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Is my NAS Secure?
Hello, I am Michael Barnes and have A ReadyNas Duo V2. I have just read the attached http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28707117 article about security. I am not that technical but want to make sure...
Security is a subject of its own and the answer to this question is very complicated.
How do you define secure ? if that's perfectly hacker proof, I can tell you that you are not, nobody is and nobody will ever be. If you mean protected from common attacks, if you have the good settings, yes you are.
Data security is based on three principles, availability, confidentiality and integrity. So there are more concerns than just repelling attackers. Backup is one example.
To secure the NAS, I would agree with MDGM that basic steps are stopping unnecessary things, set strong passwords and use up to date versions of the software. The main rule that IT admins follow is the rule of the least privilege, if it doesn't need it, then don't give it. That's valid for user rights, for port redirections, for services running on the NAS... If you respect that rule, update your passwords regularly with strong ones and do your updates, you are as close as safe as you can be for a home user. Enterprises and IT admins can get a step further with advanced network filtering capabilities but this has a cost (in price, time and skills to configure).
So unless you have very confidential data, I guess that your are good to go. Just have a good backup. Odds are in your favour with an incredible number of connected devices, a hacker picking yours explicitly would be really bad luck.
How do you define secure ? if that's perfectly hacker proof, I can tell you that you are not, nobody is and nobody will ever be. If you mean protected from common attacks, if you have the good settings, yes you are.
Data security is based on three principles, availability, confidentiality and integrity. So there are more concerns than just repelling attackers. Backup is one example.
To secure the NAS, I would agree with MDGM that basic steps are stopping unnecessary things, set strong passwords and use up to date versions of the software. The main rule that IT admins follow is the rule of the least privilege, if it doesn't need it, then don't give it. That's valid for user rights, for port redirections, for services running on the NAS... If you respect that rule, update your passwords regularly with strong ones and do your updates, you are as close as safe as you can be for a home user. Enterprises and IT admins can get a step further with advanced network filtering capabilities but this has a cost (in price, time and skills to configure).
So unless you have very confidential data, I guess that your are good to go. Just have a good backup. Odds are in your favour with an incredible number of connected devices, a hacker picking yours explicitly would be really bad luck.
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