Comments on: How Are Your Servers Physically Protected? http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/how-are-your-servers-physically-protected/ Web Development Help and Tutorials Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:25:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Curtiss http://www.htmlcenter.com/blog/how-are-your-servers-physically-protected/#comment-6580 Curtiss Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:20:43 +0000 http://htmlcenter.com/?p=461#comment-6580 For my personal sites, physical security has never been something about which I've worried. However, when we were receiving bids for our new server at work, that was a big concern for us. Our security manager asked quite a few questions about the physical security of our server and our data, and we were satisfied with the answers that were provided. In some cases, the server areas are so secure that even the bigwigs cannot gain access without a classified escort. That's what we were looking for. If you're not handling any sensitive information, physical security isn't all that important. However, if you're going to be housing credit card numbers, social security numbers or other highly personal information, it should be just as important as the software security. After all, what good is a firewall if someone walks in and steals the computer on which your Web site is running (or, even worse, steals the backup tapes of your server)? For my personal sites, physical security has never been something about which I’ve worried. However, when we were receiving bids for our new server at work, that was a big concern for us. Our security manager asked quite a few questions about the physical security of our server and our data, and we were satisfied with the answers that were provided.

In some cases, the server areas are so secure that even the bigwigs cannot gain access without a classified escort. That’s what we were looking for.

If you’re not handling any sensitive information, physical security isn’t all that important. However, if you’re going to be housing credit card numbers, social security numbers or other highly personal information, it should be just as important as the software security.

After all, what good is a firewall if someone walks in and steals the computer on which your Web site is running (or, even worse, steals the backup tapes of your server)?

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