prEN 50600-2-5

Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 2-5: Security systems

General information

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CENELEC

CLC/TC 215 Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment

European Norm

Scope

This document addresses the physical security of data centres based upon the criteria and classifications for “availability”, “security” and “energy efficiency enablement” within EN 50600 1.
This document provides designations for the data centres spaces defined in EN 50600 1.
This document specifies requirements and recommendations for those data centre spaces, and the systems employed within those spaces, in relation to protection against:
a) unauthorized access addressing organizational and technological solutions;
b) intrusion;
c) fire events igniting within data centres spaces;
d) environmental events (other than fire) within the data centre spaces which would affect the defined level of protection;
e) environmental events outside the data centre spaces which would affect the defined level of protection.
NOTE Constructional requirements and recommendations are provided by reference to EN 50600 2 1.

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