Baseline Configuration and Secure Configuration Process for Storage & Backup Systems

Leading standards require organizations to implement a secure configuration process for each technology. This includes: 

• Defining polices, security controls, baseline configuration and technical implementation guides per technology and to periodically update them.  
• Validating that all systems adhere to the required baseline and regularly checking to detect drifts and unauthorized changed.  
• Reassessing adherence to the baseline after configuration changes or software updates made to the system. 
• Automation for configuration documentation, configuration drift detection and response 
• Restricting access, rights, interfaces, services and more.

Storage and backup systems are critical IT infrastructure that retains all production data as well as the backup data. Managing baseline configuration and secure configuration process for your storage and backup systems is extremely difficult, since most tools focus on host operating systems and web applications, and are unable to effectively communicate with the rather unique storage and backup technologies.

Download the recently published NIST Guide for Storage Security – co-authored by Continuity™.

This guide provides CISOs and Heads of Storage with an overview of the evolution of the storage technology landscape, current security threats, and a set of practical recommendations.