Stamford, CT and Baltimore, MD – October 5, 2006 – Protegrity® Corporation, a leading provider of data security management solutions to the enterprise, and SafeNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFNT), setting the standard for information security, today announce a multifaceted partnership that enables enterprise clients to protect sensitive database content with integrated solutions using Protegrity’s Defiance™ DPS software, and SafeNet’s Luna® and ProtectServer families of hardware security modules HSMs.
Protegrity will resell SafeNet’s HSMs to environments requiring the extra hardware protection of FIPS 140-1/FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria certification. The first release of the combined solution is available in Defiance 4.2.Protegrity’s Defiance Security Software Suite protects data from acquisition-to-storage – from application, file, and database, to backup, storage and archival. SafeNet’s family of HSMs ensures that cryptographic keys and processes are stored and managed exclusively within FIPS and Common Criteria validated hardware.
Protegrity were recently granted a patent for defining where a user can process or store encrypted data and encryption keys. (see release) In addition to the secure master key storage on the HSM, Protegrity users can also choose to store and process encrypted data, encryption keys, and data tables within a database or within an HSM. Unlike network-attached encryption device point solutions, the Protegrity-SafeNet offering delivers the extra security many organizations require, without sacrificing the performance and scalability of a software solution.
“Customers must secure sensitive information across the enterprise, but often struggle to balance this requirement with operational needs,” said Gordon Rapkin, president & CEO of Protegrity. “Our strategic alliance with SafeNet provides our joint customers SafeNet’s extra hardware-based protection, while offering the central management, scalability and performance of our Defiance DPS software solution.”
“Protecting data at rest has become a critical part of an organization’s asset management strategy,” said Chris Holland, Director of the HSM business within SafeNet’s Enterprise Security business unit. “Combining Protegrity’s data security software with SafeNet’s family of high assurance HSMs enables enterprises to achieve the highest level of data protection across their database systems.”
SafeNet joins the Protegrity Alliance Network as a strategic partner. The PAN program creates a powerful network of independent software vendors, original equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and platform partners that deliver enterprise-level data security management solutions.
About Protegrity
Protegrity Corporation delivers enterprise-wide data security management solutions for end-to-end protection for applications and sensitive data, enabling companies to deploy comprehensive security policies with centralized management and auditing. Protegrity is committed to protecting sensitive data wherever it resides in today’s highly distributed and heterogeneous computing environments.
Protegrity empowers management to take responsibility for sensitive data by mitigating legal and financial risks associated with security breaches and assuring compliance with regulatory requirements for data security.
For more than ten years, Protegrity’s award-winning technology has enabled customers to address and resolve critical security challenges. Protegrity invented the core technology used for data-level encryption and owns key patents for database and application security and protection. For more information call 203.326.7200 x1004.
Protegrity and Defiance are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Protegrity Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
About SafeNet
SafeNet is a global leader in information security. Founded more than 20 years ago, the company provides complete security utilizing its encryption technologies to protect communications, intellectual property and digital identities, and offers a full spectrum of products including hardware, software, and chips. UBS, Nokia, Fujitsu, Hitachi , ARM, Bank of America, NetGear, the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, Adobe, Samsung , Texas Instruments, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and scores of other customers entrust their security needs to SafeNet. For more information, visit www.safenet-inc.com.
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Protegrity Corporation
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