TEMS to be Integrated With Brocade Encryption SAN

Brocade and Thales announced the integration of Thales Encryption Manager for Storage (TEMS) with the Brocade encryption SAN switching solutions. The combination of TEMS, a standards-based encryption key management appliance for storage, and the Brocade Encryption Switch would protect enterprise data and helps organizations meet growing compliance demands, the companies said.

The Brocade Encryption Switch and Brocade FS8-18 Encryption Blade are part of a family of fabric-based encryption platforms and provides encryption for both disk and tape storage systems. The companies claim that Brocade Encryption Switch is integrated with TEMS delivering unified, fine-grained, and auditable encryption key security controls. This solution would enable organi­z­a­tions to adopt storage encryption with the confidence that their encryption keys are under control and secured in a cost-effective management system.

Brocade and Thales are committed to the development and adoption of open standards. TEMS supports the draft IEEE P1619.3 key management specification. Subsequent releases will also support the recently announced OASIS KMIP key management standard, originally co-authored by Thales. "Our Hitachi data resilience solution is comprised of industry-leading technologies and services designed to protect and preserve customers' critical business information. It does this wherever the data resides, and as it grows and transforms," said Asim Zaheer, VP- Corporate and Product Marketing at Hitachi Data Systems.