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Most enterprises recognize the need for multiple layers of security to defend against ransomware but often overlook the critical data security layer, which is ONTAP's specialty. AWS and NetApp have introduced ARP for FSx for NetApp ONTAP, highlighting its pioneering role in data security.

Data security can be understood through the "7 layers of data security":

1. Physical Security: Protects hardware and facilities with measures like surveillance, access controls, and restricted access to critical infrastructure.
2. Network Security: Secures data in transit using firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPNs, SSL/TLS, and network segmentation.
3. Endpoint Security: Safeguards end-user devices with antivirus, EDR, MDM, and regular updates.
4. Application Security: Focuses on securing software through secure coding, code reviews, application firewalls, and vulnerability scanning.
5. Data Security: Protects data at rest and in transit with encryption, data masking, tokenization, access controls, and backups.
6. Identity and Access Management (IAM): Ensures authorized access via authentication, authorization, and identity governance.
7. Operational Security: Involves security policies, incident response, training, monitoring, auditing, and regulatory compliance.

Addressing these layers creates a comprehensive data security strategy.