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Infrastructure Log. Day 35. Found a smart solution for data encryption. Take a load off my servers. Not to mention my stress levels.

High performance data encryption
Whether your organization is in financial services, healthcare or the public sector, you face a serious challenge - securing sensitive customer and business data. Increasing regulatory and compliance requirements are driving the need for data security. Encryption is a powerful and widely used technology that helps protect data from inadvertent or deliberate compromise.

On August 29th, IBM announced that data encryption capabilities are now standard on newly ordered IBM System Storage™ TS1120 Tape Drives. Encrypting data at tape speed helps to avoid the need for host-based encryption of data — and the concurrent drain on host performance — or the use of specialized encryption appliances. This capability supports high volume data encryption of tape data, helping protect information if tape cartridges are lost or stolen.

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IBM Tape Data Encryption - Helping customers protect vital information

Protection of customer information is a significant business issue. Losing a consumer's information can be very expensive. Encrypting data helps protect your information from many types of compromise. IBM Tape Data Encryption solution: the industry's first comprehensive tape-security solution.

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IBM - openly committed to end-to-end storage security
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Unencrypted tape is a huge security risk today. Vastly different solutions from IBM and Sun force a user to make a strategic bet. IBM appears to be the best bet, according to analysts The Tod Point Group in a new white paper.

PDF file Tape Encryption: A Must in Today's World - IBM and Sun Square Off (178 KB)
 IBM, LSI and Seagate Lead the Industry to an Enterprise Encryption Solution
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Risk reduction

The IBM tape encryption solution makes implementing an enterprise-wide encryption strategy a viable option for financial services companies.

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Encryption key management
Compliance ensurance

Tape encryption integration with z/OS policy and security capabilities provides a proven, highly secure infrastructure for encryption key management.

PDF file System z and data encryption white paper (189KB)
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