HENDERSON, Nev., June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's
mayors have unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by
Henderson Mayor Debra March calling for sweeping improvements to
how private businesses and governments protect data from cyber
attacks, physical attacks, severe weather events, and other types
of catastrophic threats to data centers. Mayor March collaborated
with Nevada-based data center
developer Switch to create the language for the resolution.
The U.S. Conference of Mayor's (USCM) resolution, which was
adopted on June 11 at the
organization's 86th annual meeting in Boston, encourages prioritization of funding
for data security measures, federal support for local governments
in that effort, and reinforcing that the federal government follow
its own standards in protecting our nation's critical data center
infrastructure.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors Data Protection Resolution passed
unanimously and was supported by 12 other mayors who were
co-sponsors including Baltimore
Mayor Catherine Pugh, Mesa, Ariz. Mayor John
Giles, Atlanta Mayor
Keisha Bottoms, Portland, Ore. Mayor Ted Wheeler, and Seattle Mayor Jenny
Durkan.
"Every day we read headlines about private businesses, local
governments and even U.S. naval ship plans being compromised as a
result of data vulnerabilities. As a nation, we must prioritize
investments in protecting our data from human error, malicious
attacks and a lack of resiliency," said Mayor March.
"As the developers of the world's only Tier 5®
Platinum data centers Switch was pleased to work with the mayors to
help develop the policy of the resolution and we applaud Mayor
March and her colleagues at the U.S. Conference of Mayors for
taking such a strong stand on physical data center resiliency,"
said Switch EVP of Strategy Adam Kramer. "Unfortunately, many
businesses and governments are unaware of the state of their data
center resiliency until something goes very wrong. We look
forward to working in partnership with our nation's mayors to
strengthen the critical data center infrastructure of our local,
state and federal governments, to draw attention to and attain
these physical security data standards."
"It is time for the leaders of our cities, our nation's mayors,
to start this conversation and gain greater funding for such
critical programs and infrastructure with our congressional
leaders," said Mayor Pugh.
The data protection resolution calls for mitigation measures
that provide redundant systems, resilient and renewable energy
sources, industry-leading data protection standards, and advanced
data center construction standards.
The measure highlighted projected losses from cyber hacks, data
breaches and lost productivity due to lack of secured data at
nearly $8 trillion over the next five
years. Meanwhile, the U.S. Government is expected to spend
$10 billion annually to protect data.
Global spending on data security efforts is expected to grow by
more than 30 percent to about $134
billion by 2022.
ABOUT City of
Henderson
Incorporated in 1953, Henderson
is Nevada's second largest city
with more than 310,000 residents. Henderson is a premier city, nationally
recognized for its stunning parks, trails, master-planned
communities, outstanding quality of life and patriotic past.
Recognized as one of America's Best Places to Live (MONEY
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Week), one of the safest cities in America (Forbes,
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a Bicycle Friendly Community (League of American
Bicyclists), Henderson is a progressive and vibrant city
committed to maintaining premier amenities and services for all who
choose to live, learn, work and play in Henderson…a place to call
home.
ABOUT Switch
POWERING THE FUTURE OF THE CONNECTED WORLD®
Switch (NYSE: SWCH) the technology infrastructure corporation
headquartered in Las Vegas is
built on the intelligent and sustainable growth of the internet.
Switch founder and CEO Rob Roy has
developed more than 500 issued and pending patent claims covering
data center designs that have manifested into the company's
world-renowned data centers and technology solutions.
The Switch PRIMES located in Las
Vegas and Tahoe Reno, Nevada;
Grand Rapids, Michigan; and
Atlanta, Georgia are the world's
highest-rated hyperscale data center campus ecosystems with low
latency to major U.S. markets. The Switch PRIMES are located in the
most cost-effective area of each North American zone based on
power, connectivity, taxes, cost of living and lower risk of
natural disasters. Visit switch.com for more
information.
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