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Cisco and RSA Collaborate for Secure Data
By
ChannelTimes Staff
Mumbai, May 25, 2007
Extending their strategic alliance, Cisco and RSA,Security Division of EMC has announced that they would be working together to develop technology that will help customers improve and simplify the encryption of confidential information such as medical records, social security and credit card numbers.
Together, these technologies will help customers encrypt data-at-rest on tapes and other types of storage media and manage the associated encryption keys within the storage area network infrastructure, a process that is less invasive, more secure and easier to manage.
"Security threats are no longer confined to companies with backup tapes stored at an off-site facility. Now companies of all sizes are exploring encryption because of the real threat of losing data or having it stolen," said Rajeev Bhardwaj, director of product management, data center business unit at Cisco.
"RSA and Cisco are working together to simplify the deployment and management of encryption in the storage area network fabric, which will greatly reduce the complexity and disruption that businesses are struggling with today," said Dennis Hoffman, vice president and general manager for data security and chief strategy officer at RSA.
The planned Cisco and RSA technology will include Cisco Storage Media Encryption (SME), which provides encryption of data-at-rest as a fabric service, and RSA Key Manager, a centralized solution for encryption key lifecycle management. Together, they will provide mutual customers with a highly secure, scaleable technology capable of managing both encrypted media and their keys.
The impending technology will also support an open API (application programming interface) for key management, giving customers the flexibility to deploy stored, encrypted data solutions that best meet their operational needs.
"By combining RSA's enterprise encryption key management with Cisco high performance SME technology, we are providing our mutual customers a simpler way to protect data stored across the storage area network," added Bhardwaj.
"RSA is committed to protect information wherever it lives, and we are pleased to be adding Cisco's SME to a growing list of data encryption solutions which are centrally and comprehensively managed by RSA Key Manager," said Hoffman.
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