Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 17

Evaluate a Locale for a Data Center Operation

1. Select a specific geographic location, perhaps your hometown or the place where a friend or relative lives, and describe the suitability of the location for a major data center operation.

2. What criteria does the location meet for a viable operations center?

3. What are the drawbacks/limitations?

4. How do you go about weighing the advantages against the disadvantages?

Step 1 of 4

Examine Personal Security Systems

1. The data center is the facility which is used to store the information. It contains computer system and the components associated with it.

The location of the data center plays an important role for security and the setup of the data center. Ontario, Canada is the best place for the data center. The suitability’s of the Ontario, Canada for the location for the data center are given below:

• The power supply of the state to the data center is very solid. The infrastructure for the supply of power is very good.

• The access of data from the data center will be very good because the city is a metropolitan city.

• The risks from natural disasters are very low.

• The interference of the government to setup the data center is very low. There is not any Patriot Act.