Certified Strategic provider of data centre services
NEXTDC is certified by the Australian Federal Government’s Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) as a Certified Strategic hosting provider of data centre services.
Independently verified as being best positioned to deliver the highest standards in safeguarding the escalating volumes of sensitive government held data, NEXTDC works closely with Local, State and Federal Government to help mitigate risks, streamline compliance and ensure the security and sovereignty of Government data.
To best service Government NEXTDC have achieved Certified Strategic status for our entire national data centre footprint.
Secure and protect your digital infrastructure
NEXTDC's facilities are designed, constructed and managed as a high security facility, required to operate in compliance with the Australian Government Protective Security policy requirements and ASIO Technical Note 1/15 – Physical Security of Zones requirements including Zone Three (PSZ3) and Four (PSZ4). This includes the creation of areas to store and process information with a Business Impact Level (BIL) of aggregated electronic information up to 'Catastrophic' (BIL5) as identified within the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF).
The approach is based on the understanding of data centre infrastructure and operating environments and has been developed in conjunction with security risk management standards.
NEXTDC use Security Consultants that are endorsed by the Australian Government Security Construction and Equipment Committee (SCEC) to provide physical security advice on the:
- design and construction of security zones as defined in the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework and the ASIO Technical Notes
- design, acceptance and commissioning of Type 1 Security Alarm systems.
NEXTDC incorporates all the concepts of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) and Security-in-depth principles, where security is layered to provide an effective defence-in-depth-strategy incorporating the basic functions of Physical Protection Systems from the perimeter to the areas that house sensitive information.
NEXTDC uses CPTED to mitigate security risks by reducing opportunity and fostering positive social interaction among legitimate users of space. Emphasis is placed upon the physical environment, productive use of space, and behaviour of people, to create environments that are absent of environmental cues that cause opportunities for security risks to occur.
