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NeoScale TACKLES IT SECURITY HOLE WITH CRYPTOSTOR APPLIANCE

NeoScale Systems Inc, a leading provider of enterprise storage security solutions for the networked storage and data storage management markets, recenlty launched its CryptoStor for Tape appliance to the European market. CryptoStor for Tape delivers seamless backup compatibility, integrity and secure recovery to authenticate, encrypt and compress data on tape libraries and virtual tape systems. By offering this level of protection to backup procedures, NeoScale is helping European businesses adhere to Directive 2002/58/EC compliance regarding the security of sensitive data stored on portable, distributed media.

NeoScale is demonstrating its solution at stand 94, InfoSecurity Europe, Olympia, London. Additionally, the company has opened its European sales desk to be responsive to regional system integrator and end user inquiries.

"Privacy is a fundamental trust, if not legal requirement, for most business transactions. Unauthorized access to sensitive transactional and stored data significantly damages relationships built between a company and its employees, partners and customers," said Daniel Walsh, director of Total-Trust Limited, the UK-based IT security and Data Protection consultancy. "While organizations have implemented network access controls and defenses, their efforts do not usually extend to backup media, even though EU Directives set out that data must be stored securely. NeoScale's appliance approach to securing backup can be used by organizations and service providers as a step to comply with privacy legislation as well as reduce or eliminate this risk."

CryptoStor for Tape

CryptoStor for Tape is a readily deployable, high-speed tape media protection appliance that employs block-based AES and 3DES standards encryption without disrupting backup performance. It seamlessly integrates with widely used backup applications and processes and dynamically compresses data to keep tape management costs in check. It also enables secure media recovery and integrity regardless of tape location without using software agents or hard-coded encryption keys. Multiple backup privacy policies can be centrally / remotely managed to shield pooled, distributed, unattended, virtualized and vaulted tape applications.

The appliance, which comes in both Fibre Channel and SCSI configurations, is now available starting at $15,000 USD / 13,604 euro per unit.

NeoScale's solutions will be made available through storage and security system integration channels throughout Europe. To obtain immediate sales information, regional system integrators and end users can contact NeoScale's European sales desk at +44-1978-368-064 or eurosales@neoscale.com.