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DataFort Storage Security Administration (DSSA)

Audience

Anyone who performs basic support, and administration functions on DataFort Storage Security appliance or Lifetime Key Management appliance.

Course Objectives

This instructor-led course is designed for anyone who performs basic support, and administration functions on a Decru DataFort Storage Security appliance or Lifetime Key Management appliance. Through a combination of discussion and hands-on activities, this course describes the features and functions of the DataFort E-Series (NAS & iSCSI), FC-Series (SAN Disk & SAN Tape), S-Series (SCSI Tape), Lifetime Key Management appliances and the Data Decryption Software.

Course Content

At the end of this course you will be able to:

Explain basic security and encryption principles and how those apply to a storage security appliance.
Explain the features and functions of the DataFort platform including encryption key hierarchy and Smart Card operation.
Describe different architectures and deployment options for the DataFort storage security appliance and Lifetime Key Management (LKM) appliance,
Install the Decru Management Console for centralized key and configuration management
Manage a DataFort storage security appliance using the Decru Management Console.
Use the Setup Wizard to initialize a DataFort storage security appliance
Create and manage Cryptainer vaults that encrypt data-at-rest
Configure the E-series DataFort (NAS and iSCSI) for storage encryption and access control
Configure E-series DataFort appliances into a cluster and simulate failover
Configure the FC-series DataFort (disk and tape) for storage encryption.
Perform administration of a DataFort appliance using specialty administrative accounts.
Recover an E-series DataFort appliance from a configuration backup file.
Decrypt data without a DataFort storage security appliance using Data Decryption Software.
Complete operations using the command line interface (CLI) on the E-series and FC-series DataFort appliances.
Describe the key sharing methods available for DataFort storage security appliances.
Perform key sharing operations using the DataFort storage security appliances and the LKM appliance.