Patent ID: 8966081
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling security of information on a storage area network (SAN), the method comprising: conducting, by a SAN security computing device, a baseline inventory of the SAN for a user domain; comparing, by the SAN security computing device, a new baseline inventory of the SAN conducted after the conducted baseline inventory to identify one or more changes in the baseline inventory, the conducted baseline and new baseline inventories comprising at least an indication of all devices accessible on the SAN and an associated topology of the SAN for the user domain; sending, by the SAN security computing device, one or more alerts regarding the one or more changes in the conducted baseline inventory based on a security reporting policy; and initiating, by the SAN security computing device, a default action with respect to either an added device accessible on the SAN or a relocated device accessible on the SAN associated with the one or more changes, wherein the default action with respect to the added device accessible on the SAN comprises automatically adding and assigning the device accessible on the SAN to the user domain or assigning the device accessible on the SAN to an uninstalled device list.