[ISN] Time To Ask Your Cloud Provider About Physical Security

http://www.darkreading.com/cloud-security/167901092/security/security-management/240147567/time-to-ask-your-cloud-provider-about-physical-security.html.html

By Robert Lemos
Contributing Writer
Dark Reading
Jan 31, 2013

Data-center operator Rackspace takes the physical security of its facilities 
seriously.

In a post on the topic earlier this month, the company, which declined to be 
interviewed for this article, outlined some of the standard security procedures 
it takes to make sure that outsiders, and even rogue employees, do not have 
unaudited access to their customers' data. Among the measures are biometric 
two-factor authentication, video surveillance in all its facilities and monthly 
access reviews.

"Security in the cloud is not just virtual," Jim Battenberg, cloud evangelist 
for Rackspace, writes in the post. "There are a host of physical controls that 
must be in place to ensure secure computing in the cloud."

No wonder: A rash of server thefts from data centers hit the industry in 2008 
and served as a lesson to companies to beef up their security. Among the 
victims, financial house HSBC, Cable & Wireless's hosting services, and even 
Peter Gabriel's Web site.

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