Member Benefits

The Storage Security Industry Forum agenda builds on successes of the past three years. End-user education around the world (through seminars, webinars, SNIA tutorials, industry events, and NEW Storage Security hands-on labs for IT professionals) remains a primary focus. The SSIF continues to create collateral, articles, deployment case studies, and technology positioning materials that complement member companies’ individual marketing initiatives and materials. In addition, with the SNIA Security Technical Working Group, we leverage our holistic view of storage security through interactions with industry standardization activities.

SSIF Storage Security Education

The Storage Networking Industry Association has established SNIA Education to expand educational opportunities and options available to end users and the IT industry worldwide. Leveraging SNIA strengths and successes of SNIA Education Provider members and the SNIA Technology Center, SNIA Education delivers value to the storage networking industry through certifications, sales qualification testing, education framework, tutorials and booklets, the SNIA Dictionary, the SNIA Technology Center, road shows, workshops and conferences.

Current SNIA Storage Security Information Booklets include:

• Introduction to Storage Security
• Audit Logging for Storage
• Encryption of Data At-Rest, a Step-by-Step Checklist

Current SNIA Storage Security Information Toolkits include:

• The SSIF Risk Assessment Toolkit

New SNIA Security Tutorials launched in 2007 include:

• Introduction to Storage Security, newly revised and updated
• ABCs of Data Encryption
• Trusted Storage Specification
• Cryptographic Use Cases and the Case for End-to-End Security
• A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Storage Forensics
• Key Management, A Primer
• Best Practices for Building a Key Management Strategy: Understanding Standards and Solutions

Storage Security Educational activities include:

• SSIF Storage Security Summits in North America
• SNW conference sessions in North America and Europe
• SNIA Academy roadshows in the United States, Canada, and Europe
• Presentations and demonstrations at storage and security conferences worldwide

International Promotion of Storage Security

SNIA is a global industry association committed to the advancement of storage networking worldwide. As part of that commitment, a dedicated International Committee interfaces with regional affiliates around the world. The International Committee coordinates activities to ensure that the SNIA vision, mission and strategy are consistent worldwide. The Forum works with the International Committee to promote security understanding across international considerations.

SNIA Storage Security knowledge is delivered worldwide:

• SNW conferences and SNIA Academies in China, Japan, Australia/New Zealand, North America and Europe
• Industry Storage and Security Events
• Delivery of Forum tutorials and white papers to groups and associates
• Publication of Forum case studies, and contributed articles in leading industry and user publications

Security Technical Working Group

The SNIA Security Technical Working Group (Security TWG) provides the primary technical focus of the SNIA on storage security issues. The Security TWG coordinates with the SNIA Storage Security Industry Forum and is the primary interface between the SNIA and other standards organizations working on storage security technologies. The Security TWG delivers technical requirements that have been defined as part of their activities to external standards groups.