SafeStore
SafeStore Encryption Services
SafeStore™ encryption services provide comprehensive security for data-at-rest without sacrificing storage system performance or ease of use. Its drive-based, government-grade encryption ensures data security in the event of drive theft, as well as more routine activities such as the return of defective drives for servicing or the decommission or repurposing of drives. Key management is transparent to day-to-day storage administration, making self-encrypting drives as easy to manage as traditional drives. And for customers desiring even more piece of mind, SafeStore offers “instant secure erase” providing an even higher level of data erasure over traditional methods.
Features
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Secures data throughout the lifecycle of the drive
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Maintains and controls the key linkage and communications with the self-encrypting drive
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Provides all the management tools necessary to quickly and simply enable and secure self-encrypting drives
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Instant secure erase instantly and permanently erases data for the reprovisioning of drives
Benefits
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All drives eventually leave the data center – with SafeStore, access to the data on these drives is secured
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SafeStore can save an organization hundreds of millions of dollars by avoiding an unexpected breach at only a percentage of the total cost of the storage system
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Instant secure erase avoids other alternative and costly erasure methods
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The performance-optimized architecture of a SANtricity-based storage systems combined with self-encrypting drives provide superior sustainable and scalable performance
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Transparent to day-to-day storage management as the security takes care of itself with intelligence built into the system
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Provides the flexibility to support all tiers and classifications of data with drive intermix
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