Comments on: Financial Data Center, Hiding in Plain Sight http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/04/financial-data-center-hiding-in-plain-sight/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Secret data center locations - Data Center Map Blog http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/04/financial-data-center-hiding-in-plain-sight/comment-page-1/#comment-4784 Secret data center locations - Data Center Map Blog Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:47:17 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=10125#comment-4784 [...] aren’t necessarily secured anonymity either, if they are large enough through, for example NYSE ran in to this problem - and as far as I know Google and Microsoft would like to keep their [...] [...] aren’t necessarily secured anonymity either, if they are large enough through, for example NYSE ran in to this problem – and as far as I know Google and Microsoft would like to keep their [...]

]]> By: Andrew Graham http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/05/04/financial-data-center-hiding-in-plain-sight/comment-page-1/#comment-3718 Andrew Graham Tue, 05 May 2009 13:22:04 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=10125#comment-3718 If a new Data Center is constructed cover all 4 disciplines of security { Physical, Operational, Logical & Structural} POLS, it won't matter if the public knows where the Data Center is if the security is thoroughly covered. It isn't likely that the NYSE can really hide the whereabouts of its ~400 square foot Data Center anyway. Most Data Center designers cover Physical & Logical security systems thoroughly as those disciplines are maturing. What is often not covered thoroughly is the Structural Security, organizations become too focused on getting a CO and getting the new Data Center live that they often don't cover themselves from the structural threats of fire, water, theft & wind. How many Data Centers are built with a 20 minute fire rated door? How many Data Centers are built with more than a 10-15 minute Class 125 rating? The real interesting aspect to my points is that there are new building materials that can cover Structural Security and omit these unnecessary exposures while actually constructing the facility & obtaining the CO faster. Let me know if you'd like to learn more about the process? If a new Data Center is constructed cover all 4 disciplines of security { Physical, Operational, Logical & Structural} POLS, it won’t matter if the public knows where the Data Center is if the security is thoroughly covered. It isn’t likely that the NYSE can really hide the whereabouts of its ~400 square foot Data Center anyway. Most Data Center designers cover Physical & Logical security systems thoroughly as those disciplines are maturing. What is often not covered thoroughly is the Structural Security, organizations become too focused on getting a CO and getting the new Data Center live that they often don’t cover themselves from the structural threats of fire, water, theft & wind.

How many Data Centers are built with a 20 minute fire rated door? How many Data Centers are built with more than a 10-15 minute Class 125 rating? The real interesting aspect to my points is that there are new building materials that can cover Structural Security and omit these unnecessary exposures while actually constructing the facility & obtaining the CO faster. Let me know if you’d like to learn more about the process?

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