Cyber Resiliency with IBM Storage Sentinel and IBM Storage Safeguarded Copy

Scanning engine and its technology

This chapter discusses the technology and process of the malware scanning software of IBM Storage Sentinel. It describes the planning process, the different options for implementation, and other considerations.

This chapter has the following sections:

•“Storage Sentinel architecture” on page 70

•“Technology of the IBM Storage Sentinel scanning engine” on page 71

•“The advantage of anomaly scanning versus signature scanning” on page 71

•“The scanning process” on page 71

•“Scanning process for databases” on page 72 ...