The paper, Physical security for datacentres: A new era, explores the risks of unauthorised access, sabotage and operational disruption, and sets out practical guidance on strengthening perimeter protection, securing restricted areas and server rooms, and improving overall resilience across the entire site.

It also examines the role of advanced detection technologies, such as Lidar, can play in helping operators reduce false alarms, identify genuine threats more accurately and respond more quickly to potential incidents.

“Datacentres are expected to deliver resilient, always-on operations, so physical security needs to be just as robust as the digital defences protecting the data inside,” says Mark Cosgrave, Marketing Director of Optex EMEA. “With sites becoming more complex and security teams under pressure to respond quickly and accurately, advanced detection technologies can support a more layered and reliable approach to detection.”