Interesting peek inside the "inner sanctum" of VeriSign

[edesignuk]

As the need for security on the internet continues to grow, one of the the guardians of the networked world lays claim to an enviable record.

In its 13 years in business, VeriSign says it has maintained a "100% up time" service in operating the infrastructure that controls the internet.

The firm has a crucial role in the day-to-day operation of the internet - two of the world's 13 root servers, which direct global internet traffic, are managed by the firm, it routes every web address ending in .com or .net and it issues secure digital ceritifcates to protect more than 900,000 web servers on the net.

In a rare insight into just how VeriSign's works, the company invited the BBC into one of the main data centres where security is at the heart of everything.

BBC.

 

[t0mat0]

For some reason, reading about the Key Ceremony Room, I suddenly thought of the Terminator, and if they have a metal hand in one of those boxes hehe.

Cheers for the article - interesting. Pity they didn't go into the amount of redundancy needed to have an always on business to their level. I forget the technical nomenclature for the businesses (they're above the level of Amazon, and way above Windows Live )

 

[scotthayes]

love the fact that not even the boss of verisign is allowed unescorted into the data centre

 

[edesignuk]

love the fact that not even the boss of verisign is allowed unescorted into the data centre

Indeed, as data security should be. Strictly need to know/access.