Data Center Security

Definitions

1. The physical and logical safeguards used to protect servers, network equipment, power systems, and operational processes inside a data center. It covers access controls, surveillance, environmental protection, segmentation, and resilience planning.

   In plain English: Security for the buildings and systems that house critical computing equipment.

   Example: "The audit covered data center security from badge access to rack locks and camera retention."

Related Terms

• Bare Metal Security
• Cloud Security
• Counter-Surveillance
• Juice Jacking
• Middle Box
• NTP Security
• Physical Access Control
• Physical Penetration Test
• Portable Security
• Private Cloud Security
• Reboot Attack
• Recursive DNS