Tape encryption requires stable, long-term solutions, and Crossroads Systems TapeSentry Appliance delivers.

Storage management is no longer just about data accessibility, device performance and network reliability. The new world of the storage administrator requires a comprehensive approach to ensure critical data is protected “in motion” — on the network, as well as “at rest” — when stored on disk or tape.

It seems every day there is another horror story about critical data being compromised, often with great headache for the storage administrator and great liability for the enterprise. As storage administrators seek solutions to this growing problem, one of the emerging best practices reflects a realization that companies writing large volumes of mission-critical data to tape can no longer afford not to encrypt their data.

If tapes are not encrypted, they are susceptible to inappropriate access, especially when being transferred off site. Encryption is the only way to truly secure data written to tape. In fact, tape storage service companies now strongly recommend that data written to tape be encrypted. No data storage administrator wants to report compromised data written to tapes, which often causes customer loss, legal issues, compliance fees, public relations nightmares and reduced credibility. Given their new world, data storage administrators are now looking for the most cost-effective and reliable solution to encrypt business-critical data.

Fortunately, there is a solution to this dilemma. Crossroads TapeSentry provides compression and robust encryption to stored data at wire-level speed to satisfy regulatory requirements and protect stored data from unauthorized data access, theft, accidental misplacement or loss.

Additionally, TapeSentry can be integrated easily into your existing storage networks and can encrypt multiple data streams simultaneously with no effect on application performance or tape quality. TapeSentry provides the strongest key management resources, ensuring that your company has an exceptional degree of protection against tape media’s inherent security risks.

Organizations are concerned about vendor longevity. With recent changes in the tape encryption market, Crossroads is offering a program to safely and cost-effectively implement tape encryption or switch to TapeSentry from your existing solution without hassle. Since you can’t afford not to encrypt your tape media, check out TapeSentry as an affordable way to protect your organization’s most valuable asset: data.

Crossroads Systems has been a leading provider of storage solutions for more than 10 years. Over its first years of operations, Crossroads rapidly earned itself an unequivocal position as the world’s leading provider of storage routing devices and services. Crossroads appliances are built using the same Routing Core technology that has allowed the organization to offer the ultimate in quality of products, superior engineering capabilities and extraordinary customer support services. Industry leaders such as EMC, Hewlett-Packard and Sun/StorageTek have been choosing Crossroads’ product offerings for years because Crossroads delivers the best performance and reliability for enterprise-class solutions.

For more information and a free white paper on encryption and key management, please visit Crossroads' Website.

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