Paper Title: Hardware-Accelerated Security Offloads for Networked Storage

Paper Abstract: 2017 saw remarkable increases in four areas: 1) the use of flash storage; 2) the growth of the cloud; 3) the adoption of faster networking such as 25/100GbE; and 4) the frequency of hacking attacks. Customers must increase the performance of their storage systems and networks while simultaneously improving their security. Often the only way to do both is to utilize hardware security offloads for encryption, firewalls, and packet inspection. Advances and options in security offloads include NICs with programmable packet processing offloads and programmable smart NICs featuring an FPGA or System on Chip (SOC). Such hardware offloads allow systems to support faster storage and faster networks without compromising network or storage security.

Paper Author: Bob Doud, Senior Director of Marketing, Mellanox

Author Bio: Bob Doud is Sr. Director of Marketing for Security Technology at Mellanox Technologies, where he develops security market solutions. He specializes in encryption of both data in-flight and data at-rest. He also researches and creates network security solutions, including technologies to detect and prevent hacking attacks. He has experience working with virtually all major Tier 1 networking, storage, and security vendors. Bob holds three patents in cryptography, is a member of the RSA Conference Founders Circle, and is a frequent blogger on security issues. Before joining Mellanox, Bob was Director of Marketing at EZChip, a producer of network processors, and a Sr Systems Architect at SafeNet, a leading security firm. Bob has a BA in Physics and Mathematics from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MSEE from Iowa State University.