CA Embraces IBM Tape Format for Encryption
As more IT organizations rediscover the stability of mainframes as a foundation for disaster recovery, CA is looking to make it easier to recover encryption keys by supporting IBM’s mainframe encryption format alongside CA’s encryption approach.
The CA Encryption Key Manager (EKM) now supports both tape formats as part of an effort to allow customers to use EKN to manage encryption keys regardless of the tape drive format used on the mainframe. Here's a look at the interface:
IT organizations have increasingly been turning to mainframes as a central point from which they can store and manage encryption keys via SSL-encrypted TCP/IP for a wide variety of distributed systems.
In addition, CA officials tout the mainframe as a more stable environment for storing and managing keys than appliance-based solutions typically used in distributed environments.
Mike Vizard
Mike has more than 25 years of experience covering IT issues in a career that includes serving as Director of Strategic Content and Editorial Director for Ziff-Davis Enterprise, which publishes eWeek, Baseline and CIO Insight. Vizard has also served as the Editor-in-Chief of CRN and InfoWorld. In addition, he served as a senior editor with PC Week, ComputerWorld and Digital Review.
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