IBM has announced that it will be including data
encryption technology on the tape drives it sells into the
financial services, healthcare and public sector
markets.
The move comes after a number of high-profile tape losses in the
US, while data was in transit. Big Blue said the capability
supports high volume data encryption of tape data, helping protect
information if tape cartridges are lost or stolen.
It said, “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.”
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, the concurrent drain on host
performance, or the use of specialised encryption appliances,” said
IBM.
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