SafeNet Delivers Security to Amazon Cloud; Adds Self-Control Authentication 
SafeNet, an information security vendor, is offering enterprise IT in non-cloud traditional environments a way to avoid single points of failure for security and transition to from vendor-controlled to self-controlled authentication. SafeNet is also offering server- and storage-based encryption for Amazon EC2 and Virtual Private Cloud.
SafeNet, an information security vendor, is offering enterprise IT in non-cloud traditional environments a way to avoid single points of failure for security and transition to from vendor-controlled to self-controlled authentication.
Through the combination of encryption, access control, key management, and authentication, this data-centric approach protects data wherever it resides, according to SafeNet execs.
SafeNet is also offering server- and storage-based encryption for Amazon EC2 and Virtual Private Cloud, SafeNet offers data security controls to help customers meet compliance requirements.
SafeNet user profiles include: protecting and securing access to data, instances and even SaaS applications; controlling data exposure in multi-tenant cloud applications; encrypting storage in the cloud; securely transferring large sensitive data packages back and forth to cloud and on-premise systems; and protecting communication links between private and public clouds.
For Amazon -- SafeNet ProtectV server- and storage-based encryption lets customers encrypt data running on Amazon EC2 and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volumes, according to Russ Dietz, SafeNet CTO. With SafeNet’s ProtectV Instance server-based encryption, enterprise IT can manage a number of virtual services as well as control pre-launch authentication and authorization running in cloud environments, according to company officials. SafeNet’s ProtectV Volume storage-based encryption lets customers encrypt block-level storage volumes so they can protect compliance-related information such as PII or cardholder data, Dietz added.
SafeNet offers data security controls to help customers meet compliance requirements, including the recently approved Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 2.0. SafeNet technologies include pre-launch authentication, storage encryption and key management for cloud environments.
SafeNet Trusted Cloud Fabric offers a set of data-centric security solutions for the cloud that provide enterprise caliber control for virtual environments throughout the lifecycle of enterprise data. It also ensures provides a set of persistent protection, elastic encryption, anchored identity, and secured communication to allow customers to retain complete and centralized control over how data is isolated, protected, and shared—even in multi-tenant cloud environments.
For Self-Control Authentication -- SafeNet’s authentication solutions leverage the company’s programmable tokens and hardware security modules.
The latest SafeNet migration solutions offer a seamless migration path for customers looking to transition from vendor-controlled authentication to self-controlled authentication. These new bundled solutions put control and programmability in users’ hands.
Optional migration planning and implementation services enable seamless installation and transition from existing authentication solutions. Both solutions include a single management platform, a range of authenticator choices, field-programming pens and a brokering functionality to allow seamless migration from existing authentication solutions.
“Unlike other authentication vendors that ride a trend or a news wave and suggest that customers should move to singular authentication solutions, such as software only authentication solutions, SafeNet leaves that decision to the customer,” said Tom Ruffolo, President of eSecurityToGo, a SafeNet channel partner.
