Gemalto Gives Google Cloud Platform Customers Flexible Encryption and Key Management Capabilities
Summary
Gemaltos SafeNet Luna Hardware Security Module (HSM) and SafeNet KeySecure now both fully support Google Clouds Customer-Supplied Encryption Key (CSEK) feature, meaning customers can generate, manage and bring their own encryption keys to protect data and workloads in Google Cloud Storage and Compute Engine."Many cloud service providers are offering variations of flexible key management such as bring-your-own-key (BYOK) and hold-your-own-key (HYOK).This is a big step in helping organizations leverage the growing number of cloud-based applications and services, while maintaining full control of their encryption keys across all of the cloud providers they use," said Todd Moore, senior vice president of encryption products at Gemalto.Companies also have the choice to decide what level of key ownership and control is desired when migrating operations, workloads and data to Google Cloud Platform.Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the global leader in digital security , with 2016 annual revenues of €3.1 billion and customers in over 180 countries.We authenticate people, transactions and objects, encrypt data and create value for software - enabling our clients to deliver secure digital services for billions of individuals and things.