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Secured Entrances: Cost-Effective, Compliant Solutions for Data Centers
As data centers grow in importance, so does the need for robust security measures to protect against both physical and cyber threats. With vast amounts of sensitive information at stake, preventing unauthorized access is a top priority. Compliance with industry regulations, maintaining security, and managing costs are critical challenges for data center managers. Secured entry solutions, such as security revolving doors and interlocking mantrap portals, address these concerns by preventing security threats like tailgating and piggybacking. These advanced systems integrate with biometric technology, ensuring that only authorized personnel can enter a data center facility, providing compliance and cost-effective security.
Addressing the Unique Challenges of Data Centers
Managing a data center involves meeting several key objectives:
- Protecting sensitive data stored within the facility
- Ensuring compliance with industry and government regulations
- Controlling rising costs, including energy, labor, and property expenses
Balancing these goals can be challenging, but physical access control solutions offer a cost-effective approach. Secured entry systems not only protect data centers from unauthorized access but also deliver a solid return on investment (ROI) through automation, long-term cost savings, and improved efficiency.
Layered Security: Preventing Unauthorized Access to Critical Areas
Securing data centers ensures that only authorized personnel can access the most sensitive areas, particularly server rooms. Security revolving doors and interlocking mantrap portals offer a robust physical barrier. These systems enforce single-entry access through advanced sensor systems like StereoVision, which scan the compartment to confirm that the user is alone. Once inside the mantrap portal, biometric identification further verifies the user's identity.
These rigorous security measures effectively prevent unauthorized entry, significantly reducing the risk of security breaches. While these systems typically allow only five people to pass through per minute, they are ideal for data centers, where only a limited number of employees need access to critical areas.
Ensuring Compliance with Regulatory Standards
Secured entry solutions do more than prevent unauthorized access; they also help data centers meet regulatory compliance requirements. Whether it's the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Safeguards Rule, FISMA, ISO 27001, HITRUST, PCI DSS, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, or ITAR, data centers must demonstrate effective physical security measures. Automated secured entry systems support compliance by providing immutable, 90-day archived records and alarm retrieval data, which can be used for customer, shareholder, and audit purposes.
Automating compliance with physical security protocols also reduces training and operating expenses, protects sensitive data, and ensures continuous operations—all while meeting stringent regulatory requirements.
Energy Efficiency: Securing Your Facility While Reducing Costs
Beyond security and compliance, energy efficiency is an increasing priority for data centers. Rising energy and water costs make it essential to design security systems that minimize energy loss. Traditional swinging and sliding doors allow significant air leakage, reducing the efficiency of HVAC systems. Security revolving doors and mantrap portals offer an energy-efficient solution by keeping entrances closed, preventing air loss and contamination.
Alarm Management: Reducing False Alarms and Operational Costs
False alarms can be a costly, time-consuming issue for data centers. Full-height turnstiles, security revolving doors, and mantrap portals help reduce security violations and eliminate alarms triggered by human error.
By automating the enforcement of security protocols, these systems free employees from responding to false alarms, allowing them to focus on higher-value tasks. This approach improves operational efficiency and reduces labor costs.
Secured Entrances: A Cost-Savings and Security Imperative for Data Centers
Implementing secured entry solutions is a wise investment for security and a cost-saving measure. By automating security processes, reducing energy consumption, and minimizing false alarms, data centers can operate more efficiently while maintaining the highest levels of protection.
Boon Edam's secured entry solutions eliminate of Door Forced Open (DFO) and Door Held Open (DHO) alarms, reducing energy consumption by up to 50% compared to traditional doors. These solutions offer a proven ROI for data centers, combining security, compliance, and cost control into one solution. Investing in advanced security solutions will help data centers attract new customers and ensure long-term success.
A multi-layered security strategy that includes automated alarm resolution, biometric verification, and energy-efficient design empowers data centers to protect sensitive information, meet regulatory standards, and optimize costs—ensuring a secure, sustainable future.
