The document discusses the critical importance of data center security, highlighting practices and policies necessary to protect against insider and outsider threats, including cyberattacks. It emphasizes the significance of access controls, physical security, compliance, and the implementation of a zero trust architecture for effective data center security. Additionally, it notes the projected growth of the global data center security market and the shift of applications to cloud infrastructures, underscoring the need for robust security measures.

2. Understanding What
Data Center Security Is
• Data Security discusses about various practices, policies and security measures used
for ensuring virtual and physical protection of a Data Center Facility
• Data Centers must be secured against all forms of insider and outsider threats along with
other forms of cyberattacks
• Cyberattacks constantly pose threats to a Data Center infrastructure

3. Considerations for Effectiveness of
Data Centers
• Commonly used considerations that
decide the effectiveness of a Data Center
includes-
1. Physical Security of Data Center
2. Managing and Controlling User Access
3. Defining Security Policies and
Procedures

4. Why Data Center is Needed?
• Data Center Security is important for organizations that store critical user information within
Data Centers
• Robust Data Center security infrastructure ensures cybercriminals are kept away from
Data Centers
• Data Center Security Solution can be achieved through Data Center providers or their
partners of Data Center providers

5. Why Access Controls are
Important in Data Centers
• The following 3 major reasons are why an access control mechanism needs to deployed
within a Data Center infrastructure-
i. Physical Security
ii. Compatibility
iii. Compliances

6. Why Access Controls are
Important in Data Centers (cont.…)
Physical Security-
The physical security of a Data Center is guaranteed
when selecting the access controls of a Data Center.
Data Center providers don’t want any unauthorized
user/personnel to access the Data Center floor space

7. Why Access Controls are
Important in Data Centers (cont.…)
Compatibility-
In terms of Compatibility, having a Cloud-based Access
Control mechanism ensures Data Centers providers to
integrate the existing IT infrastructure with all physical
components of the Data Center

8. Why Access Controls are
Important in Data Centers (cont.…)
Compliances-
To ensure the complete security of Data Centers, it is important
that Data Center provider adheres to all protocols required for
implementing system & legal compliances within Data Centers

9. Physical Security Policy
Within Data Centers
• The Data Center provider must ensure that the physical solutions are offered with a
detailed physical security policy
• Such Data Center policies are important as they ensure access to sensitive information is
managed by a well-defined operating procedures
• The presence of well-defined procedures helps in mitigating any forms of risks to the Data
Centers

10. Digital Security in Data Centers
• Presence of intrusion detection and threat prevention mechanisms help in notifying the
system admins regarding about any advanced & persistent cyber-threats
• Detection of advanced cyber-threats within Data Centers need constant & real-time
monitoring
• Network and system log files need to be constantly scanned & report alerts in case of
unusual events

11. Understanding
Zero Trust Architecture
• Zero Trust Architecture is also known as Zero Trust
• It depicts various security concepts and threat models that doesn’t require for the
assumption that actors, security systems and services operating within the security
premises are to be trusted
• The Zero Trust Architecture has been designed for restricting all forms of security
breaches which might damage the working of Data Centers

12. Understanding
Zero Trust Architecture (cont.…)
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
User
Verification
User Device
Validation
Limit User
Access & Privileges

13. Global Data Center Security
Market
• The global Data Center Security Market
was valued at $11.67 billion in 2020
• It is forecasted to reach $26.61 billion by
2026
• During this forecasted period, market will
witness a growth CAGR of 14.91%

14. Market Growth Drivers
• Increasing data traffic emerging from
number of devices is driving the growth of
Data Centers
• There has been increased demand for
localized Data Centers
• Global Cloud Data Center traffic will rise to
20.6 ZB (in 2021)

15. Concluding Words
• The security of Data Centers needs to be addressed seriously
• There has been tremendous shift of applications and data to a Cloud Computing
infrastructure
• Such migrations often make the Data Centers a soft target for cyberattacks
• Providers like ESDS offer complete security of the data present across its Data Center
locations by deploying 7 Layers of Security Infrastructure

16. Scan & Visit to Know How
ESDS protects sensitive data from various threats with its
Advanced and Managed Security, backed by multi-layered digital
and physical security.
For More Information, contact ESDS Through-
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