Antidotes for Cloud Security Woes
Added 4th Mar 2010SafeNet today announced a package of intelligent, data-centric solutions to persistently protect data throughout the information lifecycle, enabling enterprises to adapt to support emerging cloud delivery models.
The firm has more than 25,000 corporate and government customers in 100 countries, including UBS, Nokia, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Bank of America, Adobe, Cisco, Microsoft, Samsung, Texas Instruments, plus the US Departments of Defense and Homeland Security.
In a statement, SafeNet maintained that its solutions effectively safeguard data in the cloud, (so) enterprises can begin to fully maximise the business potential of cloud offerings, allowing for continued innovation and growth in the industry.
The package of products includes 'Intelligent Authentication Tokens', 'Secure Cryptographic Key Storage' plus 'Secure storage in the cloud across file, application, and database systems'.
SafeNet said its intelligent, data-centric solutions persistently protect data throughout the information lifecycle and adapt to support emerging cloud delivery models -- from today's SaaS and private clouds to the evolving demands of hybrid and public clouds. Together, the firm said, these solutions deliver the critical capabilities required for a robust, cost-effective and secure cloud implementation.
Cloud security an enabler
"Today, issues of risk, data privacy, and compliance are the chief inhibitors to most organisations' adoption of cloud services," the statement said. "While security can be seen as an obstacle to the broad adoption of cloud computing, it can also be an enabler."
The latest MIS Asia magazine IT Nation 2010 research, covering some 200 respondents, found that more than two-thirds of senior IT executives surveyed expect to spend the same (42.6 per cent) or to increase spending (21 per cent) on cloud computing in 2010.
"In today's dynamic cloud environments, the legacy physical security approaches of the past simply don't cut it any longer," said Russ Dietz, chief technical officer, SafeNet.
"With proven solutions that offer granular, persistent security controls, SafeNet enables customers to fully leverage the business benefits of cloud computing -- without having to make sacrifices in security."
Dietz said that, with SafeNet's security offerings, "customers can fully leverage the business benefits of cloud environments, while ensuring trust, compliance, and privacy. As a result, users gain confidence in how data is used and shared, which not only promotes trust but fuels business agility, innovation, and productivity".
"With its focus on the persistent protection of information throughout its lifecycle, SafeNet's data-centric security expertise and offerings will help put organisations at ease and ensure their trust in migrating to the cloud," said Jim Reavis, co-founder of the Cloud Security Alliance.
"We are excited to have SafeNet as a member of the Cloud Security Alliance. The company will be a valuable partner as we continue to help the industry embrace the opportunities of secure cloud computing."
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