In the context of the increasingly digitalized global economy, Data Centers are no longer just places to store data, but have become essential infrastructure like electricity, water, and transportation. This poses an urgent requirement: ensuring absolute safety and security for Data Centers - the place to operate and protect the most important digital assets of businesses, governments, and the whole society.
The concept of safety and security in the Data Center does not stop at preventing unauthorized access or fighting cyber attacks. It is a multi-layered defense system, closely combining physical design, network systems, operating procedures and people - all creating a "steel shield" to protect data from all threats, from natural disasters, technical incidents, to sophisticated attacks from both inside and outside the system.
DCH's Digital HUB Data Center project is being implemented in Ba Ria - Vung Tau province. This is one of the pioneering projects integrating comprehensive security standards right from the infrastructure architecture design stage..
The center is strategically located – close to Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest economic hub, and outside of high-risk areas for natural disasters, creating ideal conditions for maintaining long-term stability. The center’s campus is planned according to the “zero trust physical zone” model, in which each functional area is isolated and protected by multiple layers of physical access control such as biometric identification, encrypted magnetic cards, and 24/7 surveillance cameras. Access to each server cluster is subject to a strict approval and control process.
However, in an era where digital threats are increasing in both scale and sophistication, network security is the main front line in protecting the Data Center. At Digital HUB, DCH deploys a fully segregated network architecture between operational layers, ensuring that if one network segment is compromised, the damage does not spread to other systems. Data is encrypted not only at rest, but also during transmission between server clusters and customers, preventing any data theft at the communication layer.
DCH’s digital defense system also includes distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack prevention solutions, intrusion detection systems (IDS/IPS), and modern application firewalls that can identify abnormal behavior in real time. All are continuously monitored at the 24/7 Security Operation Center (SOC), where every abnormal signal about access, system load or network behavior is strictly checked, processed and tracked.
But technology alone is not enough, people and processes are the factors that make the difference in operating a secure Data Center. At DCH, all technical staff are periodically trained in simulated incident scenarios – from power outages, fires, to ransomware attacks – to ensure quick, correct and effective response. The Center also applies strict international standards such as ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 22301 (business continuity management) and is on track to achieve Tier IV certification – an international standard for data center availability and redundancy.
A notable feature of DCH’s operating model is its Disaster Recovery strategy. Customer data at the Digital HUB is backed up periodically at geographically dispersed locations, ensuring that in the event of any data loss at the main hub, the system can still recover fully and quickly. This is crucial in a context where organizations are increasingly dependent on data for real-time decision making.
In a broader sense, investing in Data Center security is not just a technical or business choice, but a strategic commitment to protecting data sovereignty and ensuring digital trust. In the digital economy, where every activity – from finance, healthcare, education to industrial manufacturing – is tied to data, a compromised data center can have a ripple effect across the entire ecosystem.
DCH understands that by investing thoroughly in security infrastructure from the beginning, Digital HUB is not only a place to store data, but also a digital fortress, playing a vital role in the digital transformation journey of Vietnam and Asia.