The Security Technical Work Group (TWG) consists of storage security subject matter experts who collaborate to define methods of increasing the security, privacy, and data protection of information residing within and the management of storage ecosystems.

The target audiences are the vendors and customers of storage networks and related technologies. The scope of work encompasses storage and storage networking security for installations from the departmental level to the multi-enterprise. The security of the stored information in heterogeneous environments is specifically addressed, and both long-term and holistic security solutions are areas of focus.

The Security TWG charter mandates that the TWG will:

Define requirements for storage security

Create architectures, interfaces, and best practices relevant to storage security

Identify new information storage security technologies

Define storage security terminology

Ensure storage security is included in related SNIA standards and specifications

Collaborate with external relevant standards and industry organizations

Create educational materials to promote storage security awareness

Program of Work

The Security TWG program of work is divided into the following areas:

General Storage Security

deliverables related to general security, compliance, and legal issues, requirements, and technologies.

SNIA Architectures & Specifications

deliverables specific to the SNIA standardization activities, including storage management (e.g., SMI-S) and cloud storage (e.g., CDMI) activities being lead in other TWGs and technical steering groups (TSGs).

Securing Storage Ecosystems

deliverables in the form of guidance and best practices related to securing storage infrastructures.

Information Retention, Preservation& Discovery

deliverables relate to securing data for long periods of time and/or to meet evidentiary obligations.

Relevant Organizations

The American Bar Association (ABA), Section of Science and Technology Law

The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) Technical Committees:

CS1 – Cyber Security
T10 – SCSI Storage Interfaces
T11 – Fibre Channel Interfaces

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 IT Security Techniques

Trusted Computing Group (TCG)

DMTF (Redfish Forum and SPDM WG)

IEEE Cybersecurity & Privacy Standards Committee (Security and Storage WG and Zero Trust Security WG)

Open Compute Project (OCP) – Security Project, Storage Project, Sustainability Project

PCI-SIG®

NVM Express® (NVMe®)

Compute Express Link® (CXL®)

CHIPS Alliance (Caliptra)

Fibre Channel Industry Alliance (FCIA)

We meet every Friday at
12:00 ET.

If you'd like to join our calls, please send
a request to

dnsfinfo@snia.org