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Photos: Symantec under ground

By // July 18, 2006, 8:44 AM PST // billdetwiler

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  • 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.

    Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK

  • 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.

    Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK

  • 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.

    Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK

  • 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.

    For more photos inside Symantec's bunker, visit ZDNet UK's gallery.

    Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK

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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.

Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK

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