Storage on a network diagram
Where data sits still.
4 objects in this group, each named in plain English with the technical terms kept as searchable aliases. 4 of them carry attack notes, and every one of those ships beside the defences that reduce it. Each has an entry of its own.
Storage network
SAN · storage area network
A high-speed network whose only job is connecting servers to disks.
Cloud storage
S3 · blob storage · bucket · object storage · cloud file storage
A pool of files kept in a cloud platform, each one labelled and fetched by name rather than filed in folders.
Backup vault
immutable backup · offline backup · air-gapped copy
A copy of your data held so that it cannot be changed or deleted for a set period, including by an administrator, for as long as the retention lock is genuinely in force.
The other groups
- Network6The paths traffic travels along.
- Wireless and radio11The parts of the network that travel through the air, and how far they reach.
- Cloud and subscribed services12Things that only exist because somebody else runs the platform underneath them.
- Security and edge11The things that sit in front of something else and check what is trying to reach it.
- Servers13Machines that run something for other machines.
- Endpoints and devices8The things people and processes touch directly.
- Identity6Who something claims to be, and what proves it.
- People and organisations4The humans and the entities they belong to.
- Places3Physical locations and regions.
- Process flow7Shapes for describing a procedure rather than a network.
- Threats15The adversary and the things they bring.
Draw it rather than read it
Every object above is in the editor. Press N, type a few letters of the plain name or the acronym, and it is placed and connected to whatever was selected. Nothing is uploaded, because the page is served with a Content Security Policy that forbids the browser from making any outbound request at all.
Open the diagram makerThe catalogue behind this page is published as open data under CC BY 4.0, last reviewed . Every attack note describes a mechanism and contains no procedure. Corrections are welcome.