The CipherMax family of high performance, enterprise-class storage security systems for tape and disk was developed in response to customer requirements for data-at-rest security solutions that:
- Support scaling from tactical deployments up to hundreds of encrypting ports
- Install easily and quickly into operational storage environments, with centralized administration
- Securely manage up to hundreds of thousands of encryption keys with secure, automated backup for assured data recovery
- Provide a future-proof migration path to integrated storage security services
Enterprise-class Storage Security
With an intelligent, high port count architecture and single-pane-of-glass administration, CipherMax provides the most scalable, manageable and affordable solution for securing sensitive data throughout heterogeneous, multi-tiered storage environments. CipherMax’s fabric-based solutions for enterprise tape and disk security requirements provide:
- 4x the processing performance of first-generation storage encryption appliances in a compact, 1U system
- Flexible operation in appliance or fabric-attached modes for integration into new and existing SANs
- Management of keys and security policies for both legacy and LTO-4 tape drives
- The industry’s lowest TCO based on equipment, operational and maintenance costs
- Dramatically reduced power consumption and footprint compared to alternative solutions
CipherMax Tape Security
Until recently, encrypting data on tape has forced a choice between performance-limiting software and first-generation inline encryption appliances that are complex, expensive and unable to scale. Encrypting tape drives like LTO-4 provide a more cost-effective option, but often bring unanticipated challenges to operational processes, such as recovering data offsite, managing multiple tape pools, and securing data backed up on legacy tape systems.
CipherMax enables easy migration to next-generation integrated security services. With support for line-speed encryption, centralized management of security policies and keys for both legacy and LTO-4 tape drives, and support for encrypting legacy LTO-3 media on LTO-4 drives, CipherMax’s CM140T provides complete, future-proof solutions for all tape-based storage security applications.
(Read more)CipherMax Disk Security
Today’s era of corporate governance, risk avoidance and forced responsibility holds companies more accountable than ever for unforeseen IT mishaps that put sensitive and confidential data into the wrong hands. Organizations are addressing this risk by developing multiple security layers of defense that try to close the security holes found at various points of vulnerability.
The CipherMax CM180D, CM250 and CM500 are the only solutions available today that provide enterprise users with a complete, affordable and manageable solution for their disk-based storage security requirements. Standout features include line-speed encryption processing for high port count SANs, a global management interface with discrete security administration, and comprehensive key management that ensures data recoverability at all times.
(Read more)CipherMax Secure Storage Management
SANCruiser Secure Storage Manager
The high expense of deploying and managing multiple point solutions can easily exceed that of the initial acquisition cost. CipherMax’s SANCruiser system allows storage security services across an entire SAN to be centrally configured and managed, providing a significant cost advantage over solutions with individual points of administration. SANCruiser uses the CM systems’ fabric-aware intelligence to provide single-point management for all security policies throughout the storage environment, including distributed and multi-tiered architectures. Discrete user roles and management interfaces enable the enforced separation of duties between storage and security administrators.
KeyCruiser Key Lifecycle Management
Secure, reliable key management is essential for the successful deployment of any data encryption solution. CipherMax’s KeyCruiser system was designed to provide secure, manageable and flexible management of data encryption keys for fast and complete data recoverability at all times. KeyCruiser serves as a near-line automated backup repository for data encryption keys, security policies and system configuration parameters. KeyCruiser provides access to many thousands of encryption keys with the ability to share keys among multiple authorized clusters at distributed locations.
CipherMax Technology
CipherMax provides the first practical, manageable and affordable line of solutions for securing sensitive data throughout heterogeneous, distributed and multi-tiered storage environments. Innovative solutions that take advantage of high port counts and an intelligent architecture scale to support enterprise storage networks without compromising the breadth of protection, system manageability or encryption strength. A global management system was designed to support single pane of glass administration of all security and storage functions, including security policy definition and key management.
The innovative CipherMax architecture overcomes many of the deficiencies of first-generation encryption devices, including:
- Insufficient port counts to scale effectively
- One-to-one port connectivity
- High management overhead creating a high TCO
- Lengthy deployment with manual SAN configuration reentry
- Inability to support integrated security services like LTO-4
With its ability to support legacy storage infrastructure, LTO-4 encrypting drives and disk-based backup like VTL, the CipherMax architecture provides an optimal point of management for integrated storage security functions. Users can deploy CipherMax systems as a transparent SAN controller located in front of the storage targets they are securing or as an auto-discovery edge device connected to their existing SAN fabric.
Read more in the LTO-4 Migration Announcement Press Release »