Resource Protection; Data Protection - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

to reduce risk and improve business outcomes. HP provides solutions in information security, identity
management, key management, and compliance to ensure your enterprise security. Secure Advantage
builds on these existing security technologies to create manageable methods for you to leverage
encryption and key management. This allows you to protect your resources and validate compliance
with government and industry regulations.
Security is an important aspect of the HP Adaptive Infrastructure, which provides the platform for the
next-generation data center. Secure Advantage integrates with Adaptive Infrastructure enablers, such
as IT systems and services, power and cooling, virtualization, and automation.
The Secure Advantage portfolio considers three aspects to ensure storage security:

Resource protection

Data protection

Security validation
Resource protection
Resource protection is important to your security strategy. Using trusted platforms, you improve
availability and provide protection for networks, software, and database management systems. Access
control in a trusted and hardened infrastructure minimizes disruptions due to security breaches.
Access control
Access control prevents unauthorized use of network resources and unauthorized disclosure or
modification of data (for example, preventing users from logging in to local workstations or limiting
the use of dial-in modems). Access control is a set of controls: confidentiality, integrity, availability,
and limiting access to network resources. These depend on the successful prevention of unauthorized
access to services or information.
Important elements of access control include:
Identification—Identifies an entity (user, process, or role associated with multiple users)
Authorization—Determines the access rights of an entity (with a level of assurance)
Authentication—Authenticates a user or process
Enforcement—Applies access-control decisions, which provides protection
Data protection
Data protection is important for all data states: at-rest, in-transit, and in-use. Use encryption and identity
management in conjunction with other proactive techniques, such as security event management and
information management.
Data protection consists of the following:
Confidentiality
Data integrity
Data availability
Nonrepudiation
Confidentiality
Confidentiality prevents disclosure of all data, regardless of its state (at-rest, in-transit, or in-use).
Confidentiality needs vary depending on the amount and type of data, transit and storage locations,
and sensitivity of the end-user identity.
Important elements of confidentiality include:
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