Data Security
Having a system to ensure that data is kept safe from corruption and that access to it is strictly controlled is vitally import to every organisation.
The advantages of networked data storage technologies are well established, but storing your organisation’s data on a network creates significant security risks. Data in networked storage environments is significantly more vulnerable to unauthorised access, theft or misuse than data stored in more traditional, direct-attached storage.
Various laws and governance will effect how your organisation needs to protect its data, including in the UK, the Data Protection Act which requires you to ensure that personal data is accessible to those whom it concerns and provides redress to individuals if there are inaccuracies and the International Standard ISO/IEC 17799 which covers data security under the topic of information security and one of its cardinal principles is that all stored information, i.e. data, should be owned so that it is clear whose responsibility it is to protect and control access to that data.
Data Security is not an ‘off the shelf' solution and Alpha provides a range of bespoke solutions to solve these challenges including:
- Secure storage consolidation
- Insider threat mitigation
- Regulatory compliance
- Database security
- Secure tape backup and disaster recovery
- Physical security for Data Centre
If your organisation is reviewing the impact of its storage strategy please contact us for a confidential consultation.