Crossroads Systems Releases Industry's Most Cost-Effective Virtual TapeServer Disk Encryption Solution, SecureVTS.SecureVTS is Generally Available as a Crossroads-Branded Product or via Crossroads' OEM-Branded Partnerships Delivering the Only Fully-Integrated Virtual TapeServer (VTS See VOB and virtual tape system. VTS - A suite of test programs for Motif from OSF. ) Encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. Solution AUSTIN, Texas -- Crossroads Systems, Inc. (Pink Sheets:CRDS CRDS Contribution pour Le Remboursement de la Dette Sociale (French: Social Debt Repayment Contribution) CRDS Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy CRDS Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies ), a leading provider of data protection, security and connectivity solutions, is announcing the general availability of SecureVTS, its Virtual TapeServer (VTS) encryption solution for data backed-up and restored from disk. SecureVTS is a simple, integrated and cost-effective encryption VTS module that is being sold under the Crossroads brand and distributed through Crossroads' long-standing OEM-branded partnerships. The Problem - The number of publicized pub·li·cize tr.v. pub·li·cized, pub·li·ciz·ing, pub·li·ciz·es To give publicity to. Adj. 1. publicized - made known; especially made widely known publicised security breaches over the past 2 years has been alarming. Companies are facing an ever-increasing challenge of protecting corporate assets and meeting compliance and governance requirements. One such compliance standard is the Payment Card Industry (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). ) standard which requires that data-at-rest be encrypted per its security requirements - sections 3.4 through 3.6. This means that both "data stored on removable media In computer storage, removable media refers to storage media which can be removed from its reader device, conferring portability on the data it carries. A removable drive is a reader device for such media. ," such as on tape and optical devices, as well as "data stored on disk" arrays need to be encrypted. Companies must rapidly adopt new data encryption data encryption, the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign solutions to protect their data in a cost-effective yet scalable manner. Crossroads SecureVTS enables customers to meet specific IT security compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). as well as business objectives. The Solution About VTS - A large percentage of companies use Crossroads Virtual TapeServer (VTS) to ensure the rapid backup and recovery of their data stored on disk. Crossroads VTS is a backup appliance consisting of a server, disk storage and virtual tape software developed by Crossroads. Crossroads' Virtual TapeServer (VTS) emulates industry standard tape drive(s) by storing data onto disk as it would onto tape - but many times faster. Therefore, companies can perform backups faster, reduce the backup windows, deliver fast data restores and recoveries, and ensure that finding the right tape and file to recover can be done rapidly as well as reduce media and backup labor costs. SecureVTS Encryption - SecureVTS is a software module for Crossroads Virtual TapeServer (VTS) that encrypts and decrypts backup data being written on disk from one or more host servers. As compliance regulations and organizations highly recommend the encryption of valuable data, SecureVTS provides Virtual TapeServer (VTS) users such as banking institutions, stock exchanges, telecommunication and healthcare companies with a robust encryption solution that deploys on existing hardware. Crossroads uses industry standard 256-bit AES symmetric key encryption and includes an integrated key server as well as key database that support the full key management lifecycle. "As world-leading enterprises such as banks, stock exchanges, telecommunication and healthcare companies already use Crossroads' Virtual TapeServer," said Rob Sims Rob Sims (b. December 6, 1983) is an American football offensive guard, who currently plays for the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted in round four, pick 128 of the 2006 NFL Draft. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. & President of Crossroads Systems, "Crossroads SecureVTS offers a simple, integrated and cost-effective modular data security solution that will increase sales opportunities to current VTS customers-base as well as enable new VTS/SecureVTS customers to meet encryption compliance requirements easily, in a resource and cost-effective manner." For more information about Crossroads Virtual Tape Server See virtual tape system. , please visit: http://www.crossroads.com/Products/SurePath/VTS.asp For more information about Crossroads SecureVTS, please visit: http://www.crossroads.com/Products/SurePath/VTS/SecureVTS.asp About Crossroads Systems, Inc. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Crossroads Systems is a global leading provider of data security, resiliency and connectivity solutions. Crossroads (symbol: CRDS) trades over-the-counter on Pink Sheets and posts its financial disclosure reports, press releases and other related documentation on the OTCIQ web service of the Pink Sheets Web Site. More information about Crossroads Systems, Inc. is available at www.crossroads.com. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This release may include forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "expect," "intend," "plan," "project," "will" and similar phrases as they relate to Crossroads are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the current views and assumptions of Crossroads and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. (c) 2008 Crossroads Systems, Inc. Crossroads and Crossroads Systems are registered trademarks of Crossroads Systems, Inc. All specifications are subject to change without notice. |
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