Based on activities developed with partner companies, in addition to reports gathered with researchers, masters and doctors, SDC Engenharia, with the purpose of guiding and expanding the adoption of research data security management practices, brings in this mini-course references to storage and protection technologies of the integrity and availability of the most important asset that results from a research process: knowledge. It will cover topics related to best practices in choosing storage structures, appropriate disks, difference in topologies, the latest innovations and backup administration.