DDN Has Selected Cryptsoft Key Management Interoperability Protocol Technology

Cryptsoft Pty Ltd, a supplier of Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) technologies to the storage and infrastructure market segments, has added DataDirect Networks, Inc. (DDN) to its list of customers.

In AI and multi-cloud data management, DDN has recognized and acted upon customer demand for lifecycle management of data encryption keys and related certificates in their products.

DDN’s customers, which include some of most data-intensive and security conscious organizations and enterprises, were clear and unequivocal in their demand for open standards based, market solutions that conform with the OASIS KMIP standard. After evaluating all options in the market, Cryptsoft’s KMIP Client SDK was selected as the solution of choice to integrate into an extensive portion of DDN’s product portfolio.

Cryptsoft’s trusted and market KMIP technology has been licensed for DDN’s flash storage, block storage, GRIDScaler and AI storage product ranges, which currently encompasses over 25 separate products targeting a range of storage market sectors. With Cryptsoft’s KMIP SDK, the storage company can deliver standards based critical security technology to their customers so they can leverage a mix of existing in-house and onsite key management systems (KMS) from a range of vendors that offer varying levels of KMIP standard compliance.

“With more customers demanding increased data security across a wide range of use cases, selecting Cryptsoft to help us add KMIP capability to our solutions was an easy choice given their market knowledge, extensive experience, and impressive customer roster,” said Bret Weber, EVP, global engineering operations, DDN. “The ease of integration and the fact that we get immediate validation with the majority of the available KMIP Key Management Servers was also highly valuable to us.“

“With customers operating in the online content, social networking, high performance cloud and grid computing, AI, ML, life sciences, media production, security and intelligence sectors, DDN is an ideal customer for us,” said Justin Corlett, business development manager, Cryptsoft. “Our deep expertise, product quality, and proven interoperability will allow DDN to be confident that their products will cleanly interoperate with every KMIP-based KMS their customers, commercial or government, encounter in their environment.“