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NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service

Prevent internal and external cybersecurity threats from penetrating your NetApp ONTAP systems by making sure that they're properly configured according to the most stringent guidelines.

NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service

With cyberattacks becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and costly every day, security is top of mind for every organization.

But even the best security solutions can't protect your organization from infiltration if your systems are misconfigured. IT complexity, skill shortage, and potential lack of NetApp ONTAP expertise make it challenging to be sure that your NetApp systems are configured to provide the highest level of security standards.

The NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service delivers the expertise that you need to meet the most stringent security guidelines. NetApp Professional Services experts assess, design, and configure your ONTAP systems following NetApp best-practice Technical Reference guides and STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guidelines), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), or NIS2 (Network and Information Security) guidelines as required by your organization.

NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service overview

Features and Benefits

The capabilities that set NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service apart.

Proper configuration is key to preventing data breaches

80%

Identity and credential misconfigurations cause 80% of security exposures.

32%

32% of cloud breaches are due to misconfiguration.

1B+

In 2024, over 1 billion records were exposed in data breaches.

SVM Configuration Areas

Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) Configuration

Each storage virtual machine (SVM) is configured in the following areas:
  • Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)
  • System administration methods
  • Multi-admin verification
  • Digital certification management
  • File protection
  • Signing and sealing
  • AutoSupport/NTP/SNMP
  • Securing LIFs, protocols, and ports
  • System configuration backup

Security Hardening Verification

To prevent internal and external cybersecurity threats from penetrating your NetApp environment, our experts verify that maximum security hardening is in place before closing out the engagement.

Related NetApp Services

Netapp Security Hardening Configuration Service features

NetApp Data Protection and Security Assessment

Assess your data protection and security readiness before an attack happens, and take proactive measures to prepare, protect, and recover from unforeseen security threats.

NetApp Ransomware Protection and Recovery Service

Boost ransomware resilience and survivability with the expertise to plan, deploy, and manage a ransomware-ready hybrid cloud data infrastructure that's secure, available, reliable, and recoverable.

NetApp Ransomware Recovery Assurance Service

Minimize business disruption after a ransomware attack with 24/7/365 services for the rapid recovery of protected data. This service is required for the NetApp Ransomware Recovery Guarantee Program.
Expert Guidance

Thrive with expert-led storage guidance

Get tailored advice on how NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service fits your environment — from sizing and deployment to long-term optimization.

Thrive with expert-led storage guidance

Technical Specifications

Exhaustive hardware and software metrics extracted directly from official documentation.

  • Service Type
    Security Hardening Configuration Service
  • Target Platform
    NetApp ONTAP systems
  • Compliance Guidelines
    STIG (Security Technical Implementation Guidelines), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), NIS2 (Network and Information Security)
  • Delivered By
    NetApp Professional Services
  • Document ID
    NA-1086-0525

  • Authentication
    Authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)
  • Administration
    System administration methods
  • Verification
    Multi-admin verification
  • Certificates
    Digital certification management
  • File Security
    File protection
  • Data Integrity
    Signing and sealing
  • Monitoring
    AutoSupport/NTP/SNMP
  • Network Security
    Securing LIFs, protocols, and ports
  • Backup
    System configuration backup

Compare NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service Series

Select the right scale for your workload demands.

Compare NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service Series — capacity and port configuration by model.
Model Name Max Capacity Port Config Action
NetApp Security Hardening Configuration Service N/A N/A Get Quote
NetApp Data Protection and Security Assessment N/A N/A Get Quote
NetApp Ransomware Protection and Recovery Service N/A N/A Get Quote
NetApp Ransomware Recovery Assurance Service N/A N/A Get Quote

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