Though there have been several high-profile incidents of information theft over the last few years, most breaches have gone unreported. Regulatory trends suggest that enterprises in more and more industries will no longer be allowed to remain silent about compromises to their information assets. While healthcare, financial services, manufacturing and government entities have been the most eager adopters of multi-layered SAN security strategies, there is activity in other industries, such as airlines, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and education.

It is important to do all that can be done to shore up protection, because the risks of sitting still are considerable. Beyond inviting sometimes-stiff government penalties, an enterprise stands to severely damage customer confidence and loyalty if its infrastructure is shown to be vulnerable to data theft.


As the nature of security threats has evolved and matured, so have the security capabilities available for optical networks. Enterprises today are adopting increasingly sophisticated, multi-faceted SAN security strategies to keep in compliance with data-protection regulations and keep out of tomorrow’s negative headlines.