Chapter 6. Storage System Security

In This Chapter:

• The Role of Storage Security in Enterprise Data Protection

• DAS Security

• SAN Security

• Internal and External Vectors

• Risk

• Security Practices for Storage

• Secure Fibre Channel Protocols: FC-SP and FCAP

• Case Study: Transend Services

• Key Points

Storage security is an area that is often ignored in data protection plans. That's unfortunate, because protecting data from harm means making sure that nothing can happen to it. It's not enough to be able to restore damaged or destroyed data after the fact; it has to be protected from damage in the first place.

Figure 6-0.