STAMFORD, CT--(Marketwire - May 3, 2010) - Protegrity USA, Inc., an innovative leader in providing Data Security Management Solutions, today announced a partnership with Thales, a leader in information systems and communications security, to strengthen sensitive data protection specific to the protection of cardholder data and personally identifiable information. Through this partnership, Protegrity has integrated the Protegrity Data Security Platform, one of the broadest protection platforms in the market and the first to offer flexibility in data protection supporting encryption, tokenization, format controlled encryption, and masking, with the Thales nShield product family of hardware security modules (HSMs).
The Protegrity and Thales integration enables customers to protect sensitive data from acquisition to deletion, leveraging hardened protection capabilities throughout the data's lifecycle. This solution leverages Protegrity's capability to protect cardholder data as it travels from its earliest acquisition point at the store, to its analysis in the data warehouse. This partnership effectively takes the complexities and time out of deploying traditional end-to-end data protection solutions, and provides a comprehensive offering to customers.
This solution limits the scope of auditing requirements and expedites the process of key management. The technology integration incorporates the flexibility of the Protegrity Data Protection System (DPS), securing data in point of sale terminals, databases, file servers, and applications, while the key management process is protected by Thales. This partnership is the first for both companies to combine the security of a hardware security module with the extensibility of a data protection platform that provides strong encryption, tokenization, and format controlled encryption in a single solution.
Over the last 6 years Protegrity has helped some of the world's largest retailers protect data across their enterprise and comply with PCI. "Protegrity is very excited to be partnering with Thales. The Thales partnership will help to extend our existing data security platform while providing an additional layer of security our customers care about. Add to that the value this brings to our existing protection of PII and PHI data, the partnership makes a lot of sense," Iain Kerr, CEO of Protegrity.
"Thales is delighted to expand its partner network to include Protegrity through the combination of our leading family of nShield HSMs with the Protegrity Data Security Platform to provide powerful encryption and key management solutions for the market," said Franck Greverie, vice president of the information technology security activities of Thales. "This integration will make it easier for Protegrity customers to reduce risk and scope for PCI DSS audits."
For more information on the joint Protegrity Thales solution, please join us for our webinar:
"Getting Beyond Excuses for Not Protecting Cardholder Data"
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/784603075
May 4th at 1:00pm EDT
ABOUT PROTEGRITY
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut USA, Protegrity delivers centralized data security management solutions that protect sensitive information from acquisition to deletion across the enterprise. Protegrity's customers maintain complete protection over their data and business by employing software and solutions specifically designed to secure data, manage the data via a centralized policy, and generate detailed security reports.
The company's singular focus is on developing solutions that protect data. Protegrity employees are security technology specialists with deep expertise in data security techniques, encryption key management, and security policy in distributed environments. Maximize security with minimal business impact with Protegrity Data Protection System, the high performance, transparent solution optimized for the dynamic enterprise.
To learn more, visit www.protegrity.com or call 203.326.7200.
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