London Olympics IT team prepares for cyber and physical attacks

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2116018/london-olympics-team-prepares-cyber-physical-attacks

By Rosalie Marshall
V3.co.uk
10 Oct 2011

London 2012 chief executive Paul Deighton on Monday officially launched 
the technology hub set to play a key role at the Olympics next year and 
revealed the exhaustive measures put in place to safeguard the 
infrastructure from attack or systems failure.

The Technology Operations Centre (TOC) for the London Olympics contains 
180 servers that will be maintained by 450 professionals over the 16 
days of the Olympics games and the 12 days of the Paralympics.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic 
Games (LOCOG) said it had been working closely with IT integrator Atos 
to ensure results can be delivered in real-time to all devices connected 
to the internet during the Olympics.

"We estimate there will be around nine million devices connected to the 
internet in 2012, and we need to ensure they can all access data in a 
reliable and secure way in an open environment," said Atos head of 
Olympics and major events, Patrick Adiba.

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