Being told "industry standard" seems like a cop out for "we don't want to do it". Which is a completely legitimate response, but ideally they'd just come out and say that.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:54 AM Robert Webb <rwfireg...@gmail.com> wrote: > The is booster to only get an LTE signal from Verizon into the data > center.. > > For our purpose of needing it, we have a cisco router with LTE for our > system as a back management access in case of loss to the system by normal > means. > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:39 AM Andrew Latham <lath...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree with Miles that this is more of an infiltration and or >> ex-filtration of data issue. Can you firewall at the booster? Out of Band >> management is tricky when LTE bandwidth is so high that one could export >> large quantities of data. >> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 9:28 AM Miles Fidelman < >> mfidel...@meetinghouse.net> wrote: >> >>> It's not quite clear what you mean by "NIST controls" - NIST publishes >>> standards & guidelines, they don't regulate. >>> >>> Now, if you're running a Federal data center, or one for a government >>> contractor - perhaps you're referring to "NIST Compliance" under FISMA (the >>> Federal Information Security Management Act) - which involves compliance >>> with a bunch of FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards). See >>> https://csrc.nist.gov/topics/laws-and-regulations/laws/fisma & >>> https://digitalguardian.com/blog/what-nist-compliance for some >>> background. >>> >>> Now if I had to guess - I expect that there are some security standards >>> that would prohibit placing an antenna inside a data center handling any >>> kind of sensitive or classified data. >>> >>> If you have any systems, in the data center, that require security >>> certification & accreditation, I expect your accreditation authority would >>> be the person to talk to. Or your information security officer. >>> On 7/18/19 9:30 AM, Robert Webb wrote: >>> >>> So I have a situation where I am trying to get LTE to an out of band >>> router and there is no signal available in the data center. There was a >>> booster setup purchased and I have a manager telling me that standards, >>> industry and not local, prohibit the installation. >>> >>> He has yet to produce any documented industry standard so I thought I >>> would reach out to see if anyone here has heard of this. >>> >>> We fall under NIST controls and I haven't found anything there and have >>> also looked at TIA and not found anything. >>> >>> Thanks... >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 9:09 AM Matt Harris <m...@netfire.net> wrote: >>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 8:01 AM Robert Webb <rwfireg...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Anyone out there deal with data center design? >>>>> >>>>> Looking for any info available which provides guidelines on putting >>>>> antennas, like LTE booster, in the data center. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Not quite sure what you're looking for here Robert. As far as placing >>>> something like an LTE booster in a data center, you'd just use common sense >>>> (place it in the best possible place from a connectivity standpoint). Is >>>> this something you're considering in order to provide service to folks who >>>> run LTE backup connections on their gear (like serial concentrators)? >>>> Wireless/RF site surveys and how to do them effectively are pretty >>>> well-documented at this point. >>>> >>>> Or are you asking about roof access/deploying antennas on a rooftop >>>> safely/securely? >>>> >>>> -- >>> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. >>> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra >>> >>> Theory is when you know everything but nothing works. >>> Practice is when everything works but no one knows why. >>> In our lab, theory and practice are combined: >>> nothing works and no one knows why. ... unknown >>> >>> >> >> -- >> - Andrew "lathama" Latham - >> >
