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Thales: Vormetric Transparent Encryption Enhances Security for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform DeploymentsSAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Thales, a leader in critical information systems, cybersecurity and data security, announces Vormetric Transparent Encryption now helps to better secure Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform deployments, in addition to its existing support for Docker use cases. Vormetric Transparent Encryption is designed to ensure only authorized containers and processes can access sensitive data within dynamic container environments. The solution provides encryption, access control and data access logging on a per-container basis to address compliance and best-practice requirements for safeguarding data. Over the past five years, container environments have grown in popularity among enterprises. According to the 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, Advanced Technology Edition, 87% of respondents have plans to use containers this year, with 40% already in production deployment. But with container adoption growing among surveyed development teams, they are now on the radar of cybercriminals as a new attack target. Many organizations utilizing containers must also demonstrate that they are complying with data privacy and security mandates within the container environment. To help customers guard against unauthorized access to data within containers and meet compliance demands, Vormetric Transparent Encryption offers a Container Security Extension designed to
Peter Galvin, VP of Strategy at Thales eSecurity says: Chris Morgan, Technical Director, OpenShift Ecosystem at Red Hat says: About Thales eSecurity Industry insight and views on the latest key management trends can be found on the Thales eSecurity blog at blog.thalesesecurity.com. Follow Thales eSecurity on Twitter @Thalesesecurity, and on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube. About Thales Positioned as a value-added systems integrator, equipment supplier and service provider, Thales is one of Europe's leading players in the security market. The Group's security teams work with government agencies, local authorities and enterprise customers to develop and deploy integrated, resilient solutions to protect citizens, sensitive data and critical infrastructure. Thales offers world-class cryptographic capabilities and is a global leader in cybersecurity solutions for defence, government, critical infrastructure providers, telecom companies, industry and the financial services sector. With a value proposition addressing the entire data security chain, Thales offers a comprehensive range of services and solutions ranging from security consulting, data protection, digital trust management and design, development, integration, certification and security maintenance of cybersecured systems, to cyberthreat management, intrusion detection and security supervision through cybersecurity Operation Centres in France, the United Kingdom, The Netherlands and Hong Kong. Red Hat and OpenShift are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. View original content with multimedia:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thales-vormetric-transparent-encryption-enhances-security-for-red-hat-openshift-container-platform-deployments-300543814.html SOURCE Thales |