Presented by Mark Acton, Independent Consultant, Non Executive Director, EkkoSense

Data centers and other mission critical environments have become the backbone of our digital society and economy, serving as the infrastructure for most business operations. While this has been the case for a couple decades now, our reliance on data centers has increased in recent years, and even more so during the pandemic as digital communications have become the norm. Because of this, managing risk has been thrown into the spotlight as data center operators strive to ensure uptime in mission critical environments, all while facing an ever-increasing number of risks. This session will discuss the importance of recognizing the different types of risks faced by mission critical operations, both human factors and physical, and provide guidance on how to mitigate those risks to ensure uptime and maximize resiliency.