Data Security Software covers every phase of data lifecycle.

BitArmor Systems, Inc. Oct 10, 2006

Press Release Summary:

Addressing enterprise-wide regulatory compliance and manageability, BitArmor Security Suite(TM) lets users protect and encrypt sensitive data at every stage of data lifecycle, including while in flight or stored on any media. It centralizes policy-based data security and comes with automatic key management as well as secured audit log. Product secures, manages, and protects unstructured data enterprise-wide without changes to existing applications, storage devices, or networks.

Original Press Release:

BitArmor Security Suite(TM) Introduced, Providing Data Security at Every Phase of Entire Data Lifecycle

Next-generation data security and data lifecycle management technology offers 'fabric of protection,' covering enterprise-wide regulatory compliance and manageability

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 18 -- BitArmor Systems(TM) (http://www.bitarmor.com/) today announced the immediate availability of BitArmor Security Suite, a next-generation data security software solution that enables enterprises of all sizes to protect and encrypt their sensitive data at every stage of the data lifecycle, including while the data is in flight and stored on any media. By doing so, BitArmor helps companies greatly reduce security management costs, comply with data security legislation, and provide risk mitigation for sensitive data.

BitArmor Security Suite delivers advanced data security and management to C-level executives who are responsible for ensuring all aspects of enterprise- wide data security and data management. These responsibilities include legislative compliance, risk mitigation, eDiscovery, internal legal compliance, secure data sharing, and data tracking. BitArmor ensures that only employees authorized to access data can do so, and BitArmor provides the assurance that data is protected from unauthorized access regardless of where it is stored; on servers, desktop computers, laptops, or backup tapes.

"The ability to secure data at every stage of its lifecycle is becoming a top concern for companies across a wide range of vertical markets," said Richard Stiennon, founder of IT-Harvest, a technology research firm. "Data security must be coupled, however, with the ability to control the data regardless of where it resides, transparent simplicity of use, and the capacity to easily destroy and delete the data when its lifecycle comes to an end. There are a number of point products on the market today that address these issues; the difficulty of integrating point solutions is the primary reason that data protection is still a challenge for most organizations."

"BitArmor provides several benefits within and beyond the storage and security arenas," commented William Hurley, Senior Analyst for the Data Mobility Group. "We believe that BitArmor can help IT managers and storage administrators achieve a level of comprehensive data access security that is conducive to the use of a common data access 'layer' within the corporate data center," he added.

"Data security is a fundamental component of any data management process," said Marc Staimer, President and CDS of Dragon Slayer Consulting, a leading market analyst in the storage management industry. "With its unique ability to automatically classify data, encrypt data in flight and stored on any media, and expire, destroy, and delete any unstructured data with automatic key management, BitArmor is raising the bar in providing integrated data security and data lifecycle management."

Unlike other solutions, BitArmor's patent-pending technology makes it easy for C-level executives to centrally define and enforce data security and data management policies without engaging in complex PKI key management. BitArmor's core benefits:

-- Simplicity: BitArmor centralizes policy-based data security, and its automatic key management eliminates the complexities and costs associated with PKI-based point solutions.

-- Transparency: BitArmor Security Suite secures, manages, and protects unstructured data enterprise-wide without changes to existing applications, storage devices, or networks.

-- Speed: BitArmor's custom-built technology accelerates industry standard encryption algorithms to provide wire-speed encryption in software.

"BitArmor Security Suite greatly improves our ability to track, manage and secure important data across our entire enterprise," said a Director of IT of one of BitArmor's evaluation customers. "Knowing that our intellectual property and other sensitive data is secure no matter where it is located, and without having to alter our critical applications, is a big win for our organization."

BitArmor Security Suite offers cradle-to-grave data security and data lifecycle management for any unstructured data enterprise-wide. Features include automatic data classification, availability and retention, encryption of data in flight and stored on any media, guaranteed data integrity, data expiration, data destruction regardless of media location, and data deletion. The Security Suite also comes with a secured audit log allowing administrators to track protected data activity, user activity, and administrator activity across their organization.

"BitArmor provides powerful and flexible software products that broadly secure companies' data so that the data can be better managed," said Patrick McGregor, BitArmor's chief executive officer. "Our unique offerings assist enterprises in navigating difficult compliance issues and mitigating risks to critical data. We are pleased to supply solutions that can implement pervasive and manageable data security for companies of all sizes."

More information about the BitArmor Security Suite is available from the company's Web site, by e-mailing sales@bitarmor.com or by calling 412-682- 2200.

About BitArmor Systems

BitArmor Systems offers a next-generation data security and data lifecycle management solution that can efficiently protect and encrypt any data in flight over any network and stored on any media. With BitArmor technologies, enterprises of all sizes can comprehensively protect sensitive data, manage the entire data lifecycle, and greatly reduce security management costs. For more background, visit http://www.bitarmor.com/.

CONTACT: Melissa Rich of BitArmor Systems, +1-412-682-2200 x319, mrich@bitarmor.com; or Steve Friedberg of MMI Communications, +1-610-518-7474, steve@mmicommunications.net