Boon Edam secured entry solutions proven to mitigate risk and maintain compliance at data centres

Boon Edam Inc.’s secured entry solutions are proving effective for risk mitigation and regulatory compliance at essential data centres around the world.

Layering Boon Edam secured entry solutions at all data centre perimeter entry and exit points and critical internal access points provides the strongest possible physical security measures to mitigate against unauthorised access.

Physically secure access points

“Data centre managers are tasked with three critical responsibilities: protecting the sensitive data of their clients, ensuring compliance with industry and government regulations, and minimising operational costs,” said Mark Perkins, Vice President - Strategic Markets Development, Boon Edam.

He adds, “Our secured entry solutions address all three by physically securing access points to deliver ROI through guard cost reduction or reallocation while maintaining compliance with government, industry, and/or corporate-mandated standards.”

Cyber-physical security

Security revolving doors and mantrap portals installed at a data centre lobby can detect unauthorised entry attempts

Data centres can achieve higher levels of cyber-physical security by deploying layers of Boon Edam’s secured entry solutions. A data centre surrounded by a security fence outfitted with a full-height turnstile for employee access deters infiltration at perimeter entrances.

Security revolving doors and mantrap portals installed at a data centre lobby can detect unauthorised entry attempts, including piggybacking and tailgating to prevent unauthorised access in real-time and triggers a visual, audible, and electronic notification via the PACs.

Biometric multifactor authentication technology

For the protection of the most sensitive areas in a data centre, security mantrap portals equipped with biometric multifactor authentication technology enforce a confirmed single entry using an overhead sensor system called StereoVision.

Once a user presents their credentials and the door opens, StereoVision scans the compartment, verifying the user is alone. Inside the portal, an internal biometric device can be used to verify identity, confirming that not only one person gets inside, but the right person. 

Gramm-Leach-Bliley-Act compliance

Boon Edam’s secured entry solutions help ensure data centres maintain compliance with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley-Act (GLBA), the recently updated FTC Safeguards Rule, FISMA, ISO 27001, HITRUST, PCI DSS, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, and ITAR.

Automating compliance for physical barrier entry/exit points reduces security training and operating expenses while allowing data centres to better sustain continual operations. Boon Edam full height turnstiles, security revolving doors, and security mantrap portals further prevent Door Forced Open (DFO) and Door Held Open (DHO) alarms for easier compliance reporting.

Tourlock 180 security revolving doors

Boon Edam’s security revolving doors provide efficient passage preventing piggybacking and tailgating

NTT, Ltd. (formerly RagingWire), amongst the largest and fastest growing data centres in the world, utilises Boon Edam Tourlock 180 security revolving doors at its Ashburn VA3 Data Centre, featuring 245,000 square feet of space, and its Sacramento CA3 Data Centre, a 180,000 square foot facility.

Boon Edam’s security revolving doors provide efficient passage for hundreds of people daily at NTT’s data centres, preventing piggybacking and tailgating during both entry and exit.

Fast and accurate 

“Our customers expect our security entrances and anti-tailgating technologies to be extremely fast and accurate,” said Eddie Ankers, Vice President of Corporate Security, at NTT.

Eddie Ankers adds, “By adding these doors to our defense-in-depth security strategy, we are providing the best possible protection system for our customers’ mission-critical equipment.”