Encryption For Optical Media Achieved
Encryption For Optical Media Achieved
April 26th, 2006: In an industry first, London’s DISUK has announced the availability of on-the-fly encryption for optical media as part of the writer process.
Called Paranoia2, the process is handled by a data encryption appliance that sits between the archive server and the optical media library itself. It encrypts data on the go as it is transferred to the archival device with, DISUK says, no impact to write speeds.
The company also says that the combination of optical storage media and encryption enables the highest possible level of information security and authenticity, while retaining simplicity of implementation and use.
“UDO technology is the choice for companies that really care about being able to demonstrate unquestioned authenticity of their archived data,” says Steve Tongish, marketing director at Plasmon. “Some of them do this for compliance reasons, other for their own risk management purposes, criteria for which sometimes exceeds their legal responsibilities. Adding encryption to the existing attributes of optical storage takes their data security level into a new dimension.”
DISUK’s Paranoia2 appliance can be deployed in conjuction with existing Plasmon UDO libraries without modification to the archive software or processes.
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