Aug. 18, 2009 (Business Wire) -- CommVault (NASDAQ: CVLT):

News Facts

• CommVault has received Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 certification for its Cryptographic Library from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
• CommVault’s Cryptography Library is used within its Simpana® software and when operated in FIPS mode ensures advanced encryption, including cryptographic services for key generation, symmetric and asymmetric encryption, hash functionality and HMAC (Hash Message Authentication Code) security, as well as signature generation and verification.
• CommVault® Simpana 8 offers a unique enterprise data management software solution that has achieved FIPS 140-2 certification across backup, archive, replicated and deduplicated data with hardware independence.
• CommVault customers can easily and cost-effectively leverage the widely adopted U.S. Federal encryption standard to protect data, including email and file archives, as it moves across networks and is migrated to different media as part of long-term retention and disaster recovery strategies.
• CommVault’s Crypto feature underwent rigorous, year-long review, testing and certification to validate its encryption capabilities and adherence to Federal government requirements.

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Software-Based Encryption Lowers Operational Impact, Security Risks & Costs

• CommVault’s embedded encryption capabilities can be applied selectively based on policies so data is encrypted without slowing backups or tiered copies, which can impact the fixed backup window. Policy-based encryption also can lower infrastructure costs.
• A range of encryption key options are available that integrate directly into Simpana software’s data management catalog system, which simplifies operations while also ensuring that data is always available for restores or access from any point in the Simpana environment.
• Unlike hardware-based encryption, which can limit decryption/access to like-devices, CommVault’s device-independent key management enables companies to change the storage infrastructure that hosts encrypted data over longer retention periods. The risks of mishandling keys are eliminated and disaster recovery is simplified when different media drives or devices must be used.
• Managing encrypted data and keys in a singular approach minimizes the risks of data breaches as data is migrated over independent copies, dissimilar devices or even distant locations, such as uploads to a public cloud storage service.