Leading standards require organizations to implement a secure configuration process for each technology. This includes:
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.
Discover the Ultimate Guide to Setting Configuration Baselines for 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.
| 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 |
Find answers to common questions about secure configurations, challenges, and solutions for protecting your storage and backup environments.
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.
Key challenges include the complexity of diverse systems, lack of storage-specific security expertise, reliance on manual processes, and adapting to evolving cyber threats.
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.
StorageGuard automates baseline creation, audits configurations, detects unauthorized changes, and provides actionable remediation guidance to ensure systems stay secure and compliant.
It’s time to automate the secure configuration of your storage & backup systems.