End User Programs

It is our job to build an understanding of security in the storage ecosystem and help educate storage professionals, security professionals, the audit community, and academia. We welcome your input, feedback, and program ideas - email us at ssif-info@snia.org or call us at 404-492-6135.

SSIF Security and Storage Experts Speakers Bureau

To build understanding, the Storage Security Industry Forum is proud to sponsor a SSIF Speakers Bureau, where SSIF members experienced in security and storage are ready to present SNIA security tutorials and SSIF educational presentations at events throughout the world.  Our latest presentations are "Information Risk Management - Storage Security Best Practices with an Emphasis on Encryption and Key Management" and "Storage Security - Payment Card Industry - Data Security Standard Compliance". Contact ssif-info@snia.org for more information and to request a speaker.  Current expert speakers include:

• Gordon Arnold, SSIF Chair - IBM
• Blair Semple, CISSP, ISSEP SSIF Vice Chair - NetApp
• Carlos Martinez, SSIF member - HP
• Andrew Nielsen, CISSP, CISA, ISSAP, ISSMP - Hitachi Data Systems

Any SSIF member expert in security and storage may apply to join the SSIF Speakers Bureau.  Members should visit www.snia.org/members and click on the link for SSIF Speakers Bureau for more information.

Resources for IT, Security, Storage, and Audit Professionals

The Storage Security Industry Forum has a rich set of focused programs and resources that introduce end users to storage security, provide a set of best practices to consider in their organizations, and foster camaraderie and the sharing of knowledge and experiences.

• Begin your exploration of storage security with SNIA tutorials, developed by the experts of the SSIF and the SNIA Security Technical Working Group.
• Download the latest version of the Storage Security Best Current Practices, drawn from real-life knowledge and deep experience in the storage ecosystem
• Check out the SSIF Solutions Guide to Data-at-Rest, where you'll learn the latest in encryption and key management practices, compare approaches in a capabilities matrix, and examine solutions from our SSIF member companies.
• Learn about a storage security professional career in the Storage Security Professionals Guide, which describes the skills and knowledge of a competent storage security professional who is engaged in activities necessary to secure the average enterprise's storage ecosystems.
• Introduce yourself to the concepts and practices associated with SAN Security Best Practices with toolkits like the SSIF Risk Assessment Toolkit.
• Interact with storage and security professionals and the audit and academic communities at security and storage events around the world.

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