Data Centre Physical Security

Data Centre Physical Security

A new market has boomed around the world and the currency is data. Globally, the data stored in data centres will quintuple by 2020 to reach 915 EB by 2020, up 5.3-fold (a CAGR of 40%) from 171 EB in 2015.

Overall data centre workloads will more than double (2.6-fold) and cloud workloads will more than triple (3.2-fold) from 2015 to 2020, so there needs to be a corresponding rise in data centre physical security to match this demand. Data Centre Physical Security has to be observed as a layered approach and employing systems of defence that will deter, detect and delay as any intruder tries to access the data in the physical world.

Whilst aesthetics play an important part of the design statement these days; a perimeter fencing system has one very important role, to deter. The majority of opportunist attacks can be negated by a fence line that acts as a physical barrier between looking like a soft target or a hard target.

When we look at two of CLD Fencing Systems products in terms of delay the difference is noticeable in name alone. The Securus SR1 holds LPS1175:7 SR1 rating from LPCB, however the Securus AC (SR2) holds the SR2 rating, this means it can provide an additional 2 minutes of certified delay against a physical attack. When we start to layer these with a sterile zone in between the perimeters, it can present a deadly delay time for anyone seeking to break in to the data centre; even with the most dedicated tools.

Notably, having a secure perimeter again almost works along the same principles as encasing the data centre in an impenetrable surface, you have to allow access control through it. Over the last 4 years CLD Fencing Systems research and development department worked on creating a world’s first in access control by designing, testing and having certified the first LPS1175 Security Rated Sliding Gate systems at SR1, SR2 and SR3.

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