Hitachi Storage Viewer can be deployed securely in a variety of operational environments, including a private LAN, virtual private network (VPN), corporate Intranet and even the public Internet. The security features for Hitachi Storage Viewer communications (for example, between Web Client and Host) can be customized for your operational environment. Hitachi Storage Viewer can be configured to provide an end-to-end security context between the user’s browser and the Hitachi Storage Viewer Portal Server which provides security, privacy, user authentication and no repudiation. Messages between the Hitachi Storage Viewer Web Client and Portal Server (Portal) are secured when the server is configured to use HTTPS/SSL, which provides for authentication and encryption of traffic. SSL communication between the Portal and the Data Collectors is fully supported.