In an increasingly complex landscape in which data is housed in a variety of facility types including carrier hotels, colocation facilities, multi-tenant enterprise data centers and in-house facilities, how do data center operators address the full spectrum of physical and data security requirements needed to secure a facility from bad actors? This panel will explore the intersection between physical security measures designed to protect data and the IT security measures that must pick up where physical efforts end.

Discussion topics include:  

• What are the different considerations a data center operator must take in securing a downtown CBD versus a suburban facility?  How does that change by geographic region?
• Where is the dividing line between facility provider and end user when it comes to data security, or can they be combined into a single source service? 
• What role will the hyperscale cloud providers play in ensuring physical security within a facility as customer date moves across multiple facilities that may have slightly different design profiles and different geographic considerations?
• How do you integrate the two, if at all?

Panelists:  

Bill Wright, Operational Lead, BT Americas.

Mark Sullivan, Member, Management Team at Markley Group

David McCall Director Technology Office QTS Data Centers

Bill Maury SVP at Cyxtera Technologies

Phillip Koblence, Chief Operating Officer, New York Internet.