DATA/DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
LIGHTING THE WAY
Thorn’s Head of Application Eliot Horsman explores the value that well considered outdoor lighting can add to a data centre and how it can enhance security and day-to-day operations.
It goes without saying that data centres hold sensitive or proprietary information, including customer data and intellectual property, which means both digital and physical security of the site is pivotal.
Physical security of a data centre can comprise of various kinds of built-in safety and security features to protect the premises and thereby the data stored within it. Site safety and security starts from the outside, and is already considered at planning stages, where some of the initial considerations are location selection and authenticated personnel access points.
Physical security is equally as important to the smooth operation and protection of assets of any data centre, anywhere in the world. How we approach and integrate outdoor lighting solutions is therefore a fundamental layer in the security infrastructure.
When we look at the topic of cyber security architecture, the National Cyber Security Centre outlines five key principles to help ensure that networks and technologies are designed and built securely. These are:
1. Establish the context. 2. Making compromise difficult. 3. Making disruption difficult. 4. Making compromise detection easier. 5. Reducing the impact of compromise.
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These five key principles of cyber architecture transfer across to the critical layers of defining the right outdoor lighting solution for a data centre and in terms of the physical architecture of the space. Allow us to expand on this.
1. Establish the context For outdoor lighting solutions, to establish the context is to determine and understand the environment in which a data centre is located and how this correlates to its surroundings.
Light pollution and the impact that artificial light can have on neighbouring residents and the natural ecosystems of plant and nocturnal animal life is a huge focus. Building Regulations across the globe are changing to ensure a reduction in light pollution which takes many forms, from light spill, light trespass and sky glow. Flooding a data centre’s outdoor environment - building surrounds, pathways, car parks etc, with light to give a clear view for surveillance and security systems is not a viable solution from a sustainability or energy cost perspective.
Regulations to limit light pollution can be used to the advantage of a data centre, beyond the benefits to human wellbeing, ecology systems and reduction of energy costs.
As high security critical environments, data centres must not stand out in their surroundings as a beacon to onlookers. Maintaining a low-key presence in the built environment is paramount.
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