INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
Equinix launches new Cloud
Security Service to manage
encryption keys
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lobal interconnection and data centre
company Equinix has launched a
new cloud security service to manage
encryption keys. management controls to maintain data
and encryption keys in the same region or
country in support of data sovereignty and
regulatory requirements.
Equinix Smartkey simplifies data
protection across any cloud or destination,
with the service leveraging its globally
interconnected platform of more than
190 International Business Exchange data
centres on 48 markets. “Given the cybersecurity risks of today’s
distributed application, cloud and data
environments, customers are turning to
encryption as one of the most effective
controls to protect their critical information
and as a result the need for private, secure,
globally available key management becomes
paramount,” said Lance Weaver, Vice
President, Emerging Services, Equinix.
SmartKey is the industry’s first globally
available key management and
cryptography SaaS using Intel SGX
technology, which ensures confidentiality
of customer information. The service is
powered by Fortanix’s next-generation HSM
and features Fortanix Runtime Encryption
technology to ensure the privacy of keys.
According to the Global Interconnection
Index, the next three years are forecasted to
see approximately 50% growth in the traffic
capacity needed by enterprises to directly
connect with and exchange data across
multiple clouds, IT providers and third-party
network destinations.
“Equinix SmartKey solves this challenge by
seamlessly integrating with public and hybrid
clouds globally while providing the privacy
that puts control of data back where it
belongs; in the hands of the customer.”
Brian Lillie, Chief Product Officer, Equinix
added: “As Equinix continues to evolve our
global platform with the addition of new
products and services, we are delivering
increasing value to companies by easing their
shift to digital and the hybrid multi-cloud.
SmartKey is the first of several emerging
services we plan to introduce in the coming
months. Our commitment is to deliver new
and customer-inspired products and services
that provide increasing value to customers
and enable them to reach everywhere,
interconnect everyone and integrate
everything through a globally consistent data
centre and interconnection platform.”
SmartKey is available globally and will be
expanding physical points of presence
in multiple regions to support data
sovereignty requirements. n
Equinix has launched
a new cloud security
service to manage
encryption keys
This move to disperse data across multiple
clouds and third-party providers creates an
immediate need that SmartKey is uniquely
positioned to solve, including improving
security for multi-cloud, hybrid-cloud and
distributed environments by separating the
encryption keys from the data, so that both
keys and data are not held by the same entity.
It also eliminates the need to purchase and
deploy specialised hardware by replacing this
traditional method with a private, secure and
distributed SaaS capability.
SmartKey enables firms to globally manage
encryption keys across multiple, disparate
regions, countries and partners and provide
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