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Buying Strategies For Storage

Security

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Because data is the lifeblood of a company, making sure that it's secure is imperative. Manufacturers provide many security controls, but some gaps can be created in a networked system or a strategy that uses many pieces of hardware.

One growing trend in security is FDE (full-disk encryption), which secures all data on a disk or disk volume and usually boasts faster virus scans than other types of encryption, according to David James, vice president of advanced product engineering at Fujitsu (www.fujitsu.com).

When making storage purchasing decisions, it’s often a good idea to look at security strategies such as FDE simultaneously to minimize interoperability concerns. A data center manager can talk to storage vendors about how to integrate existing security or planned upgrades so there aren’t security issues during initial implementation.