Secure Configuration of Storage & Backups

Securely Configure Your Storage & Backup Systems – with Configuration Check & Audit

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 configuration baseline and running regular configuration checks to detect drifts and unauthorized changes.
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.

Secure Configuration of Storage & Backups

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.

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How StorageGuard Helps to Securely Configure Your Storage & Backup Systems

With StorageGuard, you can automatically enable pre-defined baseline policies or define a custom baseline for your storage and backup systems.

StorageGuard’s pre-defined policies include thousands of configuration checks based on guidelines from storage and backup vendors such as Dell EMC, Hitachi Vantara, NetApp, Veritas, Rubrik and many others.

StorageGuard runs a configuration audit of your storage & backup systems, to ensure they’re hardened and not vulnerable. StorageGuard automatically detects configuration drift and unauthorized changes, while validating that all systems adhere to the required baseline. As mandated by CIS, NIST, ISO, PCI and others, StorageGuard enables you to establish a configuration baseline for your storage and backup platforms, ensuring it is set to the most stringent requirement, while automatically detecting and resolving configuration drifts.

The StorageGuard scan will connect to each storage and backup technology using the native APIs and CLIs, to document the current configuration and then to detect drifts

StorageGuard will detect when a security baseline requirement is not met, and provide remediation guidance.

Product Comparison – Comparing Generic Configuration Tools with StorageGuard

	Secure Configuration and Baseline	Configuration Compliance
Endpoint systems	McAfee Endpoint Security \| Microsoft Endpoint Manager \| Symantec Endpoint Protection \| Tanium \| CrowdStrike	SCCM \| Ivanti Endpoint Manager \| Qualys Policy Compliance \| McAfee Endpoint Security \| Symantec Endpoint Protection \| Tanium
Applications	\| Tenable \| Qualys \| Rapid7 \| Veracode \| IBM Security AppScan	Tripwire \| Qualys Policy Compliance \| McAfee Application Control \| AlienVault USM Anywhere
Database systems	Imperva \| IBM Guardium \| McAfee Database Security \| Oracle Database Vault	Imperva \| IBM Guardium \| McAfee Database Security \| Trustwave
Host systems	Tenable \| Qualys \| Rapid7	Tenable \| Qualys \| Rapid7 \| Tanium
Storage systems	StorageGuard	StorageGuard
Backup systems	StorageGuard	StorageGuard

StorageGuard Supports These Storage & Backup Systems

FAQs: Secure Configuration Baseline

Find answers to common questions about secure configurations, challenges, and solutions for protecting your storage and backup environments.

What is a secure configuration baseline, and why is it important?

A secure configuration baseline is a set of standardized security settings that ensure systems are configured consistently and securely. For storage and backup systems, it reduces risks from misconfigurations, weak encryption, and unauthorized changes.

What challenges do organizations face in securely configuring storage and backup systems?

Key challenges include the complexity of diverse systems, lack of storage-specific security expertise, reliance on manual processes, and adapting to evolving cyber threats.

How can organizations establish a secure configuration baseline?

Define security baselines with expert input, assess adherence regularly (automated tools like StorageGuard help), prioritize and remediate issues, and generate compliance reports to track progress.

How does StorageGuard help maintain secure configurations?

StorageGuard automates baseline creation, audits configurations, detects unauthorized changes, and provides actionable remediation guidance to ensure systems stay secure and compliant.

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