Managing data center security from curb to core

Thanks to an evolving digital landscape, managing and processing data has saturated modern society – and the subsequent need for physical data centres has never been higher. Construction of these information hubs will continue to increase and there’s a corresponding responsibility to secure every aspect of these vital buildings during each stage, from construction to occupation.

The various sectors within data centres need to work in harmony to protect data, which is highly sensitive and constantly facing physical and cyber-attacks. How data centre operators approach this multifaceted security ecosystem directly correlates to the efficiencies of their facilities and how they proactively safeguard against attacks.

Construction

As construction rapidly continues for new data centre sites, construction job site managers must comprehensively understand which workers have been on site and when they clocked in or out. Monitoring personnel has gone beyond checking them in on a clipboard or notebook and has advanced to digital technology in the form of workforce management software.

Automating the once manual solutions must be integrated with an access control network, such as turnstiles or door access control, to guard against workers not authorised to work in certain areas of a job site, especially those complex and highly restricted elements of a data centre environment. This also extends to vehicular access and understanding what vehicles are within the site perimeter.