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Utimaco and Fornetix Team Up to Meet Enterprise Demand for Automated and Scalable Hardware-based Encryption Key ManagementUtimaco (News - Alert), a worldwide leading manufacturer of hardware-based security solutions, and Fornetix, a leading encryption management software company, today announced the companies are working together to enable automated and scalable cryptographic key management solutions. The integration optimizes encryption demands across any enterprise, embedded or industry-focused technology. "Today there's more and more need for securing critical data through encryption, within the perimeter, whether it's data at-rest or in-transit," said Bob Guimarin, CEO of Fornetix. "Encryption keys allow you to protect the data but as the amount of data scales, due to the Internet of Things for instance, managing those keys becomes complex. With Key Orchestration™, we've removed the operational complexity by applying principles of identity management and policy management to key management, allowing for more frequent and automated rekeying efforts programmatically." Utimaco's SecurityServer Hardware Security Module (HSM) is known for its unbreakable security foundation and ability to provide physical protection of master cryptographic keys, serving as the cornerstone of trust within industries such as Automotive, Big Data, Smart Energy and Payment Solutions. The Fornetix software, Key Orchestration™, extends the benefits of the Utimaco HSM by enabling advanced key management and automation capabilities out to the user or device level. By integrating, Utimaco and Fornetix are able to empower enterprises with a workflow process that can script, test, run and recover all of an enterprise's key management lifecycle routines. Key Orchestration™ supports the OASIS KMIP (Key Management Interoperability Protocol) standard, delivering Utimaco's foundation of trusted security throughout the enterprise by leveraging theKMIP open standard. "We're continuously pushing the envelope to identify and enable next-generation hardened encryption security solutions that will help our customers protect their data without the threat of third-party backdoors," said Johannes Lintzen, Vice President of Business Development at Utimaco. "By partnering with Fornetix, we're both expanding the power of hardware-based encryption keys, and streamlining key management so that our joint customers can grow with their data and create and update their crypto keys automatically and at scale. Together we are reducing the attack surface and shutting down breach opportunities." The Fornetix Key Orchestration™ solution provides a single administrative dashboard for control, inventory and lifecycle management of all Utimaco-generated encryption material - enabling and expanding automated policy, optimization and identity enforcement. In partnership with Fornetix, Utimaco will offer Key Orchestration™ to existing and new customers. For more details, please visit www.fornetix.com and https://hsm.utimaco.com/. About Utimaco Utimaco is a leading manufacturer of hardware-based security solutions that provide the root of trust to keep cryptographic keys safe, secure critical digital infrastructures and protect high value data assets. Only Utimaco delivers a general-purpose hardware security module (HSM) as a customizable platform to easily integrate into existing software solutions, embed business logic and build secure applications. Tens of thousands of enterprise and infrastructure companies rely on Utimaco to guard IP against internal and external threats and protect hundreds of millions of consumers globally. Visit Utimaco at https://hsm.utimaco.com About Fornetix Fornetix is focused on making the currently complex world of encryption Easy, Fun and Safe. From core to edge and beyond, Fornetix reduces costs, improves security and removes the operational complexities by automating and optimizing enterprise encryption key management services. For more information about Fornetix, visit: http://www.fornetix.com
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