December 2022
A Heat Dome Hits Virginia: One Data Center's Story
Extreme weather is a physical security threat to assets and operations for which gates, guards, and guns provide no defense. In part one of a three-part series, Security Technology contributor Andy Bochman shares a fictional account of a meteorological event, a “heat dome,” descending in the summer of 2025 near the town of Ashburn, Virginia, and the ripple effects that follow.
A Heat Dome Hits Virginia: The Initial U.S. Government Report
Ripple effects continue after more than 45 data centers in northern Virginia experienced partial or complete failure under the stress of last July’s fictional heat dome, Calcifer. Explore the ramifications in part-two of our cover series.
A Heat Dome Hits Virginia: Things Fall Apart
In the catastrophic wake of 2025’s Heat Dome Calcifer, six influential people—three senior U.S. government officials and three business executives—have gathered in a Washington, D.C., speakeasy during a blizzard to discuss the future of reliability regulation for the data center industry.
Restoring Resilience: The Notre Dame Cathedral Recovery
Resilient Enterprise Tech can Help Boost your Company’s Sustainability Efforts
The Art of Resilience: Proactive Training, Leadership, and Preparedness
Samuel Redman studies where crises and museums intersect, and he found that crisis moments rarely occurred in isolation.
The Efficiency Coefficient: How Companies Can Approach Sustainability
Do You Need Resilient Surveillance Systems? Start with Server, Storage, and Network Infrastructure
Sustainability in the Security Industry: Everyone Has a Role to Play
There’s no doubt that sustainable work practices offer many benefits—environmental, economic, and social—to manufacturers, integrators, end users alike, but to reap these rewards we must all do our part.
