Storage security will become an "imperative" this year as the adoption of Internet technologies undermines the comforting notion that storage networks are safe from hacker attacks. In an analysis of storage security, the Yankee Group concludes that security will become an . . .
Storage security will become an "imperative" this year as the adoption of Internet technologies undermines the comforting notion that storage networks are safe from hacker attacks. In an analysis of storage security, the Yankee Group concludes that security will become an essential aspect of deployment strategies as users expand disaster recovery planning or roll out storage networks that mix multiple network protocols.

Yankee is seeking to dispel the impression that dedicated, Fibre Channel storage networks are "closed" networks i.e. not subject to security breaches. As mixed IP-Fibre Channel storage networks or IP storage networks become deployed security will be even more important, the research house argues.