Storage security isn't a big problem so far, and vendors are brainstorming ways to prevent it from becoming one.
There are no reports or industry statistics of customers actually suffering break-ins into Fibre Channel storage-area networks, where most of the world's mission-critical data is stored, but it's been done in laboratories, a panel of experts sponsored by research firm The451.com Inc. acknowledged here today. Still, there are other reasons for enterprises to pay attention, they said.
"Most of the storage guys don't talk to the security guys at most companies," said Hari Venkatacharya, senior vice president of Mississauga, Ontario, startup Kasten Chase Applied Research Ltd. That's why "the discussion has to be elevated above simply SANs," he said.
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There are no reports or industry statistics of customers actually suffering break-ins into Fibre Channel storage-area networks, where most of the world's mission-critical data is stored, but it's been done in laboratories, a panel of experts sponsored by research firm The451.com Inc. acknowledged here today. Still, there are other reasons for enterprises to pay attention, they said.
"Most of the storage guys don't talk to the security guys at most companies," said Hari Venkatacharya, senior vice president of Mississauga, Ontario, startup Kasten Chase Applied Research Ltd. That's why "the discussion has to be elevated above simply SANs," he said.
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