Thales Announces Support for External Key Management in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Thsles, the leading global technology and security provider, announced the launch of CipherTrust Cloud Key Management's Hold Your Own Key (HYOK) in Oracle
Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) across all 45
Oracle Cloud Regions—including the recently launched Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud—and
OCI’s other distributed cloud offerings. To help meet continued customer demand
and the accelerated growth of the OCI platform, HYOK will help OCI customers
achieve their data sovereignty and other compliance objectives more easily by
encrypting data in OCI with keys that are controlled and managed outside of the
cloud platform. The new HYOK capabilities expand on existing support for Bring
Your Own Key (BYOK) in OCI.
According to the 2023 Thales Cloud Security Study, while the world has become
cloud-first, operational complexity in cloud environments remains a significant
obstacle for organizations. Overall, cloud security awareness has improved, but
concerns around securing data are also rising, with over half (55 percent) of
security professionals indicating it’s more complex to manage data in the cloud
than it is in on-premises environments. As a result, as cloud usage grows,
organizations need a new way to effectively secure cloud environments.
The CipherTrust Cloud Key Management integration enables OCI customers
to store and manage their encryption keys outside OCI in a virtual or physical
appliance that is entirely under their control and outside of the cloud.
Customers can also localize their encryption keys wherever they choose and
maintain control of their encrypted data in cloud environments. This approach
helps address some of the key privacy and data sovereignty requirements
organizations face while making it easier to demonstrate compliance to
regulators.
The availability of the Thales external key management solution can help
accelerate the move of sensitive data into Oracle Cloud Regions by storing the
key in a location that is different than the encrypted data. This enables
customers to maintain the same process for managing and controlling encryption
keys, whether those keys are used on-premises or in the cloud
Thales CipherTrust Cloud Key Management, the industry-leading
multi-cloud encryption key lifecycle management solution, alleviates
operational barriers across clouds and hybrid environments. The HYOK
functionality gives OCI customers the external key management capabilities
necessary to navigate today’s cloud-driven landscape and remain in charge of
their data, not just in OCI, but across other cloud providers.
Todd Moore, Vice President of Data Security Products at Thales: “Businesses
are increasingly shifting away from legacy on-premises deployments and need
assistance in moving their data to the cloud while maintaining security and
compliance. As the industry leader in external key management, we’re proud to
be the first to support HYOK features in OCI, equipping OCI customers with the
necessary solutions to be successful in this journey. To further this
best-in-class experience for our combined customer base, Thales is also the
first supporting vendor for Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud initiatives.”
Jeppe Larsen, Senior Vice President, OCI Security and Identity at
Oracle: “We’re dedicated to making OCI the most trusted cloud for
security-sensitive workloads, including those in highly regulated regions and
industries. Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud helps customers operating in Europe to
address their data sovereignty requirements, and the HYOK integration with
Thales enhances that offering. In addition, this partnership and integration
will benefit U.S. customers in regulated industries such as financial services
by enabling them to take full advantage of OCI, with the privacy and security
benefits of HYOK from Thales.”
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