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I would respectfully suggest that the biggest risk to any data
centre,<br>
(excluding a disgruntled employee) would be from small aircraft.<br>
While the safety record of large passenger jets has improved beyond<br>
previous years, the safety record of small planes has not.<br>
Locating a data centre outside the flight path of large planes is a
good<br>
idea, but that makes no difference to small planes which seemingly<br>
crash constantly in the US, and without due regard to where they
crash.<br>
Just type into google, small plane crash, and you will get the
drift.<br>
As for the Chinese Space station, I suspect the Chinese have
sufficient technology<br>
available to bring it down with missiles, and if not, the then US or
Russia would.<br>
Most likely over the Pacific Ocean, like all the others .<br>
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Cheers<br>
Alan Maher<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/09/2016 4:32 p.m., Paul Wilkins
wrote:<br>
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<div>Someone also needs to do a risk assessment of the Chinese
space station landing on your data centre.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 26 September 2016 at 13:10, Chad
Kelly <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:chad@cpkws.com.au" target="_blank">chad@cpkws.com.au</a>></span>
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9/26/2016 9:34 AM, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ausnog-request@lists.ausnog.net"
target="_blank">ausnog-request@lists.ausnog.ne<wbr>t</a>
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In the last week, in reflection of previous data centre
tours I have<br>
undertaken across the country and the risks that face us
all within<br>
the IT industry, a concern came to mind in our physical
security layer<br>
in relation to data centre facilities. It is my
understanding<br>
currently in Australia (and for other countries as per
discussions<br>
with colleagues), colocated computer equipment provided by
customers<br>
is not inspected nor scanned for any potentially damaging
substances<br>
before being installed within data centres, by
organisations providing<br>
these services. At times, singular servers may be
extremely bulky, and<br>
there may also be occasions when customers provide
multiple racks<br>
fully equipped that is positioned within the data centre
without any<br>
closer inspection apart from basic identification checks,
as per<br>
understanding of information provided from some of our
largest data<br>
centres. Considering this, I feel it's a risk that we
don't scan<br>
equipment as it is being delivered/installed, similar to
airports, in<br>
particular when it has been delivered locally.<br>
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What Datacentre in Australia has allowed you to walk in off
the street with a bunch of servers in cardboard boxes, with
you as the client going, oh I hope you don't mind if I
install these servers in your DC.<br>
Most datacentres hear in Australia require you to make an
appointment before you can set foot in them and they require
a signed contract before you can place equipment in them,
you also need to be escorted by a security guard.<br>
Plus you need to scan your ID on entry and most hold it for
12 months.<br>
With the airport you can just walk in off the street and buy
a ticket, its like comparing apples with oranges.<br>
Oh and most DCs require you to have an access card for entry
as well.<br>
You could try and sign up for datacentre services using a
fake credit card and a fake id, and a fake name and address,
but frankly the fraud detection software is pretty good now
a days and you would be reported to the AFP and other
agencies pretty quickly, if you got found registering with
stolen credit cards.<br>
<br>
<br>
You need to have a registered business or organisation
before any DC will provide you with services.<br>
Also if a server does happen to catch fire, most datacentres
have fire suppression installed which will extinguish a fire
pretty quickly.<br>
Regards Chad.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Chad Kelly<br>
Manager<br>
CPK Web Services<br>
web <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cpkws.com.au" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank">www.cpkws.com.au</a><br>
phone 03 9013 4853<br>
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