We all know that data is core, critical, sensitive, and valuable to any and all business as well as everyone personally. We also know that data continues to grow exponentially and is varied in type. Now add the fast adoption rate of mobile phones, tablets, and gaming consoles, along with traditional computers and PCs, and there is now an ever increasing rate of \u00a0data breeches and vulnerability. Users also want and expect access to data 24\/7, with no barriers or lag times.<\/p>\n
These environments may house any amount of sensitive data assets such as personnel information, including social security numbers and human resource related records, customer payment and account information, a patient\u2019s medical records, and a company\u2019s intellectual property information. This sensitive information can be structured (held within a database) or it can be unstructured (residing in Word documents, PDFs, image files, spreadsheets, etc.). That is why this data can be a prime target and the threat of viruses and other lethal malware remains a constant concern for many IT organizations.<\/p>\n
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It is unsettling how these threats can spread throughout an organization at terrifying speeds capitalizing on the interoperability of modern networks. In a constantly growing threat landscape, it only takes a single infected file unknowingly placed into the storage environment to expose every node on the network to immediate risk.<\/p>\n
In implementing a cost effective, efficient infrastructure and datacenter, companies implement an environment where users have shared access to systems and storage. This adds an additional challenge for IT, as most organizations will have multiple departments or groups accessing the shared storage.\u00a0 These departments may have different policies, risks, and usage requirements. The users have varying access authorization, are geographically dispersed, and are on varying networks. As such, they are vulnerable to external attacks, malicious insiders, compromised systems, and lax policies.<\/p>\n
As business continue to roll out data storages across their IT estate, their corporate infrastructure and data centers have a wide range of heterogeneous hardware of servers and storage. That is why it is critical to ensure that the data is secure and that both the storage infrastructure and the security solution it depends upon are reliable and efficient.<\/p>\n
By implementing a security solution designed specifically to protect storage devices and knowing that the security solution and the storage platform have been tested, certified, and proven to work well together, companies can protect their customers and themselves from threats.<\/p>\n
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