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ALSO CALLED: Tape Security, Storage Encryption, Data Storage Security, Storage, Secure Data Storage, Disk Security DEFINITION: Storage security is the group of parameters and settings that make storage resources available to authorized users and trusted networks - and unavailable to other entities. These parameters can apply to hardware, programming, communications protocols, and organizational policy. Several issues are important when considering a security method for a storage area network (SAN). The network must be easily … Definition continues below.
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Closing the Gaps in Enterprise Data Security: A Model for 360° Protection sponsored by Sophos Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper examines the primary data threats that currently concern chief security officers (CSOs) and IT security management within enterprises, and recommends best-practice techniques to minimize and overcome risks to data security. These best practices have been successfully implemented and deployed in organizations worldwide as components of a Posted: 19 Nov 2009 \| Published: 19 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Continuous Data Protection Software \| Data Encryption \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Security Best Practices \| Storage Security

The Business Impact of Data Security Regulations: Featuring Massachusetts sponsored by Sophos Inc. WHITE PAPER: Massachusetts has taken the lead in passing a new regulation - 201 CMR 17:00 -that requires companies to implement a comprehensive data security plan that includes encryption. This article discusses some aspects of this regulation and offers suggestions on how data security best practices can help with compliance. Posted: 19 Nov 2009 \| Published: 19 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Encryption \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security Best Practices \| Security Software \| Storage Security

Mastering Disaster Recovery for Mid-Sized Organizations and Remote Offices sponsored by Zenith Infotech WHITE PAPER: A comprehensive disaster recovery implementation is critical to ensuring computing resources maintain operations in the event of a server failure or data loss. Mastering disaster recovery in mid-sized organizations requires the careful identification and implementation of end-to-end backup along with recovery tools and services. Posted: 29 Oct 2009 \| Published: 29 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Disaster Recovery \| Remote Office Connectivity \| ROBO \| Server Management \| SMBs \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Finding the Risks and Opportunities in Your Storage sponsored by NTP Software WHITE PAPER: Managing storage has become one of the most important tasks for many companies. Often the volume of data and the complexity of the environment make it hard figure out where to start. This White Paper will help you understand where to find the things that matter in your environment. Posted: 20 Oct 2009 \| Published: 20 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Storage Best Practices \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Resource Management \| Storage Security \| Storage Spending \| Storage Standards \| Storage Systems \| Unstructured Data

Centralized Data Backup: Proven Strategy for WAN based backup sponsored by Riverbed Technology, Inc. WHITE PAPER: With a growing number of branch offices, an increasing number of servers, and a high priority on reducing cost, backup is getting even harder to manage. Download this paper and learn about a proven strategy for combining WAN-based backup with WAN optimization solutions. Posted: 01 Oct 2009 \| Published: 01 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Continuous Data Protection \| Disaster Recovery \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Backups \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Resource Management \| Storage Security \| WAN

New Ways to Protect Enterprise Data: Best Practices on Eliminating Tape and Backup Reduction sponsored by Data Domain WHITE PAPER: Data protection is fast becoming the most critical part of IT strategies today. Read this paper to learn how your organization can address data protection issues using Data Domain enterprise protection storage systems. Posted: 29 Sep 2009 \| Published: 29 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Acquisition Hardware \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Mirroring \| Data Recovery \| Data Replication \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Storage Security

IT Administrators Discuss New Ways to Protect Enterprise Data sponsored by Data Domain WHITE PAPER: This paper chronicles the implementations and results of three enterprises that addressed their data protection issues using Data Domain enterprise protection storage systems. Posted: 29 Sep 2009 \| Published: 29 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Continuous Data Protection \| Disk Backups \| Disk Storage Systems \| Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape \| Storage Security \| Tape Backups

The Importance of Including Email with Business Continuity Planning sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital WHITE PAPER: This paper will interest those concerned with creating or implementing email management strategies, as well as managers with responsibility for business continuity processes. It looks at the general approaches available to ensure email continuity and the implications on infrastructure, budget, people and resilience of deploying each strategy. Posted: 23 Sep 2009 \| Published: 23 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| CIOs \| Clustering \| Email \| Email Archiving \| Email Management \| Email Security \| Email Security Policies \| Email Security Services \| Email Threats \| High Availability \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Step Up Your Strategy – Fine-Tune Use of Storage Availability Processes as a Part of a Business-Continuity Plan sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: Business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) should be major components of any risk-management strategy. After all, no business wants to be caught unprepared for unforeseen events such as floods, fires, terrorist attacks, power outages or other disturbances. That's why planning and regularly testing BC and DR programs is essential. Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Published: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Continuous Data Protection \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Downtime \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Security \| Terrorism

Preparing to Stay in Business - Storage Continuity Critical in 24-Hour World sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: You probably think it couldn't happen to you, but disastrous events occur more often than not. Perhaps not a hurricane or earthquake or malicious attack, but there are potential risks for every business. Developing a solid data-recovery plan can keep your business up and running in the event of a disaster or other unfortunate event. Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Published: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Malware \| Security Threats \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Disaster Got You Down? sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: While trying to predict an outage is impossible, being prepared for one is not. Having the right tools in place to respond to a "disaster" is essential to sustaining a successful organization. A business-continuity / disaster-recovery plan can help you cut costs by avoiding downtime, lost revenue and dissatisfied customers. Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Published: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Business Continuity Planning \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Downtime \| Storage Security

Data Protection for Virtual Server Environments sponsored by Datalink and NetApp WHITE PAPER: Today's data centers are in the midst of a revolution originating from the move to virtual server architectures powered by solutions such as VMware. Based on Datalink's experience protecting enterprise data centers, this white paper provides practical advice and considerations surrounding backup and recovery of virtual server infrastructures. Posted: 26 Aug 2009 \| Published: 26 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Backups \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Centers \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups \| Virtualization Security \| VMware \| VMware Disaster Recovery

The Executive Guide to Data Loss Prevention sponsored by Websense, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Data Loss Prevention is designed to protect information assets with minimal interference in business processes. It provides new insights into how information is used, and enforces protective controls to prevent unwanted incidents. Read on to learn how DLP can reduce risk, improve data management practices, and even lower certain compliance costs. Posted: 18 Aug 2009 \| Published: 18 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Security \| Database Security \| Email Security \| Security \| Storage Security

Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report - An Update on Global Security Threats and Trends sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report presents an overview of Cisco security intelligence, highlighting threat information and trends from the first half of 2009. It also includes recommendations from Cisco security experts and predictions for how identified trends will evolve. Posted: 23 Jul 2009 \| Published: 23 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Security \| HIPAA Compliance \| Malware \| Network Security \| Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Industry \| Security Management \| Security Standards \| Security Threats \| Spam \| Storage Security \| Web 2.0

NAND Flash Storage in Enterprise Applications sponsored by Fusion-IO WHITE PAPER: Flash storage is now a top contender for new enterprise storage applications. The I/O randomization caused by widespread virtual machine adoption demands higher I/O performance. Faster than disks, cheaper than DRAM, flash is occupying a new layer in the storage pyramid. Read this paper to further investigate flash storage. Posted: 18 Mar 2009 \| Published: 18 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Disk Backups \| Disk Storage Systems \| Flash Memory \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Replication \| Storage Security \| Storage Virtualization

Portable Panic - The Evolution of USB Insecurity sponsored by Lumension WHITE PAPER: As USB devices have evolved into useful storage media, they've also turned into a security nightmare for organizations. Read how to embrace this technology to aid in the reduction of operating costs and effectively protect data by enforcing removable device usage policies. Posted: 11 Mar 2009 \| Published: 11 Mar 2009 TOPICS: Data Encryption \| Data Encryption Software \| Network Security Software \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Storage Devices \| Storage Media \| Storage Security

Achieving Rapid Data Recovery for Credit Union Core Processing Applications sponsored by Vision Solutions WHITE PAPER: EchoStream for AIX is a proven solution to the data recovery problem that is in use at a variety of referenceable accounts today. Posted: 12 Dec 2008 \| Published: 12 Dec 2008 TOPICS: Continuous Data Protection \| Data Recovery \| IT Infrastructure \| RPO \| RTO \| Storage Security \| Tape Backups

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STORAGE SECURITY DEFINITION (continued): … accessible to authorized people, corporations, and agencies. It must be difficult for a potential hacker to compromise the system. The network must be reliable and stable under a wide variety of environmental conditions and volumes of usage. Protection must be provided against online threats such as viruses, worms, Trojans, and other malicious code. Sensitive data should be encrypted. Unnecessary services should be disabled to minimize the number of potential security holes. Updates to the operating system, supplied by the platform vendor, should be installed on a regular basis. Redundancy, in …
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