Securing Sensitive Data in Dynamic Environments with Fortanix Filesystem Encryption

In today's rapidly evolving IT landscape, safeguarding sensitive data extends far beyond the confines of securing on-premises databases and files. The shift towards hybrid setups—integrating IaaS, PaaS, internal virtual environments, and private clouds—necessitates a robust data protection strategy that spans multiple layers, including applications, databases, files, and storage. The challenge is further compounded by the diverse technology stacks within enterprises and the growing complexity of compliance and regulatory mandates.

Challenge: Evolving Threats and Diverse Environments

Enterprises today grapple with protecting data across varied environments and technology stacks. Whether it's managing databases like MongoDB or IBM DB2 or navigating the intricacies of different file and storage systems, finding a unified solution that addresses these diverse needs is daunting. Additionally, the landscape of compliance and regulatory requirements is continually evolving, becoming more stringent and demanding sophisticated data protection mechanisms.

Solution: Fortanix Data Security Manager

Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) emerges as a comprehensive solution, offering a unified platform for data-at-rest encryption. It centralizes key management and data tokenization, integrates identity access management, and provides detailed audit logging. This robust combination helps organizations meet compliance and best practice requirements, ensuring data protection across all environments.

Key Features of Fortanix Data Security Manager

- Unified Data Protection: Centralized key management, data encryption, and data tokenization that spans multiple clouds, on-premises, big data, and container environments.

- Compliance and Best Practices: Meet stringent regulatory requirements with granular policies and detailed audit logging.

- Scalable Deployment: Simple and fast deployment that scales seamlessly across various environments.

Introducing Fortanix Filesystem Encryption

Building on the capabilities of Fortanix DSM, the new Filesystem Encryption feature addresses the need for granular control over data at the OS layer. This innovation decouples security from the OS, simplifies day-to-day maintenance activities and enhances the overall security posture without complicating the IT infrastructure.

Benefits of Fortanix Filesystem Encryption

• Detailed Security Logs: Actionable insights into file access activities for faster threat identification and response.
• Broad Platform Support: Compatible with Linux, Unix, and Windows, offering extensive flexibility.
• Minimal Downtime: Initial encryption requires minimal downtime, with seamless key rotation capabilities.
• End-to-End Key Lifecycle Management with Key Insight: Comprehensive key governance and inventory management to comply with internal audits and external regulations.

Additional Advantages for Enterprises

Fortanix Filesystem Encryption provides significant benefits without impacting IT administrative activities such as replication, backup, migration, and snapshots. It allows for granular control over data access, enabling functions like copy, write, or directory listing to be restricted as needed.

Challenges with Traditional TDE Solutions

• Increased Storage Consumption: Backup processes often lead to increased de-duplication, consuming more storage.
• Additional Licensing Costs: Enterprise licenses required for TDE features can add to operational costs.
• Limited Functionality: Many technology stacks, such as DB2 and MongoDB, lack native TDE functionality, necessitating alternative solutions like KMIP and file encryption.

Conclusion

With the addition of Filesystem Encryption, Fortanix DSM evolved into a powerful, comprehensive enterprise cryptography platform. Built on the foundation of confidential computing, it is designed to be future-ready, enabling organizations to transition from legacy systems with high operational costs to a more efficient, secure solution.

Fortanix's latest offering ensures that enterprises are well-equipped to protect sensitive data across diverse environments, meeting evolving compliance demands and reducing the complexity of their IT infrastructure. This makes Fortanix Filesystem Encryption an essential tool for modern data security management.

Explore the future of data security with Fortanix Filesystem Encryption and elevate your enterprise's data protection strategy today.