Google Datacenter Security
Posted: 26 April 2011 Filed under: security, system administration | Tags: security Leave a commentJust saw what basically amounts to a marketing video for Google’s Apps customers, discussing some of the features of their datacenters. They’ve put more thought than you’d expect for these facilities, specifically the “sustainability” aspect — which may involve a little bit of greenwashing, but I suppose it’s a start. To recap:
- Physical barriers and perimeter fencing
- 24/7 security (I bet they have free coffee!)
- Access control with badging and biometrics (such as retinal scans)
- Local law enforcement response
- Video monitoring and “video analytics” (motion and object detection, or video tracking)
- Data protection (encryption would have prevented HealthNet’s embarrassing incident, their second in two years)
- File fragmentation, replication and storage (including “sharding” to increase data security)
- Hard drive lifecycle management (how they destroy drives with a crusher and recycle the pieces)
- Fire detection and suppression
A drive crusher: