Swiss Fort Knox - High secure data center inside the Swiss Alps
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Swiss Fort Knox - High secure data center inside the Swiss Alps
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#2NSA now deciding where they can place a splitter...
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#3I love that so many of my favorite James Bond fantasies are coming to life nowadays, with a modern, internet twist!
Where's the room where you can sit and stroke the cat on your lap?
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#4Is physical security that big of a problem to solve? I think the more pressing issue would be attacks through their nice data connection.
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#5Looks like a really nice place for a bank vault, yes. But does physical security matter that much for the IT sector? If so, these ridiculous security measures are worth nothing if not accompanied by very, very heavy digital security solutions.
P.S. Why didn't they start a bank in there? Is banking too mainstream already?
Re: Swiss Fort Knox - High secure data center inside the Swiss Alps
#6Looks like a really nice place for a bank vault, yes. But does physical security matter that much for the IT sector? If so, these ridiculous security measures are worth nothing if not accompanied by very, very heavy digital security solutions. P.S. Why didn't they start a bank in there? Is banking too mainstream already?
Does physical security of bank vaults still matter that much nowadays? Most of your money is stored in bits and that applies to the super-wealthy at least as much as for the mere mortals. It's certainly still important, but the "we'll steal tons of gold and valuable papers" is probably getting old.
Re: Swiss Fort Knox - High secure data center inside the Swiss Alps
#7Looks like a really nice place for a bank vault, yes. But does physical security matter that much for the IT sector? If so, these ridiculous security measures are worth nothing if not accompanied by very, very heavy digital security solutions. P.S. Why didn't they start a bank in there? Is banking too mainstream already?
There is quite a few "datacenters" in bunkers in the Swiss alps and I guess in other places. Physical security does matter in many cases such as when a bank is storing tapes in a secure location without them being connected.
Often the servers are only storing a small amount of the information that is stored in the whole installation.
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#8During the previous .com craze (2000-ish), I was at a Mercedes data center around Munich that was build in a former WWII bunker. The allies, when they captured it, decided against blowing it up because (according to our guide at the time), blowing it up would take so much explosives that it would leave a several-kilometer large crater and destroy all glass windows for 10's of kilometers around. They had some pictures of how (during the conversion to data center) they used wire saws ten of meters long to saw through the 5 meters of concrete thick walls. Pretty impressive.
That said, it seemed like the thick walls were more of a sales gimmick than actually being useful. Whether a wall is 10 or 5000 cm of concrete, no burglar will get through; and when there really is a nuclear war going on, the safety of the servers of the majority of companies in there wouldn't matter a bit.
Re: Swiss Fort Knox - High secure data center inside the Swiss Alps
#9NSA now deciding where they can place a splitter...
I'm guessing they're already on the client list.
Re: Swiss Fort Knox - High secure data center inside the Swiss Alps
#10Is physical security that big of a problem to solve? I think the more pressing issue would be attacks through their nice data connection.
As long as cold boot attacks are an issue, physical security is a big win.
But promising research might make it a thing of the past. http://privatecore.com/vcage/