PKWARE Smartcrypt Platform for z/OS offers organizations a mainframe encryption solution to secure their sensitive data. Smartcrypt for z/OS is flexible; customers can embed encryption directly into their applications, or secure mainframe databases with field-level, length-preserving encryption. In any of its deployment scenarios, end-users see no change to their experience while organizations escape needing significant changes to their underlying infrastructure. As a bonus, the ability to compress data reduces strains on bandwidth and allows customers to derive greater return on storage investments.

Thales KeySecure encryption and key management appliance secures and centralizes the administration of Smartcrypt’s keys and certificates. Consolidating policy and key management simplifies administration to reduce the risk of errors and blind spots, while also freeing time for personnel to tackle other tasks. It makes key surveillance, rotation, and deletion easier which improves security.

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PKWARE Smart Encryption Platform for z/OS with Thales KeySecure Solution Brief

PKZip File and Disk Encryption embedded PKWare PKZip: File and Disk Encryption with KeySecure PKZIP compresses and extracts files to greatly reduce required storage space and transmission times. Using the ZIP standard allows users to exchange data across all major computing platforms more concisely and effectively. As large amounts of data are exchanged this way, security is paramount. As part of their security solution, PKWare’s PKZIP incorporates Thales KeySecure into its platform. Thales KeySecure is a KMIP-compatible Enterprise Key Management solution where keys can be stored and managed from a single, centralized platform. With KeySecure, available as physical or virtual appliance options, data at rest is protected by using a single, centralized key management platform that can manage multiple encryption appliances and their associated keys.