<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body >Perhaps worth considering -<div>If you twist this around a little then you have a setup like NextDC, whose facilities I've found quite impressive:</div><div><br></div><div>* HID -style access cards with readers and lock actuators on each rack door</div><div>* access-request card scans authenticated by an auth server e.g RADIUS </div><div>* video coverage of entry, halls and rack aisles completes the picture (so to speak)</div><div><br></div><div>Notification then becomes authentication, and accountability becomes as tight as your user management and video monitoring can make it.</div><div><br></div><div>- Tim</div><br><br><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Kevin Windsor <kevin@windsor-au.com> </div><div>Date:19/05/2014 13:36 (GMT+10:00) </div><div>To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net </div><div>Subject: [AusNOG] Rack security monitoring solutions </div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>I am looking for solutions to monitor physical access to racks in a shared DC.</div><div><br></div><div>I need to be alerted when the racks are accessed (ie doors opened) and ideally record an image of the person accessing the rack. Environmental monitoring would also be a bonus.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So far I have googled the APC NetBotz <b style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/dxnugf">http://tinyurl.com/dxnugf</a></b> equipment which looks OK.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I would welcome any comments on this this gear and any known alternatives.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br>Kevin</div></div>
</body>