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Encrypting Critical Data with Ingrian

As the incidence and severity of security breaches continues to grow, it is increasingly incumbent upon organizations to begin encrypting data inside the enterprise. Ingrian offers breakthrough solutions that make it practical to encrypt critical data, and ensure it’s secured inside an organization. With Ingrian DataSecur®e Platforms, organizations can better ensure that they are compliant with legislative and policy mandates for security, and eliminate the risks of a breach. Ingrian DataSecure Platforms deliver comprehensive security capabilities:

• Encrypt critical data in Web servers, application servers, and databases.
• Ensure all access to critical data is carefully managed, logged, and controlled.
• Administer keys and policies in a secure, centralized fashion.
• Ensure security processing is highly scalable and reliable.

DataSecure® works seamlessly with leading databases—including IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle—delivering capabilities for securely and efficiently managing encryption. DataSecure encrypts data in the database at the column level, and can be used to secure such information as credit card numbers, social security numbers, passwords, account balances, and email addresses. DataSecure significantly streamlines the administrative tasks involved in database encryption—it automates much of the configuration and implementation process and it can be deployed without any disruption to the applications tied to the database.

Database Encryption: Solution Components

The Ingrian DataSecure Platform is comprised of three components:

• The DataSecure appliance, a dedicated hardware system,
• The Network-Attached Encryption (NAE) Server, which runs on the DataSecure appliance, and the
• The Ingrian NAE Connector, software that is installed on the Web, application, or database server.

The Ingrian NAE Connector features standards-based cryptographic interfaces that allow the protection of user-defined data through integration of security functions at the business logic layer. These small software components are installed on each database that has a need to interface with the Ingrian appliance, and they initiate encrypt and decrypt operations.

Database Encryption: In-Depth White Paper

Ingrian® offers a detailed white paper that reveals how the database encryption process works with Ingrian's solutions. Entitled "Encrypting Critical Data in Databases: An Overview of the Database Integration Process", this white paper will focus on how organizations can implement Ingrian DataSecure Platforms and employ them to do database encryption. To register for the white paper, click here.