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Protegrity Extends Data Protection Capabilities
April 2008 by Marc Jacob
Protegrity Corporation, a provider of data
security management solutions to the enterprise, announces new data
protection functionality in its award-winning Defiance® Security Suite.
Protegrity’s Data Protection System, part of the Defiance Security Suite,
has been extended to include data hashing and VSAM file encryption on z/OS.
Hashing, an irreversible form of cryptography, broadens the data protection
options available to customers. It ensures data security by replacing
sensitive information with a hashed value. Hashed values do not fall within
the scope of PCI regulations and are particularly suitable when the storage
and retrieval of sensitive data is unnecessary. In situations where
sensitive data must be retrieved, encryption functionality with strong key
management remains the appropriate choice.
With the introduction of VSAM file encryption for z/OS, customers can
comprehensively protect sensitive data on the mainframe. VSAM file
encryption widens Protegrity’s industry leading support of databases and
operating systems found across the enterprise.
