SafeNet and NetApp form strategic relationship

href="http://dqchannels.ciol.com/content/space/110062902.asp">SafeNet,
a
global leader in information security announced that it has teamed
with href="http://www.dqweek.com/NetApp-riding-high-on-its-channel-partners-">NetApp,
a leader in innovative storage and data management
solutions, to offer a new approach to storage security solutions.
This collaboration will provide customers with the ability to manage
and protect their on-premise, cloud-based and virtualized data
storage in a highly secure manner.

lang="en-US">According
to a Gartner report, concerns about data location, data loss and data
security (privacy) are three of the top five barriers to
cloud-computing adoption. While safeguarding data in the cloud can be
seen as a challenge, an effective data protection strategy that
integrates cloud storage and security can safely maximize business
efficiency. “SafeNet and NetApp are working together to make data
protection solutions available inside and beyond the network as
customers adopt cloud-computing solutions. Working with NetApp
enables us to offer data protection within the storage market.”
said Russ Dietz, VP and Chief Technology Officer, SafeNet.

lang="en-US">SafeNet's
'Information Lifecycle Protection
Solutions' combine encryption, authentication and standards-based key
management to secure data throughout its lifecycle when it is at
rest, in use and in motion. Customers can protect data and manage
policies for databases, applications, file servers, laptops,
workstations and removable media to protect identities, transactions,
data and communications. Working with NetApp, the offering will be
expanded to include security for storage and data management
solutions supporting existing data center storage modes with the
flexibility to stretch protection to emerging SaaS, public, private,
and hybrid cloud delivery models. Customers could have a better
return on their investment by extending their current security
technology over more data types and saving on infrastructure.

“ lang="en-US">Our
customers are excited about new storage technologies to deal with the
explosive growth in data storage, but are concerned about maintaining
ownership and control of their data,” said Tim Russell, VP and
GM-Storage Security, NetApp. “By working with SafeNet, NetApp
will help our customers protect their sensitive data throughout its
lifecycle as they modernize their infrastructure,” added Russell.
With SafeNet's security offerings, customers can fully leverage the
business benefits of on-premise, cloud or data center environments,
while bolstering data ownership, compliance and privacy. As a result,
users gain confidence in how data is used and shared, which not only
promotes trust but fuels new business.