients were adversely impacted by a major outage at one ISP that lasted almost two days.\u00a0 From what we understand, a software update on some network equipment at Chorus was incompatible with something at the internet provider.\u00a0 I can\u2019t begin to imagine the pressure they would have felt as they sought to fix it.\n\nThese were clearly accidents, but we all know that our biggest threat is d<\/span>eliberate malicious activities<\/strong>.\u00a0 I was just reading about something called[wow_colorme] \u2018RobbinHood\u2019 impacting the city of Baltimore in May<\/a><\/strong>[\/wow_colorme], which in turn followed a similar outage in Greenville, North Carolina.\n\n[header2 text=\"There is no easy fix.\" align=\"left\" color=\"#336A40\" margintop=\"\"]\n\nIt's understandable to say \u2018Wow, let\u2019s just eliminate the risk and minimise reliance on the internet\u2019.\n\n\"\"\n\nUnfortunately, its not that simple.\u00a0 Firstly, we know that security measures on the large, reputable, cloud providers is greater than any of us\u00a0could reasonably afford otherwise \u2013 in fact it\u2019s more secure by a quantum.\u00a0\u00a0 Hackers are starting to target businesses<\/strong>, and the less defences you have, the easier you are to hack.\n\nSecondly,\u00a0 every organisation we work with wants to be more connected to their customers and stakeholders.<\/strong>\u00a0 They need to operate faster, with more automation, and that simply means more connectivity.\n\nEven if that isn\u2019t important, the external systems we rely on, are also intimately connected across the internet.\u00a0 Whether its obvious things like eCommerce sites or banking, we\u2019re reliant on cloud systems.<\/strong>\u00a0 If you think about the simple action of a physical delivery truck taking stock to your local shops, just consider the amount of IT that simple trip relies on.\u00a0 The orders will be electronic.\u00a0 Invoicing and payments will be digital. The warehouse dispatchers will rely on connectivity to find the items on their shelves and increasingly the stock picking will be robotic.\u00a0 The truck driver will be rostered, and the truck\u2019s maintenance will also be tracked and allocated by software.\u00a0 The route will be guided by a traffic system and the truck is probably GPS tracked and monitored.\u00a0 All of that happens before any of the order is unloaded at your local shop.\n\n[header2 text=\"We\u2019re reliant on connectivity!\" align=\"left\" color=\"#336A40\" margintop=\"\"]\"\"\n\nWe therefore need to think about how to manage this.<\/strong>\u00a0 Each organisation will have a slightly different answer depending on their circumstances.\u00a0 Ultimately, they need to decide what it\u2019s worth to them to protect themselves, and what they can afford.\u00a0 That\u2019s because there is a law of diminishing returns.\u00a0 Nothing can make an organisation 100% safe<\/strong>, but they can reduce their exposure, up to a point that makes good sense for them.\n\nWe suggest working this through in a structured process.\u00a0<\/strong> It\u2019s why our [wow_colorme]\"FlightPlan\"<\/a><\/strong> [\/wow_colorme]is important. \u00a0 We recommend it\u2019s done annually because things change, with new opportunities, new challenges and new options.\u00a0\u00a0 That defines the parameters to work within, and then the tools become more apparent.\n\nThis is what guides us as we work though options including redundant systems and failover connectivity, or manual backup processes.\u00a0 Understanding vulnerabilities and the relative value of these is vital to good decision making<\/strong>, and that ranges across not just your own infrastructure, but the tools and resources of those that you rely on.","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}