Site entry
Arrange safety induction, staff records and gate passes before the installation team arrives.
Commando360 for Data Centres
Physical security for data centres
Connect secure-door events, visitor approvals, equipment movements and water alerts. Help security and engineering teams check exceptions and track the response.
Customer-cage access
25+ years in physical security
Commando Security Group, our sister company, has more than 25 years of physical security experience.
Plan for your site
Safe installation
Confirm PPE, work-at-height permits and authorised power connections with the site team.
IT access
Agree device access, IP requests and discovery scans with IT. Use authorised accounts and follow site notification rules.
How does Commando360 support data centre operations?
Commando360 links camera events with staff identity, approved visits, work windows and equipment movements. Security checks access to halls, cages and plant areas. Engineering receives alerts for visible water and obstructions with the location and supporting records.
Connect secure rooms, site movements and data halls
Keep each access check and facilities alert tied to its location and owner.
- Secure rooms: Verify staff and check passage at doors and customer cages.
- Site movements: Link visits, equipment transfers and vehicles to approvals.
- Data halls: Flag open doors, visible water and blocked service or escape routes.
Verify identity at secure entrances
Compare arrivals with the enrolled roster. Guards review uncertain matches and separately confirm permissions for customer cages, halls and plant areas.
Workflow and setup
Setup: Approved enrolment, image quality, and a manual fallback.
Response owner: Physical security supervisor
Measure: Unresolved identity exceptions
Record: Candidate match, verified identity, zone permission, and entry time.
Workflow: Match roster → Review identity → Check zone → Record
Detect tailgating at secure doors
Compare passages through mantraps and controlled doors with granted entry events. Security reviews extra passages with the associated video.
Workflow and setup
Setup: Door-event integration and suitable camera geometry.
Response owner: Access-control team
Measure: Reviewed passage mismatches
Record: Granted access, observed passages, entry clip, and security decision.
Workflow: Count people → Compare grants → Review mismatch → Resolve
Check customer-cage access
Flag crossings of configured cage boundaries and check zone permissions. Security and the customer host verify the movement before escalation.
Workflow and setup
Setup: Customer zone map and current authorisation linkage.
Response owner: Colocation security team
Measure: Confirmed cage-permission exceptions
Record: Cage boundary, entry clip, permission reference, and host review.
Workflow: Detect crossing → Check permission → Confirm host → Record
Issue visitor passes from government ID
Verify a government-issued ID and issue a QR pass linked to the customer host, zones, visiting hours and escort. Check cage and work permissions separately.
Workflow and setup
Setup: Supported ID verification, customer and site approval, current zone permissions, and escort rules.
Response owner: Visit host
Measure: Visits with a verified ID and approved pass
Record: ID verification status, QR pass, customer host, approved zones, escort, and visit timestamps.
Workflow: Scan ID → Verify details → Generate QR pass → Record visit
Verify equipment entry and removal
Link each equipment movement to the customer, asset reference, approver and custodian. Security checks the physical handoff against the approved record.
Workflow and setup
Setup: Customer asset records and physical custody checks.
Response owner: Logistics security team
Measure: Movements without approval references
Record: Asset reference, customer approval, custodian, and handoff time.
Workflow: Record asset → Check approval → Verify handoff → Retain record
Check vehicles at the gate
Read number plates with automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and check approved and blocked vehicle lists. Gate staff confirm delivery, collection or fuel-service approval, reviewing blocked or unmatched vehicles before entry.
Workflow and setup
Setup: Readable plates, current vehicle lists, and the relevant visit or delivery approval.
Response owner: Gate security supervisor
Measure: Blocked or unmatched vehicle alerts
Record: Detected plate, list-match status, visit reference, gate decision, and entry or refusal time.
Workflow: Read plate → Check vehicle lists → Confirm approval → Record decision
Detect secure doors left open
Flag hall, loading or plant doors left open beyond the set time. Security checks the cause and confirms closure.
Workflow and setup
Setup: A tested door-state model and site-specific thresholds.
Response owner: Security shift supervisor
Measure: Secure-door open duration
Record: Door, open interval, cause, assigned owner, and closure confirmation.
Workflow: Observe state → Check dwell → Assign response → Confirm closed
Detect visible water near equipment
Flag visible liquid near cooling equipment and rack approaches. Engineering checks the cause alongside leak-sensor alarms and follows the site response procedure.
Workflow and setup
Setup: Surface visibility and independent leak sensors.
Response owner: Facilities engineer
Measure: Time to inspect a visible-water alert
Record: Visible condition, exact aisle, inspection, and engineering action.
Workflow: Flag condition → Notify engineer → Inspect safely → Record action
Keep equipment and exit routes clear
Flag cartons, trolleys and temporary items left in escape routes or equipment-access areas. Assign clearance and record the restored route.
Workflow and setup
Setup: Approved keep-clear zones and object dwell thresholds.
Response owner: Facilities shift lead
Measure: Obstruction duration
Record: Item image, affected route, assigned owner, and cleared-area record.
Workflow: Detect object → Check area → Clear route → Confirm
From an open door to confirmed closure
Security sees which door has remained open and for how long, checks the cause and records its closure.
Server-hall door
Event details
Location
Server-hall door
Owner
Security shift supervisor
Measure
Secure-door open duration
Record
Door, open interval, cause, assigned owner, and closure confirmation.
Start with three workflows
Site walkthrough
Choose the locations, check camera coverage and name the response teams.
30-day pilot
Test the agreed scope. Compare alert quality, false alerts, response times and record completeness with a baseline.
Review and extend
Review results with operations and IT. Resolve issues before extending to more zones.
From command center to field team
Supervisors
Review events and site records. Assign tasks, track progress and check the closure evidence.
Teams on site
Receive the location and instructions. Follow the checklist, capture current photos and record the action in the field app.
Command center and field apps
Before your first pilot
Can we use our existing cameras?
We assess feed access, camera position, lighting and visibility for each use case. Face and number plate recognition may need dedicated views.
Does a face match authorise access to a customer cage?
Security must confirm the person’s identity, active visit, work window and customer-zone permissions. Uncertain matches need human review and manual verification.
Can a camera replace leak or environmental sensors?
Cameras flag visible liquid within their view. Hidden leaks, electrical conditions and temperature need independent sensors and engineering checks.
What needs testing or integration?
Vehicle and door checks need current visit or access records. Analytics must be tested against your camera views, lighting and operating conditions.
What should we measure during the pilot?
Compare confirmed detections, false alerts, response times and record completeness with a baseline. Cover representative shifts and lighting, including missed or uncertain events.
Who should join the walkthrough?
Include physical security, facilities engineering, change owners, and colocation teams, plus IT and privacy leads. Agree on permissions, retention, camera access, response procedures, and pilot measures.
Book a walkthrough of your data centre
Review secure entrances, customer cages and equipment movements with your security and engineering teams.