making a first determination by a first security module (FSM) that a first storage area network (SAN) infrastructure in a first data center has experienced a failure;

obtaining, by the FSM in response to the first determination, coordinated universal time (UTC)-based system time of the first SAN infrastructure;

generating, by the FSM, a secure string based on the coordinated UTC-based system time and a configuration parameter set by a user of the first SAN infrastructure;

encrypting, by the FSM, the secure string to generate an encrypted secure string;

appending, by the FSM, the encrypted secure string to a SAN failure notification to generate an encrypted secure string-appended request;

sending, by the FSM, the encrypted secure string-appended request to a second data center, wherein the second data center is selected based on a second configuration parameter;

making a second determination after intercepting the encrypted secure string-appended request and by a second security module (SSM) that the encrypted secure string-appended request is valid;

initiating, by the SSM, a secure data path from the first data center to the second data center and

initiating, based on the second determination and by the SSM, a data continuity operation, wherein the data continuity operation comprises: