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Initiation responsibility: Head of IT Section: PBX officer; IT Security Management
Implementation responsibility: Administrators
IT equipment and support devices requiring no, or only infrequent, intervention by a human operator are often located in closed and locked rooms (e.g. server room). As a result, malfunctions which, during their initial stage, do not yet produce an effect and can be easily remedied will be detected too late, mostly on account of their impact on IT systems. Fire, malfunctions of a UPS system or failure of an air-conditioner are some examples of such "insidious threats".
Remote detection provides for earlier discovery of such malfunctions. Nowadays, many devices on which reliance has to be placed without the possibility for constantly testing or observing them, are provided with remote indication of malfunctions. The respective technical possibilities range from simple contacts through which a warning lamp can be switched on to computer interfaces with the pertinent software package for current operating systems. Often it is even possible through such interfaces to ascertain the current operational status of the connected devices and thus to take timely action to counter any failures.
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by Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik |
July 1999 |