Symantec’s U.K. operations center is in a bunker built by the British government in the early 1990s to shelter key utilities workers in the event of a nuclear attack. The entrance is set into a hill near Winchester, England.
The airlock door is monitored round the clock by a digital camera. Closed circuit TV cameras give a 360-degree view of the outside of the bunker and have 30 days of digitally recorded back-up.
Blast doors lead into the bunker. They were designed to minimize the shock waves caused by a nuclear explosion. The air inside the bunker is pressurized to 1.5 pounds per square inch greater than the external air pressure, to stop unfiltered air from entering.
The glassed-off room that is Symantec’s Security Operations Center. Workstations are constantly manned by up to 15 analysts. Threats are monitored on the four flatscreens on the facing wall.\r\n
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Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
