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Data Center Assesssment

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Data Center (DC)

  • DC is a facility or physical location where a company has its operational centers and IT infrastructure. DCs are designed to house and manage computing and networking equipment, servers, storage systems, and other hardware.
  • DC tasks for storage, processing and management of enterprise data, applications and services.
  • Equipped with various systems, including cooling, power supply, fire fighting, security and redundancy mechanisms, to ensure reliable and safe operation of IT equipment.
  • DCs can vary in size and complexity, from small server rooms inside office buildings to large, highly secure, purpose-built facilities.

Disaster Recovery Center (DRC)

  • Just like the DC, the DRC is set up as a Disaster Recovery Center, i.e. a separate and geographically remote facility from the main DC. Its primary purpose is to provide redundancy and a backup environment for critical IT systems and data, in case of a disaster or unexpected power outage.
  • In the event of a disaster, such as a natural disaster, power outage, hardware failure, or cyber attack, companies can shift their IT operations to DRC to ensure business continuity and minimize down time.
  • Note: Critical institutions or companies such as banks, DRC are also DCs because their functions can change at any time. In this case it is often called DC active-active.

Several reasons why DC needs to be assessed

  1. Major Audit Finding
    • There are audit findings in the important category (major audit findings)
  2. Security Vurnerabilities
    • There are problems with Network Security, Access Control, Policy & SOP etc.
  3. Risk Mitigation
    • There are several risks in the DC/DRC area that require mitigation
  4. Disaster Recovery and Redundancy
    • There are problems in terms of disaster recovery, SPOF (Single Point Of Failure) aspects, etc.
  5. Go Digital
    • New business needs, for example 'Go Digital Banking' significantly
  6. Tier Level Enhancement
    • There is a need to raise the Tier level 
  7. Technology Trend and Technology Refresh
    • The need to adapt to new technology and/or technological updates
  8. DC/DRC Certification
    • Certification plans and require compliance with international frameworks

Frameworks as a reference are as follows:
  • TIA-942
  • ISO/27001
  • NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
  • ITSM (IT Service Management)
What will we do in conducting a Data Center assessment? Contact us and we will explain in detail, because we are very experienced in this matter.