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The upgraded solution helps justify physical and cybersecurity investments at current and future data centre facilities .

AI , global data centre capacity is expected to double over the next five years with hyperscalers estimated to increase annual spending by US $ 48 billion in 2024 , according to a recent report from Moody ’ s Ratings .

“ DeNexus is proud to be a pioneer helping organisations navigate the interconnected nature of physical and cybersecurity in data centres ,” said Jose Seara : CEO and is experiencing a generational shift in technology , usage and adoption . It is crucial to understand the interconnection between physical and cyber-risks today ,” stated Bill Kleyman : AFCOM Data Center World Programme Chair and CEO and Co-Founder of Apolo . us .

“ We commend DeNexus for their proactive approach in providing financial insights into

This new capability models and quantifies physical-to-cyber-risk , which occurs when an entity bypasses a data centre facility ’ s physical security to advance the objective of executing a cyberattack and supports the justification of both physical and cybersecurity investments for data centres .

Planning and forecasting security investments for existing and future data centre facilities requires financial quantification of both physical and cyberrisks . With this new capability , DeRISK ’ s models capture the facility ’ s physical security zones , the various access paths from zone to zone , the related physical access controls and their effectiveness , and the probability of a successful bypass that could result in a cyberevent .

With DeNexus , security leaders can understand physical and cyberexposures at their data centre facilities , estimate the potential financial loss from a breach , and run ‘ what-if ’ scenarios for various risk mitigation investments to strengthen physical and cyberdefences .

Managing cyber-risk for the exploding data centre market is top of mind for the technology industry . Driven by the rapid expansion of

Founder of DeNexus . “ This is paramount for protecting these cyber-physical assets , which are increasingly relied upon to power the digital economy and growing at an exponential rate fuelled by the rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence .”

“ Security leaders often overlook physical data centre security . In the 2024 AFCOM State of the Data Centre Report , physical data centre security broke into the top five security concerns . With AI , our industry the combined physical and cyberthreats our global digital infrastructures face .”

Working with early adopters of its data centre cyber-risk management solution , DeNexus will continue to develop advanced models that account for the interconnection between physical and cyberassets .

DeNexus will showcase its work on physical and cyber risk management at Data Center World in Washington D . C . on April 14 – 17 . p

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