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| 11 | Storage Security |
The primary concern of network security is to protect assets that reside on the network. Naturally, the most significant of those assets is data. Data resides in storage, which is either controlled or unmanaged. Storage technologies have evolved over the past decade in complexity, capability, and capacity, and the effectiveness of storage security controls and technologies has advanced accordingly. Today’s storage technologies can protect data natively in many ways; for example, many modern storage technologies include built-in encryption and access control to protect confidentiality and integrity, redundancy to protect availability, and onboard protection against malware.
In this chapter, we’ll cover the ...
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