More Security, More Partnerships

June 22nd, 2006: "Driven by headlines, regulations… organisations are increasingly focused on securing stored data. Integrating encryption and content management into the data management infrastructure is vital."

So says Kevin Brown of Decru, which has teamed up with FileNet to bring a combined (FileNet) P8 platform and Decru DataFort storage security appliance solution to the enterprise.

As importantly, the those who have to implement the systems, both companies say that they are extending interoperability testing, as the major issue currently is the control across heterogeneous environments - those storage setups that have 'organically' as and when they are required.

The jointly tested and supported solution also allows customers the ability to define customised policies for access controls, security, and data privacy, which are particularly valuable to FileNet's Content Manager, Email Manager, and Records Manager customers. In addition, FileNet's Active Storage and Retrieval (ASAR) services, built into FileNet P8, enable policy-based mapping of FileNet documents to storage devices and individual device volumes, as well as event-driven movement of documents. Using this capability, customers can selectively encrypt sensitive documents by storing them in Decru Cryptainer(tm) vaults, which are encrypted volumes maintained on respective NAS, FC SAN, or IP SAN storage systems.

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