Gemalto Wins 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Award for Best Encryption Product with SafeNet KeySecure

AMSTERDAM, Mar 23, 2017 – (ACN Newswire) – Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that they have been named a winner of the 2017 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. Gemalto’s SafeNet KeySecure was voted “best encryption product” by over 300,000 members of the global information security community.

Gemalto’s SafeNet KeySecure provides an organization’s security team with the ability to centrally manage and store encryption keys easily and securely. To demonstrate compliance with mandates or internal data protection policies, the solution offers IT administrators a single pane of glass to simplify the auditing processes. All key state changes are monitored through a centralized logging system, which immediately alerts a company’s security administrator to any key modifications or attempted breaches. This real-time information allows the security team to quickly address the situation and inform stakeholders saving valuable time.

SafeNet KeySecure provides flexibility across physical, virtualized and public cloud environments, so customers can choose the deployment model that works best for them. The solution also integrates with a broad ecosystem of cloud service providers in addition to interoperability partners using the OASIS KMIP standard. Depending on what the customer needs, Gemalto’s SafeNet KeySecure and encryption and key management products support multiple encryption use cases in one single platform helping IT administrators reduce operating expenses and workloads.

“The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards is an annual competition honoring individuals, products and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in information security,” said Holger Schulze, founder of the 300,000-member Information Security Community on LinkedIn. “Every year we receive hundreds of entries and only the very best-in-class cybersecurity products make the cut in our selection and voting process.”

“The vote of excellence from our peers in the information security community recognizes our commitment to providing customers with easy-to-use, business-driven security solutions,” said Todd Moore, Senior Vice President of Encryption Products at Gemalto. “Organizations suffer hefty consequences if their data is lost, stolen or compromised. Integrating Gemalto’s SafeNet KeySecure for encryption and key management helps companies secure their data mitigating the risks associated with data breaches.”