Press Release

Ingrian Announces Solution for Securing
Sensitive Data in IBM Databases

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—April 26, 2004—Ingrian™ Networks, Inc., the leading provider of data privacy solutions, today announced the release of software that lets organizations securely and effectively offload all cryptographic functions from IBM DB2 databases onto Ingrian’s network-based hardware appliances. With this new software release, Ingrian DataSecure™ Platforms can be integrated with DB2 databases via standard interfaces.

With DataSecure, companies can address one of today’s most critical security threats—data left unprotected within applications, databases, and storage systems. DataSecure gives customers comprehensive controls for protecting sensitive data, delivering such capabilities as granular, field-level encryption; centralized, FIPS-compliant key management; integrated authentication and authorization; and robust logging and auditing. By protecting data throughout the enterprise, DataSecure enables organizations to meet the heightened demands for data privacy brought on by legislation, such as California’s Database Security Breach Notification Act, SB 1386, and the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), and by the stringent security policies set forth by credit card issuers—such as Visa’s Cardholder Information Security Program (CISP).

"For many enterprise companies, IBM's DB2 is a critical piece of the business and technology infrastructure for managing and protecting mission-critical data," said Jon Oltsik, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. "Securing DB2-based information is imperative, but this can be a costly and time consuming process. By offering a secure, appliance-based solution with intuitive software connectors, Ingrian makes it possible for DB2 customers to bolster security and protect sensitive data in a cost effective and timely manner."

This new release offers an array of features:

• Capabilities for encrypting sensitive data in databases at the column level.Capabilities for encrypting sensitive data in databases at the column level.
• Centralized key management in a secure network appliance.
• Comprehensive logging, auditing, and administration capabilities for all cryptographic operations performed in DB2 databases.
• Robust authentication and authorization capabilities to allow only authorized access for decrypting sensitive data.
• Complete transparency to application infrastructure, minimizing integration time.
• Tightly coupled integration with DB2 user security.

“Our customers are looking for ways to adopt encryption in a way that makes most sense given their infrastructures as well as their business and security requirements,” said Karim Toubba, Ingrian’s vice president of product management and marketing. “By adding more intuitive support for DB2 integration, we’re making it easier for DB2 customers that are looking to do database-level encryption. Not only do we help these companies optimize database performance and security, but we also help them address the growing trend of embedding business logic in the database.”

This new software release is available immediately. Support for Oracle databases was announced in February, and support for Microsoft SQL Server is due out shortly.

About Ingrian Networks

Ingrian Networks brings complete data privacy to the enterprise. Ingrian DataSecure Platforms ensure that sensitive information is impervious to attacks, whether data is in storage, in transit, or in use. Ingrian DataSecure Platforms offer intelligent, granular control over what data is protected, they adhere to open standards and are cost effective to deploy, and they deliver comprehensive security capabilities. For all these reasons, Ingrian is the smart choice for addressing one of today’s most critical security threats: data left unprotected within the enterprise. Ingrian is a privately held company backed by such investors as American Express (NYSE:AXP), Globespan Capital Partners (formerly JAFCO Ventures), HighBAR Ventures, Partech International, and Prism Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.ingrian.com.

 

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