Abstract:

Organizations aim to employ green IT solutions to help lessen the negative environmental impact of technology, reduce costs, limit waste and energy consumption. However, implementing these initiatives and adding related devices to networks to monitor energy usage and waste into various IT systems raises security concerns. In this paper, we highlight our initial research highlighting these issues related to green computing initiatives and the need to increase security awareness. This paper also discusses the next steps in our study leading to an in-depth analysis of green IT initiatives and potential security vulnerabilities.