The Broadband Rescue
When UK internet provider TalkTalk collapsed, BT bought it to keep 2.5 million customers online, as officials warned of risks to emergency calls.
Key terms
AP Cybersecurity alignment
- 2.1.D.2An asset is anything valuable. Assets include financial resources, intellectual property, data, digital infrastructure, physical property, and reputation.Learning objective: Describe the risk assessment process.
- 2.1.E.1Once a risk has been identified and assessed, an organization has four options for managing that risk: • Avoid • Transfer • Mitigate • AcceptLearning objective: Identify strategies for managing risk.
AP Networking alignment
- 4.1.B.3In some sectors, such as the food supply chain, healthcare, and the military, connectivity disruptions can cause serious functional or public safety consequences.Learning objective: Explain how unreliable connectivity impacts organizations.
- 4.1.B.4Extended or repeated network outages can cause long-term consequences, including: • financial loss from missed transactions or reduced productivity • reputational damage that discourages customers or investors • erosion of…Learning objective: Explain how unreliable connectivity impacts organizations.
- 4.6.B.1Redundancy improves network reliability by ensuring backup solutions are available if a primary system fails. Common redundancy strategies include: • implementing backup power through generators or UPS • connecting secondary…Learning objective: Identify ways to improve the reliability and availability of networked systems.