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What security criteria is being evaluated

In general, security criteria for your ONTAP clusters, storage virtual machines (SVMs), and volumes are being evaluated against the recommendations defined in the ThinkSystem DM Series Security Hardening Guide For ONTAP 9.

Some of the security checks include:

  • whether a cluster is using a secure authentication method, such as SAML
  • whether peered clusters have their communication encrypted
  • whether a storage VM has its audit log enabled
  • whether your volumes have software or hardware encryption enabled

See the topics on compliance categories and the ThinkSystem DM Series Security Hardening Guide For ONTAP 9 for detailed information.

  • Cluster compliance categories
    This table describes the cluster security compliance parameters that Unified Manager evaluates, the Lenovo recommendation, and whether the parameter affects the overall determination of the cluster being complaint or not complaint.
  • SVM compliance categories
    This table describes the storage virtual machine (SVM) security compliance criteria that Unified Manager evaluates, the Lenovo recommendation, and whether the parameter affects the overall determination of the SVM being complaint or not complaint.
  • Volume compliance categories
    This table describes the volume encryption parameters that Unified Manager evaluates to determine whether the data on your volumes is adequately protected from being accessed by unauthorized users.