July/August/September 2020 I 37
Access Control at the Cabinet Level: The First
Line of Defense in the Cybersecurity Roadmap
By Ashish Moondra In a reality where data has become the world's most valued asset, cybersecurity has
quickly taken on a new meaning within every IT budget. Privacy and ethical management
of data are not only priorities but also law.
Within the many layers of cybersecurity, physical security is generally well under-
stood in ICT, but when it comes to executing a simple and effective strategy, there are
different opinions of what that strategy should be and how it should be deployed.
How often do enterprise organizations assess the required level of physical security
for protecting data? Are they compliant with regulations that address data security?
More importantly, how is their IT team applying physical security and complying with
privacy laws within a hybrid data center architecture, where the data center, colocation,
cloud and edge sites coexist?
