A distributed data storage system can connect a customization module to at least one host and a second data storage device via a network controller. The customization module may disconnect the first data storage device from the host and second data storage device prior to assessing a security operation of the first data storage device with the customization module, generating an optimization strategy with the customization module based on the assessed security operation, implementing the optimization strategy in the first data storage device to alter at least one security parameter of the first data storage device, and then connecting the first data storage device to the host and second data storage device to allow at least one data access to be executed to the first data storage device with the altered at least one security parameter.