GIBRALTAR PERIMETER SECURITY
G-2000 M50 P1 Electric Wedge Barrier- Data Centre
By translating the smart wall architecture into a plug‐and‐play perimeter system for data centres, Gibraltar aims to offer general contractors a single quote and integrated design that consolidates these functions.
This raises what Douglas calls“ the security bar” while keeping build times on track and reducing coordination overhead. Douglas links this to the compression of data centre construction schedules from roughly a year for a single‐storey building in 2018 to around seven months for multi‐storey, multi‐building campuses with dozens of electrical rooms and pods inside a single fence line today.
Smart fence, access control and defence‐in‐depth Within the fence, Douglas outlines a model in which access control at gates mirrors and links to controls inside the data centre, with increasing assurance levels as users approach critical systems and customer data.
“ If I have access controls, which you should have at your gates, that should be the same access controls that I’ m running in the building,” he says, adding that authentication factors can be stepped up closer to the servers, moving from card‐based systems at the perimeter to biometric controls at critical internal access points. datacentremagazine. com
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