Data centers are undergoing significant expansion, driven by factors, including the work-from-home demand for bandwidth, major growth in cloud computing applications, and the massive growth of video conferencing platforms. As the industry invests in expanding its capabilities — adding more floors to existing locations and building new facilities — investments in data security and physically securing these new facilities reliably must be a top priority.
It’s not just data centers that are rapidly growing either; the costs of data breaches of all kinds are rapidly increasing. The average cost of a breach in the U.S. is $9.4 million, according to IBM Security’s “The Cost of a Data Breach” report.