Inside the secret Symantec building that keeps websites safe

Hidden within a nondescript building here is a highly secret Symantec facility protected by the sort of measures found in nuclear missile silos. Dubbed "the vault" by some employees, the bunkerlike operation bristles with guards, sensors, iris- and fingerprint-reading locks, and, deep within its labyrinthine confines, a room containing the most privileged data, to which only five people have the combination. All that is to ensure no one can sneak in and steal the information Symantec maintains to certify that thousands of widely used websites are legitimate, and that whatever is sent to and from the sites is encrypted against cyberattacks.

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