Physical security is of critical importance for IT facilities and datacenters. Access/movement to certain areas must be limited to authorized personnel. Choice Solutions has all the relevant experience in designing and implementing physical security solutions that meet client requirements. Access/movement to certain areas may be controlled using ID-based badges and biometric sensors such as hand-geometry, fingerprint or retina-based access. Use of video cameras and CCTV-based (Closed Circuit Television) surveillance system is common for datacenters. This system uses a set of cameras to take pictures and transmits the images to a central monitoring station or a NOC. Generally the areas that are monitored include entrances, parts of the datacenter and other areas where there are more people moving around. The data/images collected need to be stored for certain number of weeks or months.

A more advanced form of CCTV is DVR (Digital Video Recorders) that provides continuous recording that can be stored for years with various quality and performance options, email alerts, automated SMS, etc. Another fast-growing area within CCTV monitoring is Internet Protocol-based cameras (IP cameras), which allows security personnel to view their cameras through any internet connection available on a computer or a phone from any place. Choice Solutions has been implementing the best possible practices having learnt them over the years. We believe the number of entrances that lead to a datacenter should be kept as low as possible. Having offices and datacenter security experts across India, we are aware of all city and state-level regulations to be followed for government certifications.