Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
No e-mail or Internet use policy
Employees download unauthorized
iles to organizational PCs.
Ciil infrastructure
Civil transportation
Highway
Highway congestion creates permanent
threat to operations due to personnel
delays.
June 9, 2008: Truck struck bridge on 695
beltway, resulting in massive trafic
delays, keeping key personnel from
work; operations shut down for 4
hours.
Mass transit
Building that contains operations
resides on top of D.C. metro stop.
July 9, 2007: Metro ire causes
evacuation of X; operations shut down
for 3 hours.
Federal Aviation
Administration
Increase in air trafic threatens to
overload current technical and
employee capacity.
Congestion at major air hub on
December 15, 2008, causes shipment
delays and affects retail holiday
revenues.
Utilities—government
provided
Water
Heavy construction in surrounding area
April 2, 2008: Water-main break caused
loss of water-cooled air conditioning;
server farm shut down for 18 hours.
technical
Utilities—
commercially
provided
Electric
Local electric utility (power grid) is
undersized for current demands.
September 22, 2007, brownout that
turned into server room blackout;
server farm down for 8 hours
Continued
