DISUK launches world’s first data encryption appliance for optical libraries

Posted on 03 May 2006

DISUK has announced that companies favouring optical media over magnetic tape for long term archiving will, for the first time, be able to encrypt their data ‘on the fly’, as part of the write process

Date: 3 May 2006

The combination of optical storage media and encryption offers businesses the greatest possible guarantee of information security and authenticity, but with total simplicity of implementation and use.
Data storage encryption specialist DISUK has launched a new addition to its renowned range of Paranoia2 data encryption appliances, which has been certified by optical storage specialist Plasmon following integration testing with its industry-leading UDO® (Ultra Density Optical) media libraries. DISUK’s Paranoia2 data encryption appliance sits between the archive server and the optical media library itself, and encrypts data as it is transferred. There is no impact in the overall write speed from encrypting the data. Customers with existing Plasmon UDO libraries can deploy DISUK’s new Paranoia2 appliance without modifications to their library or to their archive software or processes.

Rob Gretton, Sales and Marketing Director of DISUK, said, “Plasmon’s UDO media is very stable with a projected life of up to 50 years. Adding data encryption as a security measure increases a company’s vigilance of its own and its customers’ sensitive information. Now data stored on optical media for long term archive and low-cost disaster recovery can be protected from the risk of theft and misuse as well as comply with regulations; optical storage and encryption are perfectly complementary technologies for secure, long term data retention.”

DISUK’s new Paranoia2 appliance for optical libraries is priced similarly to the existing Paranoia2 range of products and will be available in the second quarter of 2006 via both DISUK’s and Plasmon’s reseller and partner channels.