The importance of keeping data centres secure with security certified steel doors.

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In the last few years, more Data Centre’s are being built than ever before. Security threats are a pressing concern across the industry with a significant number of organisations seeing cyber-attacks linked to physical security breaches at Data Centres. Ensuring that these critical pieces of infrastructure are protected is a serious business.

An important part of a Data Centre’s ecosystem is the doors that keep them secure.

The role of a Data Centre steel door is multi-faceted. Not only must the door maintain strict environmental controls and differential pressure, protect against fire, smoke and allow the traffic of a Data Centre to run smoothly, but they must also provide reliable and certified security.

Certified high-security steel doors for Data Centre are essential:

To protect against data loss and service outages
To act as a deterrent against potential intruders
To provide physical defence against forced entry or attack
To secure un-manned or remotely monitored Data Centres
To buy time for security teams or police to arrive
To meet the necessary safety and security regulations

What certification to look for…

When choosing a steel door for a Data Centre, look for independent security certification. To provide maximum protection, a steel door with a security class of RC2/3/4 (in accordance with EN 1627) or LPS 1175 Issue 8 Security Standard (which includes doors from A1 (SR1) to D10 (SR4)) for UK Data Centres is a must. This demonstrates the doors’ capabilities after undergoing rigorous attack tests for varying periods of time and with an assortment of tools depending on the certification level required.

Teckentrup steel doors are designed specifically for Data Centres.

Finding a steel door that meets all the demands of a Data Centre is often a challenge. Many steel doors don’t offer combined certified performance for multiple characteristics, or they do but only at smaller sizes.

Teckentrup’s range of AI-Ready Data Centre steel doors offer a comprehensive, certified solution for Data Centres. Combine multiple performance characteristics on one single or double leaf steel door even at larger sizes to accommodate the increased size of artificial intelligence servers and still achieve certification. We understand that a Data Centre steel doors need to perform on multiple fronts whilst achieving certification!

Teckentrup’s AI-Ready Data Centre steel doors offer:

Door size up to 3.00 x 3.25 metres (door heights between 3000 - 3520mm have a maximum width of 2050mm)
Fire certification to EI260 + EI290 for sandwich panel wall (no steel substructure necessary)
Security certification to RC3/4 and SR (LPS 1175 Issue 8)
Pressure ratings up to 7.5 kPa
Protection against flue gas and splash water during the continuation of computer operation
Special equipment (among others soundproof glass, 4-sided frames)
Raised access floors with lightweight stud wall
Special lock and access technology for increased security requirements (connection to existing building management and security systems possible)
Specialist frames that interface with typical data centre wall details

Teckentrup is a competent partner.

Teckentrup has worked on numerous data centre projects around the world, developing in-depth industry and product understanding to support the ongoing pressures that Data Centres face. If you’re looking to strengthen or improve the security of your next Data Centre door package, Teckentrup is the partner of choice.

Read our Data Centre case study to see the work we’ve undertaken.