DISTRIBUTED SECURITY ARCHITECTURE FOR STORAGE AREA NETWORKS (SAN)

摘要

The invention relates to a method of transferring data between a host computer server and a secure network storage system via a data transfer architecture. The secure network storage system has a plurality of storage devices for storage of the data. The method comprises (a) authenticating the host computer server with a security system associated with the secure network storage system; (b) obtaining a storage key from the security system after authentication; and (c) performing an encryption/decryption operation comprising at least one of (i) encrypting and storing data on the secure network storage system, and (ii) retrieving and decrypting data stored on the secure network storage system.