“ Whether it ’ s natural disasters , terrorism or breakins , data centres will be vulnerable to a range of risks unless they are physically secure ”
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proved pretty conclusively , the physical threats to data centres far beyond the occasional alt-right nut job with a pipe bomb - as we saw with AWS .
“ Although the practice of physical security of data centres is very different to cybersecurity methods , the threats are the same ,” says David Watkins , Solutions Director for VIRTUS Data Centres .
Mark Green , a physical security specialist working for UK tech and managed services firm ( that also specialises in data centres ) LMG , explains that “ whether it ’ s natural disasters , terrorism or break-
“ Whether it ’ s natural disasters , terrorism or breakins , data centres will be vulnerable to a range of risks unless they are physically secure ”
MARK GREEN PHYSICAL SECURITY SPECIALIST , LMG ins , data centres will be vulnerable to a range of risks unless they are physically secure ,” and the physical risks - as well as the cost of a physical security breach - are rising . “ Basic , low-level protection is not sufficient to safeguard modern data centres ,” Green explains , “ particularly as perimeter breaches and compromising of the access control credential are emerging as the biggest physical threats to these facilities today .” As Watkins and Green lay out , the landscape of potential threats facing data centres is as multifaceted in physical space as it is in the digital world .
106 December 2021