5 Lessons The Delta Outage Should Teach Us About Datacenter Security And Disaster Prevention

The Delta outage: 650 cancelled flights, more than 1200 delayed flights, thousands of frustrated customers, tens of millions of dollars in damages - plus untold reputational damage to one of the world's most trusted airlines. All due to a catastrophic, cascading technical failure that apparently started with a "small fire" in Delta's datacenter.

Multiple news outlets have relayed this story about the fire, so I can't speak to how Delta has its IT network designed and deployed. But I can say three things for sure.

First, our hearts go out to Delta for having to go through the mother of all business disruptions. It's a tribute to ...

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