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Speaker;        Professor Benjamin Arazi
                Ben Gurion University
                ISRAEL

Topic:          "Security Issues in Storage Networks"

Date:           Monday, 25 March 2002

Time:           4:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue:          Lecture Theater F
                (Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater, near lift nos. 25/26)
                HKUST


ABSTRACT:

Networked storage provides two advantages over direct-attached storage:
resource utilization and improved management.  However, this technology
demands extra attention to security. Networked storage, especially
IP-based technologies, may expose both data and the supporting storage
media to unauthorized access. Current storage area networks based on Fibre
Channel connections are not immune from security risks either. Since
networking attaches storage to multiple systems, the data may also be
exposed to internal compromise.  Current security solutions are based on
simple passwords, LUN (Logical Unit Number) masking, device zoning, and
encryption.

The lecture will discuss the security risks, the available solutions, and
their advantages and disadvantages.  New approaches to securing storage
area networks will then be presented, and their advantages will be
analyzed.



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Biography:

Prof. Benjamin Arazi is the founder of CipherIt and serves as its Chief
Scientist.  He was a founder and Chief Scientist of Fortress Ltd., which
developed the cryptographic microchips ST16CF54 from SGS-Thomson, and
MC68HC08SC29/30 from Motorola, as well as their cryptographic libraries.
Prof. Arazi is the inventor of several American patents. He has written a
book on coding theory which was published by MIT Press. Prof. Arazi was
the Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at
Ben Gurion University in Israel from 1993 to 1997.  He continues to serve
on the faculty of Ben Gurion University.  In addition, Prof. Arazi is a
member of the Israel national Committee for Information Technology and
Infrastructure.



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