it’s what’s inside these boxy black servers that’s mind-boggling.

“We have the most modern blade server in the country—and we have three—other places will maybe only have one,” Perini said. “if one were to be (temporarily) eliminated by hackers or a virus, we’ll have redundancies in place.”

Having three server racks allows for disaster recovery, system restoration and survivability. in other words, researchers can reroute traffic to the backup site, while working to restore the original site, and network systems can continue to function—even while under attack.

All Americans depend directly or indirectly
on computers, Perini said.
suffice it to say that the nation is a prime
target of terrorists aiming for ideological gain,
hackers who infiltrate for notoriety, rogue
nation states that want political or military
advantage, and criminals who launch cyber
attacks for financial benefit.
the repercussions of even limited cyber
attacks could endanger the nation’s safety,
communication, transportation and financial
interactions.

since 1999, the Air Force space Command and then-u.s. space Command have had an academic partnership with the university, which has continued with AFsPC and u.s. Northern Command.

“they could have gone anywhere, but they came to uCCs,” Perini said. And faculty and graduate students have been researching cyber security and working with the military ever since.

Chancellor Zalabak said the new blade servers and learning labs offer a wonderful opportunity for students.

“And these capabilities transcend even our military community’s needs,” Chancellor Zalabak said.

the new technology and servers will allow more partnerships with the military, companies in Colorado springs and elsewhere, and can support renewable energy efforts and the processing of global financial transactions.