Data Security for Network Attached Storage (NAS)
Network Attached Storage (NAS), like other types of storage, holds sensitive enterprise data affected by internal data governance requirements and external compliance regimes. Such mandates frequently require securing data at rest with encryption, controlling access to the data and reporting on access to satisfy auditors, regulatory compliance regimes, business partners and customer concerns around data security. Vormetric Data Security enables enterprises to protect sensitive data in network attached storage by encrypting and controlling access to the protected files.
Vormetric Data Security Solution for Network Attached Storage
Vormetric network-attached storage solution enables enterprises to ensure sensitive application and database information residing in NAS is protected with robust encryption and access control capabilities. Some of the most frequent use cases for NAS encryption include:
- Database Encryption - Databases such as Oracle, DB2, and SQL Server using NAS storage frequently contain sensitive data and require encryption for database information along with log files, Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) data, script files and reports
- Unstructured Data Encryption - The majority of business information originates in unstructured data forms such pdf documents, spreadsheets, computer-aided design documents, audio files, graphics images and video files. Such unstructured information containing sensitive data are optimally protected by encrypting and controlling access at the individual file level
- Data Segregation - NAS can function as a central repository for data from many entities that need segregation from a variety of internal or external entities
- Digital Shredding - To facilitate secure reuse of network attached storage, encryption helps ensure that sensitive data is not recoverable after deletion
