SafeNet Demonstrates Solutions to Virtual and Cloud Data Security Concerns at vForum2012 in Sydney

Grazed from CFOWorld. Author: Editorial Staff.

SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in data protection, today announced that it will be demonstrating ProtectV, an encryption solution that has achieved VMware Ready status, as part of its participation at the VMware vForum2012 event in Sydney from 14-15 November. While efficiency, automation and availability are key benefits of virtualisation and cloud computing, many organisations cannot take full advantage of these because of concerns about regulated data and security risks. By demonstrating ProtectV at vForum2012, SafeNet aims to overcome these concerns.

“What’s stopping organisations from trying to fully virtualise is the same issue stopping them from fully investing in cloud infrastructures – regulated data,” said Vince Lee, Regional Director, Australia & New Zealand for SafeNet. “In the physical datacentre, you had a red rack with a lock on it and you knew exactly where all your regulated data was and who could access it. You put that data into a virtual machine or the cloud and suddenly it’s fuzzy. Where is that data exactly? And who has access to it?”…

As more data moves to private or public clouds, the number of super-users with access to an organisation’s data multiplies, the risk of VMs being copied without the owner’s knowledge increases, the possibility of temporary file trails rises, and the organisation’s data is more vulnerable to being compromised…

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