2022 has been an interesting and challenging year for storage security. The cyber threat landscape has witnessed large numbers of attacks impacting data and increased nation state activities directed at critical infrastructure. The regulatory landscape is undergoing change as well (e.g., EU Directive 2009/125/EC also known as LOT 9) and potentially imposing requirements that necessitate adjustments to security capabilities, controls, and practices to reflect new realities. By the end of 2022 there will be significant changes to security standards and specifications relevant to storage. New technologies could increase the storage security options. Lastly, new practices and deployment strategies could add further data protections. This session concentrates on the new and emerging storage security elements and issues rather than covering storage security from a general perspective. In addition, the session homes in on those aspects that are potentially relevant to developers and architects.

Learning Objectives: 1) Understand key threat and regulatory landscape issues that could affect storage development; 2) Identify important security standards and specifications that should be considered in the development of storage products; 3) Recognize the implications and challenges associated with new practices and deployment strategies.